Venture quietly as the sun burns out And death blankets the monochrome sky For once before, you have been found By the darkness, you can’t deny And in evasion of the stagnant truth Forcing out light from the horizon Denying sisyphism when you’re infinitely tired Making sense through self-equivocation Rely on the pain, reflect on [...]

I feel like a balloon with not enough helium Floating like a ghost in a still and quiet room Barely touching the ground Not making a sound As I glide undecidedly all around I feel like a balloon with not enough air Unable to lift up even one strand of hair But a weak gust [...]

For the past few days, the Pinoy blogosphere has been abuzz with various issues that are, in one way or another, connected to the recent disaster that was Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana). There is that supposedly insensitive Filipina from Dubai who wrote “buti n lng am hir in dubai! maybe so many sinners back der! so [...]

Nothing poetic. Nothing dramatic. Nothing that aims to show hidden emotions I can’t express directly. I was in a car crash last night. And you know how they say at that moment when you think you’re going to die, your whole life flashes before you? That didn’t happen to me; or at least, it wasn’t [...]

It’s so frustrating and I hate it. *** I seldom hate things or events. And I rarely hate people. Hate is such a strong, negative emotion that, sadly, has no space in my disposition. As I’ve said and continue to say, negative feelings don’t suit me because I can’t risk being affected; I can’t risk [...]

Yes. Three. “Exage!” This was the initial reaction I got when a few friends found out about what I did recently. And from one end of the spectrum, I kinda get their point, that maybe it kinda didn’t make much sense that I did what I did; that maybe it was too much. But the [...]

I was thinking of a good motto to encapsulate the goals and ideals of the new training school that my boss is putting up. I knew it had to be short yet powerful. So I took the “Latin route” and concentrated on conjuring up the perfect three-word motto. I came up with “Develop. Improve. Excel.” [...]

The past few days have been a hodge-podge of the best things that can happen in my life given the recent situation I have put myself in. So forgive me if I end up jumping from one thought to another like a hummingbird in a field of flowers; it’s such a hassle dealing with a [...]

You know the stand I took; you’ve heard my arguments; you’ve seen the results. Chances are, you’ve partied with me and found yourself saying, “He acts like he’s drunk, but I know he isn’t.” Chances are, you’ve wanted to get wasted with me and found yourself asking, “How can he be not drunk when I [...]

A hot Summer night, a wet Summer beach, a clear Summer sky. Try as we might to prolong the “Summer season,” at one point it has to end. At one point, your perfect time with Summer gets interrupted by thunder, lightning and rain. And even if the rains end and the next day begins bright [...]