Rule #1: Never be alone, have someone always with you, no matter where you are. Rule #2: Don't acknowledged their presence or you'll give them the satisfaction of them scaring you. Rule #3: Always, and I mean Always have a crucifix with you no matter where you are. Rule #4: Pray every night, every day, when you eat, and when you sleep. Keep faith. Rule #5: Don't let them get to you. They'll destroy your sanity and everything you believe in. They'll break you down until you're nothing. Rule #6: Lastly, don't be afraid. ***EDITING IN PROCESS (IGNORE THE 'EDITED' THING AT THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTERS, THE ONLY CHAPTERS I HAVE EDITED ARE ONE AND TWO)***

NAINLOVE KA NA BA SA ISANG OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH NA MANYAK NA REYPIST NA MANWHORE NA MAHILIG SA BAKBAKAN NA AKALA MO AY ISANG ACTION STAR ? AT OHEMMMGEEE DRUG ADDICT SIYA AT EX CONVICT DAHIL SA SALANG MURDER ! LANGYA NAMAN OH AT HINDI PA NAKUNTENTO AT PATI INOSENTENG PUSO KO NINAKAW NIYA !

Often when I am asked about my new novel, ‘The Headmaster’s Wager’, I am asked about my memories of my late grandfather. This does not surprise me. After all, I have written a book in which the protagonist, Percival Chen, shares many characteristics with my grandfather. Percival is the headmaster of an English school in wartime Vietnam, as was my grandfather. Percival lives most of his adult life in Vietnam but is ethnically Chinese, and this is crucial to his sense of identity. In addition to being a successful educator and entrepreneur, he is a gambler, drinker, and womanizer. All of these qualities in Percival are inspired by my grandfather. I choose that word carefully – inspired. The book is a work of fiction, and is not ‘based upon’ my grandfather’s life. It does not memorialize him or recount his actions or memories. Instead, it picks up on a thread of his life, and an era he experienced.

A compilation of Alyloony's short story :)

On-Hold (Un-Finished Stories)

Ako si Ellie Louse Lopez isang ordinaryong babae na nakilala ang isang pangkaraniwang nilalang na hindi ko alam kung san nangaling pero mukhang kapag may gusto talaga gawin ang tadhana gagawin nya ang lahat para matupad ito. At eto ang kwento namin ni Ethan John Sanchez.

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Ang kapangitan ay hindi lang sa itsura. Ito ay maaaring sa ugali, sa pagtingin sa kapwa, sa paraan ng pag-iisip at paghuhusga. Mahirap maging pangit.. Mahirap.