The Late Bloomer

Have you ever experienced being pressured by your relatives and friends  to enter into a relationship already because YOU are getting older and no one’s courting you yet??? As if by that act, men would come and court you? As if it wasn’t your all-day no, all-year long  prayer – “Lord, give me a man [...]

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I Miss My Family.

I miss my Mommy and Daddy. I miss my brothers. … will miss their weddings! I miss our house in Lucena. … walking in our neighborhood, Bulgaria St. to gate ng Better Living and back and forth I miss my cousins, aunties and relatives. … birthday parties, chikahan, kwentuhan, New Year’s eve reunion! I miss [...]

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Against the Tide

This is the “ending part” in my 7 page – historiographical essay on Chinese Exclusion Act written for the American Reformers – Summer Institute class we had at Loyola University (under Dr. Judith Hunt). Just want to share it with you. ——— AGAINST THE TIDE If the past defines the future, then real understanding of [...]

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