Beauty, brains, and beyond
I never liked it when someone would compliment me as “beauty with brains.” Growing up, I saw how society was...
‘Tita Ninang’
“Magiging tita ninang na kayo!” I was at the office when I received that message from one of my high...
Becoming a parent
As little kids we believed that we had all the time in the world, because back then all we knew...
The big D
Many girls wait to find Mr. Right, even until they are old and gray. I didn’t have to wait long....
Too much, too little
Every Saturday night, the streets of Makati and Taguig get crowded with twentysomethings and college students looking for a night...
The couple next door
They are both my age. They have three children, all under 9.
Stories we tell ourselves at night
I think they want me to be some sort of god. As I watch cars from miles away speed through...
Everybody is gay
"It's either you're straight or you're gay or you're just bloody frigid,'' my friend declared in a dismissive tone before...
The love I lost
This is a story told a hundred times in many different ways.
When women leave the room
I was a college freshman when I was first surrounded by more male figures than I ever had been in...
