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it's just a small vial of blood. but it throbs in my memory like a painful, festering wound. it hangs there neatly and quietly. but its image screamed inside my head, it made my fist want to bleed on the walls.

it's just a small vial of blood, but seeing it hang by his neck made me weak. every single drop of it came from your veins, and now it is tucked safely close to his heart. my eyes might have been two large anxious question marks because he looked at me, smiled, and nodded; ...

If there is one truth we all know and can agree with, no matter what our ideologies and beliefs are, is that everything seems to be in a state of impermanence. Thus, one's life is in a constant state of flux. That being said, I want you to appreciate and enjoy whatever 'good' I show or bring to you, at this moment in time. I want you to appreciate and enjoy whatever kindness other people may give you, whether it be genuine or even if wrapped in the sly cloak of vested interest. Treasure that which ...

I grew up with "Once upon a time..." and "They lived happily ever after." In fact, there was one point that I truly believed all stories must end with them. I fancied corsets and ball-gowns, fancy jewelry and crowns (although when growing up, I had started to abhor them). Love life for me was always seen through rose-colored eye-glasses.

One relationship after another proved to me that the Grimm Brothers were the ones who were messing up with my neurons. They have ...

Reader Discretion: Parental guidance is highly advised for ages 18 below.


Virginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it.
It is the Pandora's Box that women are trying to conceal and keep hidden.
But do these questions pop-up on your mind?

Let's face it.



Am I trying to prove something?

-Despite *** education in schools, despite the trend toward honesty and openness about ***, many parents ...

There was a period in the Philippine education system where the mother-tongue-based instruction was used. According to our principal, she remembered having taught using the mother tongue as the medium of instruction for two years.

With the slow yet obtrusive incorporation of the Mother-Tongue-based instruction in the K to 12 system, many parents have shown apprehension. I, myself, have my own set of apprehensions. Foremost among them is the identification of the mother tongue. Mother ...

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

This was what Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States of America, was often quoted saying when a member of his war contracts investigating committee [sic] objects to his strenuous pace. He was well-known as a plain speaker, something that most politicians in our more media-sensitive age lacks.

With the onset of the social media, the third evolving type of media (apart from the print, and ...

Upon the suggestion of my brother to avoid the influx of people who have the luxury to visit the graves of our deceased loved ones on November 1 and 2, I had trudged along today with my family to cemeteries where our deceased loved ones lay.

It is a funny occasion I should say that even when I pass by Calamba Cemetery and Queen City Gardens oftentimes in a year, I only get to visit the graves of my relatives on these days (imagine there are 365 days in a year). Although we visit my ...