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By Patricia Evangelista WHEN I was little, I wanted what many Filipino children all over the country wanted. I wanted to be blond, blue-eyed and white. I thought – if I just wished hard enough and was good enough, I’d wake up on Christmas morning with snow outside my window and freckles across my nose! [...]

by Tara Maclean Am I real? Am I dream? Am I borrowed? Am I blue? Is it just the dust of leaving you settling? Am I fair? Am I strong? When I’m there, do I belong? Is it only skin I touch when I reach for you? Oh, the leaves they fall, they go so [...]

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love [...]

….. Would you give up your life so someone else could live? She did.

BILIN ni Gary Granada Kung iyong mamarapatin Dinggin ang tanging pamana Mga mumunting habilin Ng isang kaibigan at ama Habang maaga’y matutunan Ang mamuhay ng payak Habang marami kang kailangan Ang bagahe’y bumibigat Ang nag-iisang dila Dapat may isang salita Totoo ang pagpapalang Galing sa totoong gawa Kung tutuusin ay kay dalas na banggitin Lumang [...]

Dad would ask where is she? Dad, I told you before that she was found. But she was taken away by fate. Perhaps this time Dad, you’ll meet her but since you’re gone in this earthly presence I shall whisper her name to the wind that you will hear it and ask for your blessing. [...]

The smell that is undeniably fresh and comforting, a smell like no other, it is the smell of innocence, the aroma of a pure mind, a pristine canvas still new and eager to become a unique entity.

“Tingin ko kailangan mong matiyak na siya ang tama para sayo, na mahal ka nga niya, na tutuo siya sayo, isang tao na matapat at mamahalin ka ng katulad sa pagmamahal na hinahandog mo.”

Have you ever touched your reflection in the mirror and felt there is someone behind the mirror?

Have you ever thought that your dry, irritated eyes need a soothing feeling? Tears are the best remedy. Try to go to the theater and watch a sad movie. It works.