I refuse to be your pawn
I once dreamed of working in the government. My goal has always been to work for the Department of Tourism...
Dark Knight needed
I was at the regional trial court of Manila recently for my court observation, and I attended a scheduled hearing...
Joy-ride
Since I was working with a start-up information technology company with deep resources, I never thought I would be a...
Breathing giant
The engine revved to life, sputtering twice or thrice. I tried to sit comfortably on the dewy, wooden planks because...
Breaking free
“Change is the only thing that is constant in this world,” my therapist once told me. I had a hard...
Remembering Beng
She was born Benjaline Hernandez. A poet and creative writing student at the Ateneo de Davao University, Beng went into...
Just like Father Obet
The news came in eight words—one brief sentence: “Father Obet passed away yesterday due to COVID.” That news stopped me...
Time traveling in a shoebox
My life before the pandemic was a blur of activities. I was on the run—chasing the next train ride or...
LGBTs and me
I grew up in a traditional and devout Catholic family, without a single first-degree homosexual relative, or even a seeming...
The chance to change and to be forgiven
It seems we have forgotten how to be human. We feel less and think that we think more, and in...
