Saturday, February 13, 2010

Toby and Tyra

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I just found out that my mother's pet dogs already passed away. Our neighbors in the old house who were taking care of them for us texte...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Some-degree burns

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Ok, situational pop-quiz. It's Tuesday night. As part of the Christmas party committee, a few officemates and I went to a resto-bar to f...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Fallen

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Though news of any accident involving myself may not come to most people as "news" but mere "eventualities", I'd j...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Ticked Off

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There's a standard phrase that Luz and I say out loud before we (frantically) leave the room in the mornings. "Money, phone, key....
Monday, July 20, 2009

Normalcy

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She seemed like just another normal kid. She sat on her bed indian-fashioned, still wearing her jammies. She watched Ice Age with us in the ...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Flashbacks

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I dreamt about my mother the morning of her birthday. In the dream, I was with my brother and sister seated around a small table. We were sh...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Transubstantiation

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I've heard a very interesting story today. A true one at that. Juicier than any of the showbiz tsismis . More incredible than any of the...
Thursday, June 04, 2009

Torrents (the non-digital kind)

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I feel a little guilty for enjoying the heavy rains of this week. I know a lot of people find it bothersome - those who live in easily flood...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

I owe fries.

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I lost a bet today. Not really a bet. It's a result of my initial gullibility and subsequent skepticism. Dens claimed that McDo has intr...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mothers' Day

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On Sunday afternoons, I try to sleep. Sometimes during those moments I am about to transition from sleep to consciousness, I sense my mother...
Thursday, May 07, 2009

Surf and Sniff

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My colds has progressively worsened the past couple of hours. Or regressively, I should say.  Yesterday morning, I just had a sore throat an...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Bunny-Ears Knot

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I find that I talk to myself more often lately. I talk to myself out loud - that's not a new quirk. I've been doing it since I was a...
Friday, March 27, 2009

"No, they're not overalls."

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It was Monday when I met her. Ok, "meet " might be the wrong verb to use. Let's try that again. It was Monday when she weird...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Stairwell Existentialism

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I found myself sitting alone in the office building's 26th floor stairwell this afternoon. Two floors up, I've already logged the re...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

September 25, 1974

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I went to Pampanga last Wednesday - to the same house my grandparents lived in, the same house I grew up as a kid, and the same house that m...

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop

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One Art by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that the...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

Sectioning

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Do you still remember your section names in school? My friends and I were having dinner at Shakey's when we started testing the pens I...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Palabok

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There was a pair of ambulant merienda vendors at the office today. Two women stationed just outside the hallway where they hawked camote...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Sell Me Sleep

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Wouldn't it be so great if you could buy sleep? Think about it. Two hours' worth of sleep at your nearest convenience store. Or if...
Friday, February 13, 2009

Tutay

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I retreated myself in an obscure corner - away from the unfamiliar faces, the even more unfamiliar dialect chatter, the dried watermelon see...