The privilege of coming home
There is a scene in Hannah Espia’s “Transit” that I constantly think about. The film follows an overseas Filipino worker...
Between then and now
I was listening to “I Have a Dream” by ABBA the other day, and man, it hit me like a...
Hunger
“I’m hungry.” These were my first words on the first morning after my first full eight-hour sleep in 10 months....
One checkbox at a time
I wake up, thankful for another day. The cat is clawing at the door. The calendar says rent is due...
New beginnings in February
Life either gives you so much that you have many things to write about, or so overwhelmingly that you cannot...
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...
