2016-05-21 08:55
As much as I dislike saying goodbye, I must say it at this point. Quintessence has been the home of my thoughts for a good 7 years. It has sheltered my musing, memories turned into symbols … Read More
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The world of a philomath; a sapiosexual; a cage in search of a bird.
2016-04-09 08:48
I have never publicly voiced out my support for any of the presidential candidates since the election campaigns started; politics is not one of my many interests. However, since voting for m… Read More
2016-04-08 07:39
1. Because nobody laughs at your jokes the way I did. You miss those times when we laughed at silly things. When we made fun of other people's blunders. When we saw that big cut out of the n… Read More
2015-10-05 05:54
To Chuso, my second self.
It is not very often that we find someone who can openly admit that he is sad or lonely. Oftentimes, we hear people celebrate their happiness. Humans tend to exer… Read More
2015-05-08 03:11
Filipinos have been hurled insults at since time immemorial. We have been termed monkeys, maids/slaves; they call us short, flat-nosed, poor, coming from a third-world country; one even call… Read More
2015-02-01 01:27
I cannot possibly describe Max Jim in one word because he is a mix of everything; he is a person of different personalities; he can adapt to every situation you put him into. However, there… Read More
2015-01-14 13:08
Dear Would-Have-Been Mom and Dad,
At some point in my life, I have wanted a pair of parents like you; the more liberal kind; a pair of parents who would let me do things my way. Back then… Read More
2014-11-25 00:48
The sky stopped pouring down its celestial tears; the seemingly endless canopy of clouds started to unfold, showing the faint, intermittent gleams of the distant nocturnal lights. The city w… Read More
2014-10-26 21:50
It was spring of 2013 when I met him. I knew I would fall for him and yes, I knew how our love story would end- he will eventually marry some other girl and I, will start all over agai… Read More
2014-10-15 10:41
I think two or three years back I received the "A BLOG WITH A SUBSTANCE" and "THE VERSATILE BLOGGER" awards from my co-bloggers and just a few days ago, Owen, the blogger behind It's OWENwin… Read More
2014-09-22 13:58
I dedicate this post to two brave souls, Ate Juriz and Kuya Bobo, who fought their way through grief when heaven chose their little Lucas to be one of its angels. And the God of Rain pl… Read More
2014-09-15 13:12
Most girls will sell themselves out procuring an image of a "great catch". They will pull off a sublime representation of themselves to make men swoon over them. Well, that is very unlikely… Read More
2014-07-31 12:30
For the week past, I had been troubling myself about finding answers to my personal dilemma - being out of focus, being forgetful, constant daydreaming. They may seem harmless to someone who… Read More
2014-06-19 08:02
Right after watching La Furia Roja play against Oranje, I knew they will never make it through the group stage. Contrary to what they claim, Spain this year was no better than they were duri… Read More
2014-05-21 23:37
A few months back, one Goodreads user from the U.S commented on my review of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights which flattered and offended me at the same time. My review went like this:
"It… Read More
2014-04-22 17:07
Him: Do you want to marry me?
Me: Is maybe an acceptable answer?
Him: Even rabbit can be an answer.
Me: OK. Rabbit.
That was a real dialogue between me and a guy I dated years back.
Up u… Read More
2014-04-22 09:25
My first venture in poetry. Had it not been for my father's adamant urging and the vote of confidence he has given me, I wouldn't have dared try to write poems. :) I devote this poem to my h… Read More
2014-02-15 18:06
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2014-01-26 09:32
Saudi Arabia. When one reads or hears it, either one or more of the following comes to mind: 1. Desert/hot/camel 2. Terrorism/doom/death. 3. Bad body odor 4. Men wearing long beards and wome… Read More
2014-01-20 08:35
Among a horde of tourists, I lie down the Ipanema beach, sipping a glass of ice cold caipirinha while the sound of Bossa Nova make love to my otics. I can see Christ the Redeemer magnificent… Read More
2014-01-19 19:09
From my hotel room window, I can see the Obelisk perched at the Plaza de la Republica, weathering the resonant honking of cars and the melodious buzzing of the "porteños". I had a lon… Read More
2014-01-19 18:55
Standing on the freshly mowed grass of Champ de Mars, I gaze at the Eiffel Tower with a shit-eating grin. It was an hour ago when the plane landed in the City of Light and I immediately took… Read More
2013-12-27 10:51
Dear Critics,
The nature of your pointing out my mistakes, of noting my flaws, of your biased judgments has very well destroyed me. But all the same, the very nature of it has molded me bac… Read More
2013-10-27 09:48
You should date a girl who reads.
Date girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date… Read More
2013-10-26 12:00
There are two classes of things: those that are under our control and those that are not. Under our control are opinion, choice, desire, aversion and, in a word, everything that is our own d… Read More
2013-02-16 19:10
While my mind is adrift to a place unknown by name, a feathered creature broke my glass of imagination and came to view. As fleetingly birds stay in a place, I expected she'd flap her immacu… Read More
2013-01-27 18:39
Probably one of the most painful things anyone has ever told me is that I do not know how to be alone. How can one ever say that? Someone I thought who knew me. If I do not know how to be al… Read More
2012-10-10 10:49
If you are going to trace my life as you see it now, you will
find it as spiritless as a rock and as pallid as a dead man's body; yet I'm
certain to say I am happy. Well, I may appear to be… Read More
2012-07-09 16:47
I don't quite understand why people regard me as a "loner" just because I dine out alone or take a solitary walk downtown. Often, I get playfully mocked at or get disfavored for my "solitari… Read More
2012-06-23 14:57
Can be summed up in 17 things....
1. PAYAG-PAYAG/HALONG-HALONG. "Dai kamo maggibo ning payag-payag. Mabagyo." Nagilumduman ko, ini ang pirming pigatalam kaito sako ning mga gurang, pero d… Read More
2012-04-23 16:52
During my short stay in Malaysia and Singapore, I have noticed quite a lot of differences of how things go there and here in the Philippines. Well, I am a Filipino and this is not to degrade… Read More
2012-03-11 05:00
Have you ever felt that feeling that you wanted something so bad but you ended up not doing it because you were afraid of the outcome of your actions? Have you been in that confused state wh… Read More
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