X+Y+Z
Generational stories, those between parents and children, tech, nostalgia
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My Bohol
EVER SINCE my grandfather passed, my Lola has lived alone in their house in Bohol. She turned 79 last October,…
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‘Anak ka talaga ng Tatay mo’
People say I look almost nothing like my mother, but everything like my father. When I came out of the…
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Mother’s daughter
MOTHER’S DAY IS STILL SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY, BUT today I suddenly feel sentimental, thinking about my childhood and my mother.…
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A belated birthday gathering
“What time should we have dinner?” I asked my mom while she was fixing the blue box filled with face…
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Opposites
THE SOUND of the alarm clock wakes me up as early as 5 in the morning every day. I’d cover…
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Waiting
Our Nanay, whom my siblings and I love so much, is a perfect mother and a perfect wife. Through the…
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Boys who like boys
I am three years old. My father, out of the blue, asks me what my favorite color is. He probably…
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Trading places
It was just another afternoon in the bukid. I met Sonia and Tore on my way to the store to…
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Turning 30
On Dec. 31, 2020, I turn 30 years old. Not much to my name. Not much on my resumé. Not…
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