2 min readIt must be true since I’ve come across this notion three times in the last few days; one from my writing workshop, the other time from this Facebook page I follow and lastly from an unlikely source, Ellen Adarna, whose Instagram stories I view religiously (her moving on and self-love tips are practical and she’s…
Month: August 2020
Happy Birthday Maria Kristina Manalo!
3 min readGirl! Full name for maximum impact because you are a force to be reckoned with. I set out determined to write something that will tug at your heartstrings and make you shed tears (or tear lang?) but I realise we don’t really do cheesy, it’s so out of character! Especially because we’ve spent years growing…
Happy Birthday My Favourite Twins!
2 min readThere’s no denying that your influence in my life has been greatly profound. Having spent most of my formative years in your youthful company, I lived vicariously through you. I felt as though your lives were mine to live even though I was young and didn’t understand much. I have the fondest memories of my…
Parting
< 1 min readA microstory. I spent the better part of the week bidding farewell to friends and discarding memories of old lovers. How many goodbyes does one have to make in a lifetime? I thought. When they said people come and go, I did not really think I am people. I scanned the room wistfully for the…
Keep Calm and Don’t Let Work Kill Your Vibe
3 min read“Thanks Trisha for being with us in all hard times.” the email read. It was the concluding message sent by an ex-colleague after several exchanges of how are you’s and whatnot. All I did was write him some encouraging remarks about not stressing too much and taking care of themselves (addressed to him and another…
Why I Now Think English Proficiency Is Overrated
2 min readViral videos of white people berating non-English speakers have been going their rounds on social media as of late. It is a distressing and appalling trend that largely aims to discriminate. There is no other excuse for this rude and insufferable behavior. But I should not look farther than my own country for traces of…
Readers’ Relay: A Challenge to Promote Literacy
4 min readKaycee, a friend and former dorm-mate from Kalay, issued a challenge to me to post seven books I love to promote literacy. One book a day, no reviews, just covers, no exception. That’s the rule. I’m going to have to bend it a little (maybe a lot) and post my list here because I’ve cut…
Sanity Check – August 2020
2 min readWe’ve made it to August. We are closer to the end of 2020 (arguably the worst year in my 30-year existence) than we are to the start. Jose Mari Chan memes are lurking in the corners of the World Wide Web ready to surface come September 1st. Christmas songs will immediately commence reverberating in radio…
Girona
4 min readWhile looking up things to do in Barcelona, I toyed upon the idea of embarking on a day trip to see other towns outside of the bustling metropolis. I brought it up to my travelling companions Vanessa and KC, to which they responded gladly and affirmatively. Thus we embarked. About 40 minutes northeast of Barcelona…