Kanashimi
Don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.Imagine waking up to a Facebook post like this. Imagine...
View Article26 na tao sa volks
I hear that ICTUS has been joining the Annual Upsilon Carstuffing for about ten years now. Supposedly, we've placed eight times out of those ten, and our organization's management claims we've been...
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Fairy Tale Fail
I will have to warn you that I am nuts for the author of this thing, Ms Mina V. Esguerra. I can't even refer to her without that title! I sometimes feel it's blasphemous to cite her using just her pen...
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Ramen X
Ramen X Space 2087, Level 2Trinoma, Quezon City D and I wandered here because she Googled the restaurant’s menu online, and decided she wanted to try their ramen. I don’t know how she first heard of...
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Fresh Selections
Fresh Selections Maginhawa corner Magiting Street In front of Mini Stop UP Teacher’s Village, Quezon City R and T and I met for lunch today, and since R hadn’t been around the QC area so much after the...
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Ariake
Ariake Tomas Morato corner Scout RallosQuezon CityM and I have long been planning to visit this shop, mainly because in the Jdorama Ryuusei no Kizuna, Ninomiya Kazunari’s and Nishikido Ryo’s and Erika...
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Baang Coffee
Baang Coffee Tomas Morato Quezon City After a heavy dinner, I wanted to wash down the food with coffee or tea, but didn’t want to go someplace over-the-top like Starbucks. In my head, I wanted to seek...
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Bubble Tea
Tokyo Bubble Tea Tomas Morato Quezon City For almost two weeks, M had been craving for Mango Cake. It couldn’t even be a Mango Roll – it had to be legit Mango Cake. So for the same period of time,...
View ArticleThe Weekend I Robbed Myself
I don't know how I managed to do it, but I actually had money at the end of the week - enough to go on food trips with friends. It was a lucky thing, too, because this weekend was probably the last...
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Mujou, Impermanence
Once, on the way home from a Japanese speaking workshop in Makati, R-senpai and I got into arguing about the types of anime we preferred. As a rule, I only watch one-season, mono-plot anime that...
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Reading Revived
2013, huh? Congratulations to us for still being around after the supposed Armageddon. This week I managed to do get more reading done than I ever did last year. Which is not to say that I didn't pick...
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Recent Events, February 2013
Am blogging for the sake of blogging - go, me! It's been a month since the last time I wrote for this space of virtual pseudo-property, and while much has happened, there's not much that can be put...
View ArticleOn Ordinariness
A few months ago, my roommate L and I had a memorable conversation about someone she knew. This acquaintance apparently referred to herself as someone very ordinary, someone very normal, and L simply...
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From This Day Forward
“When a couple gets married, it isn’t just their lives that are thrown into chaos. For Nicholas and Nala’s wedding, there’s the mother of the bride who is forced to face her failed marriage; the mother...
View ArticlePusong Bato [Heart of Stone]
Doing this for a friend. Amusing exercise.Heart of StoneEnglish Translation When I loved youMy world suddenly changedI thought you were heavenBut in reality you were a headacheYou told me beforeNever...
View ArticleMula Sa Puso [From the Heart]
From the HeartEnglish TranslationWhy is it that the heartUpon falling in loveBecomes a thing of wonderEvery momentIs filled with a smileBecause heaven is feltAs if everything is never-endingBecause of...
View ArticleMinsan Lang Kita Iibigin [Only Once Will I Adore You]
Only Once Will I Adore YouEnglish TranslationMy love, I promise youI will not changeYou will be the only one I will loveEven if you should leaveAnd I should get hurtBelieve that nothing will fade...
View ArticleDahil Ikaw [Because You]
Because YouTrue FaithWhen you’re beside himDo you feel any lonelinessDo you understand your emotions fullyAnd when I amIn your mindDo you feel a different kind of happinessI’m just hereWaiting for...
View ArticleNakapagtataka [Curious]
CuriousEnglish TranslationThe chaos in my mind hasn’t stoppedSince we decided to separateSaid goodbye over our differencesCuriousHow my destiny has unraveled into thisHaven’t you said farewell too many...
View ArticlePuso [Heart]
HeartSpongecolaYou’re only out of breathThere’s still time leftThough it seems distant stillPursueThough you may be hinderedThough guards may attackWe’ll all be waitingPursuePursueIf we’re...
View ArticleTulog Na [Sleep Now]
Sleep NowEnglish TranslationSleep now, my loveLet’s leave this world for nowCome now, let’s sleepSleep now, my loveCease your weepingYour bed is softThink of worries some other timeSleep nowLet’s leave...
View ArticleMuntik Na Kitang Minahal [I Almost Loved You]
I Almost Loved YouEnglish TranslationThere is a secret that I will tell youSomething you don't know is happeningIt is a secret hidden for so longI almost loved youI could not make you feel it then -How...
View ArticleIkaw [You]
YouEnglish TranslationYou are the one the Almighty has given meThe answer to my prayerSo that for alwaysEvery momentThe one I will love is youYou are the light of my worldThe other half of this heart...
View ArticlePakisabi Na Lang [Could You Please Tell Him]
Could You Please Tell HimEnglish TranslationI wish for him to knowThat I am in loveThat is my only dreamThough I may wish to say itI cannot even startIf you should ever meetCould you please tell...
View ArticleMigration
I was thinking I'd like to do my thesis on Migration.Something about the German film Solino, and how the experiences of the Italian Gastarbeiter families in 70s and 80s Deutschland mirror the current...
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