Age I was given: 15 by Ayeen Karunungan Where I lived: My childhood home in Cebu smelled of dust and cake ground into the parquet floors. Out front, bougainvilleas all but hid the front gate. The house itself was old and Spanish in style, with a dirty kitchen and a laundry area housed in a separate building in the back. This tiny structure was the … Continue reading Ow, My Back
Spotted in a karaoke songbook. MAHAL Mahal ka sa akin. Mahal kita, alam mo ba? Mahal kita, walang iba. Mahal kita, mahal mo siya, mahal niya ay iba. Mahal mo ba ako? Mahal mo ba’y di na ako? Mahal mo daw ako? Mahal mo pa ba ako? Mahal na mahal kita. Mahal na mahal ko siya. Mahal na mahal na … Continue reading Mahal: A Found Love Poem
Screw staying put. I’ve four plane tickets scheduled for January, (not counting the one I used to come back to Manila) (fine, two of those tickets are for return flights) and loads more trips planned for the rest of the year. You know how some people say that they have out-of-body episodes during particularly traumatic experiences? Well, I’d get transported to a foreign city – … Continue reading Don’t Stop To Smell The Roses
Other things that suck about wearing glasses: Awkward 3D-Movie-watching experiences. Limited walking-in-the-rain capabilities. Not being able to find Nemo while snorkeling or scuba diving. Primly removing glasses before commencing headbanging and/or moshing. Misidentification as a hipster. One thing I love about wearing glasses: Knowing exactly when a guy is thinking about kissing me.* *Explanatory comic strip coming soon. Continue reading The Perils of Being Bespectacled
Whether you dread or anticipate the unnamed third ‘Before Sunrise’ film that Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater are working on, you have to admit that the poem in the first film was surprisingly moving. Daydream delusion Limousine eyelash Oh, baby with your pretty face Drop a tear in my wineglass Look at those big eyes See what you mean to me Sweet cakes … Continue reading Before Breaking Dawn Goes Back To The Future
All Kinds of Awesome 