I’ve been away for a while – since work started, writing jobs piled up, and another choreography job that took my night time from me. But it was because of this job that led me to him. A lot has happened since the first day we met. A lot has happened in two months. It’s…
Ikaw ang sigarilyo kang akun paghigugma nga nag-umpisa sa tiraw tiraw. May dapug, may kinaiya nga nagapapirung gid kanakun kun akun masimhutan. Sigarilyo nga ginasindutan kang akun mainit nga gugma. Sigarilyo nga akun ginasuyup, halin sa puno asta sa punta. Sugot ako nga ang akun lawas mapatay. Basta imo ipromisa nga ang akun tagipusuon buhiun…
And so it has become official. Merla Diaries will be my literary project that I hope I can sustain through the years til it becomes an anthology. It started as a little experiment with Merla Diaries, with two or three sensual poems to kick off. I added more because I admitted I had, and still…
Amidst heavy rainfall on Wednesday afternoon, residents of Barangay Pu-ao, in the town of Hamtic swarmed their barangay hall to avail free medicine and medical check up from Tabang Antique. Apparently, no amount of rain can dampen the spirits and anticipation of the residents for a first time medical mission in their barangay. A first…
This is a late post, I have to admit. I was stuck in piles and piles of work that I wasn’t able to grant my promise to post about Nogas Island earlier. But anyways, here goes. It was part of a class requirement. We had to shoot a short video output that centered on the…
Sixteen-year-olds of today are very much occupied with the dilemma of what to post on their social media accounts, drowning in killing time skimming through Facebook newsfeed and dwelling into its regular teen drama. They can’t keep their eyes off their cellphone screens like an anxious mother watching over her young. Yet these teens are…
“Waiting.” Until the word itself grew tired of living up to my own definition. And so it did some changing. It is no longer Waiting. ©2017. All rights reserved. Feature photo not mine.
Thank God for Facebook memories! Yesterday, June 30, I was reminded of what I posted on Facebook four years ago, June 30, 2013. I was a freshie on college then and the classes just got started. I never knew until a few years later how much that post would change my life. So I was…
I’m only 20 years old. But to me, I’m already 20 years old. While people of my age, and even those younger than me, have been in several relationships, I’ve been into none which I would really call a legit relationship. I may have been enjoying my life as of the moment, being blessed to…
In celebration of Taylor Swift’s comeback to the stream world, I’m gonna share with you my top ten favorite Tay songs. But just to clarify, I am not a Swiftie. Honestly, I used to dislike Taylor for her dating mess and her pseudo-feminist calls. But that’s just one part of her. I love Taylor Swift…
Ever since I was a kid, I knew right away that I was gay. I would put on my grandma’s clothes and try on her lipstick. I would imitate Sexbomb dancers and their dance routines almost everyday, watching them in our neighbors VCD. I wasn’t scolded for being gay by my uncle and my grandma.…
Last May 7, 2017, as our final class requirement, we made a video blog of our trip to Aningalan, San Remegio, Antique. The town of San Remegio is about three hours from Iloilo city. Meanwhile, Aningalan is about one hour from the town proper. The bus from Iloilo will drop you off at San Jose…
