My yearning commutes with me
My day usually opens with strangers invading my personal space. Some passengers’ elbows bump into mine as the wheel of...
The changing weather
At the start of 2023, Zamboanga City was battered by floods that have never been seen in decades, caused by...
Confessions of a wanderer
In 1996, I was one of thousands of bright-eyed graduates marching out of academia.
Lisa
Moments before we march to Edsa to call for the ouster of our corrupt President, Joseph Estrada, Lisa comes to...
There go my taxes
Seven o’clock and the revenue district office at Calamba City was already packed with taxpayers. More were still coming, folders...
Frustrations of a feminist
Contrary to what the folks from the Department of Tourism are saying, there are many reasons to hate Manila.
Going back
I was still in high school when I first heard about student activism.
‘Sige lang’
“You have garnered excellent points in all criteria of the ranking process, but you are NOT our priority because you...
Dreamer’s disease
It has happened: I've become what I've always dreaded.
Lessons from a corpse
I was 20 then. It was just a few months before graduation, when I would have become a full-fledged adult...
