"The world is too big," she said, "but that doesn't mean we stop searching."
Tayá means many things for different Filipinos, the context usually differing depending on where they are at their point in life — for children, the “it,” an adjective used to characterise the person tagged and tasked to chase playmates, in open corridors, grassy fields, cemented playgrounds; for adults, the act of gambling, a verb symbolising… Continue reading Pag ta ta ya
He was never as good as he was in 2013, or the years before, and anyone who’d say he was still doing great in 2015 would be lying. Today, however, he was phenomenal. — Growing up surrounded by people who think basketball is the best thing since sliced bread exposes you to the sport at… Continue reading 24 // Mamba Memories
Act I. Eventually your fingers will be the gauge of your disposition Your knuckles the bearer of your sins. Soldiers have amputated arms, amputated legs. You have translucent skin brought about by wounds which never seem to heal. People would notice how your nails are always trimmed, almost invisible. You tell them it's… Continue reading Spectre of yesterdays
Things have changed. She used to sit alone in restaurants, taking forever to read the carefully laid out menu, digesting each word even before her stomach would do the same to the food she will eventually order. She used to be comfortable with empty tables, with a book only for company. No reason to hurry,… Continue reading 020103
Of perpetual finds 