As I wrote with it I wondered if my mother knew of my elation and glee when I discovered that this was the pen of my favorite bedtime story, of her tales of her father. And finally I was worthy of holding its ink black body. Excalibur could not have given me better assurance. As […]
This is the time of the year when I am typically encouraged to do things in excess: eat a lot of traditional foods that are supposedly directly related to good luck, smile a lot at church friends or relatives like a seasoned politician meeting their voters as ballets of judgement in the form of gossips […]
noun. The addictive nectar of the gods. The true author of this blog: really, not sure what I would do without it…this is not even because of my love for coffee, but mostly because a lot of my writing occur to me when I am sitting at a table in Kean Coffee.
This is one of the most important issue of our generation. It is imminent, and our inaction would only cause it to be immediate. While I understand that to some of the older generation, this topic is not a priority because of the nature of mortality, the mortality of nature forces me to prioritize this […]
Sloth is the best of all sins, for you can use it against its peers: be slow to anger, be slow to brag, be slow to want or envy.
The simple gesture spoke volumes so I wrote down volumes for them. Years passed, dust set. The books encaséd in their wooden, glass throne. When I dared to visit them, I read them cover to cover. One volume after another until both the books and I are exhausted. The dust of time brushed off by […]
Genetically speaking, “father” is generally a male who is responsible for half of your genetic makeup. To me, he is a symbol of distant fears, of late nights when my sister, my mom, and I were obliged to stay up, waiting for him to come home from work. Later on, he evolved into a symbol […]
n. (also known as Ama) That mighty being who, despite her claim of her shrinking appetites and hard of hearing, can eat and hear anything. Even if you are having conversations on another floor altogether, they are not safe. Even if your foods are hidden in a corner of a fridge, they are not […]
n. Imagery is a literary device comparable to the literature equivalent of pointillism in the sense that both writer and artist using their respective techniques do not use the actual words or colors that they wish to display to the audience. Instead, they portray the surroundings with shades of colors that the human senses blend […]
Now that I have finished my first story (and plagued all of you with super long, thousands-worded posts), I thought I might have a bit of a change with this new project, “My Dictionary.” This is a project that aims to show how I understand the world around me. It’s mostly meant to try to […]
Treachery of Imageries