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Shaking up safe, silent, steady 23
Mid-early twenties. There is nothing obviously special about turning 23-- except, maybe, for the fact that it is safe. I guess I...
Disillusionment
I entered the adult world with wide-eyed idealism of the growth that was ahead of me. I was going to make a name for myself. I was going...
kung sa Pilipino
MAHIRAP pang-uri ibig sabihin: Tamad ka. Hamo nang kayod nang kayod maghapon-magdamag, basta sabi ng nakaupo, tamad ka. Ayan na ang...
About Francisca and Felicitacion, in Loving Memory
I need to come to terms with the fact that my grandmothers will never be spoken the way conventionally successful women are spoken of....
ABISO SA URING MAPANG-API
Nagngingitngit ang mukha ng kahirapan-- amoy-asin tunog-bukid lasang baril. Nasanay sa tahanang walang kuryente ngunit batid na ang...
2018, xoxo
2018 gave me a difficult June and November. In June, I dropped my laptop as I was alighting from a jeepney and broke it in the middle of...
Maligayang Pasko
Malapit na naman ang pasko. Simple lang naman ang hiling ko: sana wasakin ako ng tite (ulit). Salantain ako na parang bagyong walang...
Mi Vida es un Tiovivo
Siempre tuve miedo de amar Siempre tuve miedo de aguardar Porque cada vez que lo hago Me acaba de herir demasiado. El dolor de la...
thread of all the Twitter threads I've written
- on great readings about the Philippine society, culture, and politics - on teachers prioritizing what they want over the students'...
PARA SA KAIBIGANG WALA NANG PAG-IBIG SA AKIN
Pinaikot natin ang ating mga sarili nang sabihin nating ang kawalan ng moral ng bawa’t isa ay hindi hadlang sa pagkakaibigang sinubok na...
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