Tag: philippines
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What else is left to do? Forgive.
Growing up in an environment where clear apology is not normally heard, I made myself a not-so forgiving person–which I would always use as alibi when in a conflict and I don’t feel like reconciling with the other party. Partly that’s true, somehow it’s the only truth I ought to take hold as I try…
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millennial money messes
I’m a millennial gal to my core. Born in 1992, my 30s commenced in 2022 and it’s been almost 3 years since I was “reborn” to grow up in my adulthood. In my teens, I dreamed of turning 30. I picture a 30-year old as someone who has figured it all. She is the woman…
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To you who I allowed to break my heart over and over: an open letter*
You’ve always been my “superman,” but you are also the Golden Retriever type. With you I am raw, and true, and free–and only you can “tame” that chaotic and complicated moments of who I can be. You have been my fantasized lover, and I always picture us doing so many things together. In my dreams,…
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How’s the Soul?*
August 14, 2014 at 11:51am THE REASONWe’ve wronged the social definition of romance. Or perhaps we were too ignorant of what it really was, or is, or will be. We were never certain of anything but this. This. We don’t even know what to call it. We just know how it feels like to have…
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Granted
October 22, 2014 at 10:24 am There was once a girl I liked so much–She has this short hair almost her shoulder-level. She’s petite and with curves, no one dares to ask her preference. She would sing songs I’ve never heard of. She would speak Greek to me–mature in a depth I found hard to swim into. She…
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Going Slow
October 15, 2014 at 3:38pm My life has always been in the fast lane. And in itself is a fast lane. I was 10 when I dreamed to be 20, so I can be free. I’m 22, yet I still couldn’t catch the drift of what they call “freedom”. I still see cobweb gates barring…
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Flopping Forever
June 25, 2014 at 7:01am Dear forever, I am sorry to hear you have a blurry vision. All that I see in you are but scattered pieces of the puzzle I long to solve. You were crying? I’m sorry I can’t be there yet. I am alone working for us. These already broke even the…
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FF: Kahel
October 28, 2014 at 2:26pm Bahagya pa’y niyakap niya ang kanyang ina. “Tahan na po, inay.” Ni hindi magawang umimik ng kanyang ina. “Anak…ano’ng gagawin natin?” “Hayaan ninyo na lamang po inay…” At muli pa’y niyakap niya nang ubod ng higpit ang kanyang ina. Tumayo siya. Tumalikod. Hindi na siya muling lumingon. Wala nang ibang…
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FF: Pull it out, please
October 28, 2014 at 2:27pm She handed the money. She was a bit doubtful. Mely, on the other hand, gratefully received the 20- piece thousand bills. “Are you afraid?” She could barely answer. “Don’t be.” It was a moment of truth for Clarissa, but at the same time, lie. Mely took a long rod from…
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Eulogizing Me (A Favor to my best friend)
July 4, 2014 at 9:43pm If you will eulogize me, tell Them the truth. Don’t tell them how you’re gonna miss my kindness. They know that. I’ve long shown them, right? Instead tell them which I have always shown you. The rooms of my being only you were allowed to enter. Tell them how jealous…
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