If You’d Like To Know Me

Here are some 50 facts about me that people might not really care about but I'd still wanna share. Because why not. 1. I don't know how to swim. This still frustrates me. That's why I'm really not fond of summer. 2. I don't know how to ride a bike! 3. I'm a whole ass …

The Glass Shoe Box

Coming up with a title is always the most crucial part here. In fact, this title has been a product of my third revision already. I've actually spent a whole day thinking, deciding, and gradually changing my mind for what could be the best name for my blog. It's funny because the truth is that, in …

P r e f a c e

I've had so many attempts of writing a book ever since I was a kid. Well, I was really very fond of stationeries back then. (Until now actually. *grins*) I even kept several diaries, and thought about and tried writing several stories. But the problem is that, I never finished even a single one, and I …

Barely.

How alive do you feel right now? Do you even still... feel alive? I know the most common answer would be barely. Almost anyone today would choose to say barely. I don’t know how the world does it so fast. But it’s doing a great job in making us feel merely breathing and existing, yet …

Note to Self

You've been brave today and that's all that matters. I'm proud of you.

Hey, Moon

Hi! I don't really know the purpose of this. Haha. A year ago, I told myself I'm gonna write you the last letter. And I did. But it was addressed to your mom. Have you read it? I can't imagine kung ano man reaction mo kung nabasa mo na 'yun. Hahaha. Would it even be …

Unnumbered Episode (2)

I feel like I ruin everything when I start to love. How to love without ruining? How to love without being ruined? Better yet, how not to love?

Unnumbered Episode

I cried in the bathroom again. And I'm not even home. And it didn't feel quite right. And I can't even tell the reason. It feels weird when I was asked if I was still okay (after drinking 15% of alcohol) and I said yes coolly. Thank goodness it was dark, they didn't have to …

Obelisk of the Asleep

Maybe people who commit suicide don't really deserve flowers on their funerals. Because maybe, just maybe, they're complete cowards, and somewhat murderers who can't get away, not with murder itself, but with their own selves. But come to think of it, how do we even know? How could we even know if sadness was just …

21st

I was 20 yesterday. And believe me, spending a year knowing you're already on the second decade of your life wasn't as grand and pleasing as you've always thought and pictured it to be--- you'd see that the world just indeed got a little crueler, and you ain't even getting any tougher; and just when …

Dear Future First

Hi. How are you, my lad? Wherever you are right now, even if I'm not around you just yet, I hope you're doing perfectly fine. And if, by any chance, you're reading this already, I hope I'm not causing too much disturbance with whatever you're busy doing. But for once, just give me a little …

Dear Janice

Hello, you beautiful memory. I know you're doing fine wherever you may be. You must be in a really peaceful place right now. In heaven, perhaps. And I really wish that there was at least a concrete way to send this letter up there for you to read it. But of course, we both know …