Better to be kind than right, right?
My dad’s central motto has always been “It’s better to be kind than right.” He was, and still is, the...
Crying over spilled milk
I’ve been told that there is no use “crying over spilled milk.” While scrolling through the internet, I came across...
Sea of faith
Every start of the year, an outskirts district from Manila becomes a place where the divine truly resides among a...
When December comes
In the 2019 Netflix movie “Someone Great,” up and coming music journalist Jenny Young (played by Gina Rodriguez) is dumped...
The 13th-month divide
We were riding a tricycle on our way to the nearest mall to treat ourselves after a long day of...
Standing at the crossroads
The street lights draw sharp lines across my glasses, blurring my sight and clouding my vision. For a while I...
Too big for a small city
Metro Manila is full of everything. From one end to the other, stars shine and then they burn—it is a...
Purpose, eggs, and table salt
The evening descended over our narrow, silent kitchen. It was past midnight when I thought of fancying myself with calamansi-flavored...
To my virtual friends during the pandemic
Looking back, it is almost unbelievable how our friendship began—not in a bustling coffee shop, on a work platform, in...
Monday rants and self-loathing
I’m used to being broke, and right now, most ardently, I need to complain about it. It’s always Monday that...
