Kay Sharaming:
Takot ako na sinasabing swerte ako dahil pag sinasabi ko yun, minamalas ako: nakakatapak ako ng tae o kaya biglang naghihingalo ang wallet ko. Totoo, lagi yung nangyayari kaya hanggang ngayon, ayoko man lang isipin na swerte ako.
Pero kahit anong gawin ko, hindi mapagkakaila na swerte talaga ako sa’yo. Daig ko pa ang nanalo [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 24, 2009
Isang Bukas na Liham Para sa Babae sa Himpapawid
July 24, 2009
Death Comes to Us on a Friday
Friday is the most unusual of all the days of the week. It is the penultimate day before the weekend. Everything ends on a Friday: the rush, the frustrations, the expectations, the wickedness of work. They end, at least temporarily, on a Friday.
Friday is neither part of the work week nor the weekend. It is [...]
July 22, 2009
Acne Absence
I used to have so many pimples, I’d have 2 or 3 new pimples after 9 hours of work. Those pimples would stay on my face for 2 or 3 days. The nastiest of them would reside for months, usually the ones that got infected and secreted blood and pus. Merciful ones stayed for a [...]
July 20, 2009
Life is Grey Without Her
Life is grey without her. Walking is exhausting without her. I stepped out of our house this morning, tried to welcome the day half-smiling but I knew even then that those hours were disposable. Their only value lies in the fact that they might be bringing me closer to her. And so with time decaying [...]
July 7, 2009
Let Us Go to Sleep
You make me sleepy. Let’s go to sleep. Let us drag our bodies
Across the floor, lift our legs up and climb the bed
Like two poisonous critters of the night; but we
Won’t be poisoning and sedating anybody but ourselves.
Tonight,
The covers will be pulled over our pupil-less eyes and tomorrow,
We’ll wake up with drool all over our [...]
July 4, 2009
Time to Reflect on Time
I’m quite sure you said something like, “WTF? It’s Friday already?” last Friday. I sure did, but earlier. I said something like, “WTF? It’s Thursday already?” last Thursday.
In fact, I already said something like that as early as Monday. I said, “WTF? I’m heading home and Monday’s already over?”
It’s July, folks. Better say, “WTF? Half [...]
