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March 21, 2020

Here in the Luzon, we’re locked in, but not locked out

As of writing this, we are five days into Extreme Community Quarantine (or, just as everybody else calls it, a lockdown). This is applied to the entire island of Luzon, signalling a Calamity status for the entire country. We have

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March 14, 2020

In a state of stopping

As of writing this, we are one day away from having Manila community-quarantined. According to the incessant rambling we heard on an actual presscon on Thursday, Manila will shut off its borders from entry and exit tomorrow, March 15. Meaning,

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February 29, 2020

Mula dito, talon.

I am writing this post because 1.) it’s a Leap Day and 2.) I wonder how my life is different four years after. It’s like the tiny bit of gingerbread you leave on the ground as a mark to make

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February 17, 2020

The grand, the good, and the giver: a post-Valentines Day gratitude post

Good is greater than Grand. That’s what I’ve learned. That’s what I now stand for. There’s a lot of shiny things in this world — fame, fortune, a prolific social standing, a trophy lover. But if you’ve lived long enough,

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February 8, 2020

Life update: Yes, I’m still drawing

I have always been writing. Nudging my pen to create shapes instead of words has been a challenge, especially in 2019, where I wrote and rewrote the whole year. But now that the tide has ceased, and I am embracing

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December 2, 2019

The Aftermath of Foreshadowing

Incredibly talented writers-editors Nova Ren Suma and Emily X.R. Pan unveiled a Kickstarter project last year under the skin-shaking name of Foreshadow, an online anthology of short stories from new and established writers in the world of YA. I saw