Holidays are supposed to be relaxing, but no matter how well you plan them, something is bound to go wrong. I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but that’s been the case for me ever since I can remember. It goes way back — a trip to Baguio: getting a flat tire. A trip to Ilocos:...
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If life astonishes you
Last night that’s what I was thinking, gripping the neck of a bottle in my hand. Around me skaters were flying over my head, everyone seemed to be shouting in my ear, boy you’ve got to carry that weight the Beatles repeatedly chanted. Then suddenly everything exploded pink in a mass destruction hailstorm perfectly disguised...
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How to survive returning to an empty room after seeing someone off at the airport
I should be used to this by now. After all it’s been two years. And yet saying goodbye at the airport is still as fresh as a new wound. Last night, amidst aimless chatter and throbbing music, the hands on my watch hit 11 and then there was a curious rush in my stomach, as...
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Brilliance
The prayer should sit next to the wall, raising his right arm and folding his left leg, according to drawing A. No one said that the position should be comfortable. The place should be noisy, the wind should bring dust and the place has to be crowded and smelly. Only this way will the prayer...
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The future on my plate
These days, I look around and everywhere I see people who are accomplished, driven, (almost) famous. It used to be a formula: Choose, then do. The choosing part’s easy, but the follow-through isn’t quite as smooth. Or am I the only one having trouble? Suddenly, everyone is either in an ad agency, designing webpages, or...
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Forgetful Jones
While I don’t really consider myself the World’s Most Irresponsible Person, I’ve misplaced things that make me look like the World’s Most Irresponsible Person. I’m not talking about staggering amounts of money, or precious camera equipment. I’m talking about misplacing the little things you shouldn’t normally lose. An example is my forgetting to pick up...
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Los Paranoias (comeon, enjoy us)
So the verdict: My dearest Astroboy (at least, the rare French Astroboy version) shall once more transform his feet into rockets, cross-continenting it to my rainy overcast October sky. Being in the same time zone is of major significance, you people who take time zones for granted. Suddenly, the minutes, seconds and hours on the...
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The Game is Broken
Things have a way of turning out, just as I have a way of twisting things in. Like bubblegum dreams, I think of ways over and under, how to get by, making the least number of mistakes possible. But of course it’s impossible. I like impossibility, it only intensifies Hope. You remember Hope, don’t you?...
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