Hooks + Books
Interests, passions, sports, authors, music
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Love in transit, a sequel
Almost a decade ago, when I was 18, this paper published a personal essay I had written about trains. Today…
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Having a ‘third place’
I have never felt such insurmountable loneliness in my early adulthood until recently. I regularly work from home, unlike all…
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‘Halo-halo’ moments
The first time halo-halo saved me, I didn’t even know I needed saving. I was 13, drowning in year-end exams…
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Piece of my mother in my wallet
In the corner of my wallet lies a pack of 2×2 ID pictures taken at a studio that has watched…
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World Cup dream
When I was a child, my greatest dream was to play and win the World Cup.
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Low tech
What model is your phone? Mine is a Nokia 3530. A few years back that announcement would have produced gasps…
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Personal histories
It's difficult for most people to relate to Jose Rizal. The man is our national hero who wrote poems, articles…
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Taft reflections
The train howled: Its screeching sang in my ears. Blurred by blitzing traffic, the months in which I wandered Taft…
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Living a thousand lives
I wish I were living the life I read in books. The 5-year-old me loved fairytales; she imagined herself crossing…
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