Alam mong kalaban pero nagawa mo paring mahalin. Alam mong hindi pwede pero mas lalo ka paring nagpupumilit. Alam mong mali pero ginagawa mong tama. Totoong masarap ang mga bawal. Pero masarap parin ba pag magkasakitan na? Masarap parin ba pag pinaiyak ka na? Hanggang kailan mo kayang ipaglaban ang pag ibig na hindi mo mabitiwan? Hanggang kailan mo kayang ipaglaban ang pag ibig na bawal?

Tumili silang lahat nang sabay sabay naming nakita sa bulletin board ang pangalan ko. Samantalang unti-unti namang napawo ang ngiti ko habang tinitingnan ang listahan ng mga may pinakamalaking QPI. I was sure I did so well. It isn't a question if I made the list or not because I know I will always make it. Kaya nga nakangiti na ako kanina pa dahil siguradong sigurado ako. Kaso ngayon...nawalan na nang tuluyan ang ngiti ko. Because I know that I do not hold the top spot of the dean's list, and to me...this is the worst.

𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 | Revision begins after the novel has come to an end. "I am probably loathing what's left of the memories you told me you treasured-but abandoned anyway." Kung hindi sila maniniwala sa 'kin, ako naniniwala sa sarili ko! Ga-graduate ako! Makakapasok din ako sa PUP kagaya niya! Rosalinda Amity only had one dream-to finish college-an obligation she wanted to fulfill after both of her older siblings failed to do so. With a single father, she felt responsible for giving everything she could to make him proud. But it wasn't easy. Walang naniwala sa kaniya. They ridiculed her dream, told her it was useless. Yet with Jiharis' and her father's belief in her, she pushed through. Pero nang akala niyang ayos na, that's where she found herself being abandoned by them anyway. And everything that was left of the beliefs they had instilled in her-especially Jiharis, who once promised to stay by her side forever-was something she came to loathe him for. Started: January 01, 2026 Ended: --- ××× genre: urban fiction with hints of political fiction and teen fiction 🌱☀️

𝗨𝗡𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 | UNDER MAJOR REVISION. "Just like the stars that explode in a supernova, he left a remnant. A remnant I would feel compelled to pursue." Therese, born with a golden spoon in her mouth, finds her way to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Everything seems to go smoothly as she enters university without a hitch, attending the freshman walk in her favorite Balenciaga shoes-until she meets him. He's an outspoken activist who turns her world upside down. He shines brightly under the sun, holding strong to his principles and fighting for what he believes in. But he doesn't make it easy for Therese. He doesn't even try to hide his disdain for her. He hates her, or so Therese believes. However, just like a star that leaves behind its remnant after it fades, he leaves something behind-a memory that Therese feels she must pursue. In her pursuit of the remnant, it's the lingering memories of him that bind her to the past, to a connection she can't seem to let go of. Started: June 20, 2025 Finished: December 13, 2025 ××× genre: political fiction with hints of enemies-to-lovers and slowburn trope. 🌱🤎🌻

SOON | Sun Rays Series #5 Ianna, a TVL-HE student, backs down from nothing. To her, time is too precious to waste, and she'll do whatever it takes to make the most of it. Even if it means risking embarrassment or pretending nothing ever happened. That's why she started skipping classes. Not for fun, but for something she's secretly working on. Then comes Wamuro, a prideful STEM student with a reputation for being arrogant. People see him as untouchable--and to Ianna's class section, he's a "threat." She doesn't like him. Doesn't trust him. At all. She starts running faster for her goals just to prove she's ahead of him. But fate keeps putting them in the same places, at the worst possible times. And without realizing it, they begin to trail off course--chased not just by the wind, but by something far more complicated: each other.

ON-GOING | Sun Rays Series #4 For Winry, life has always been a race--and she can't afford to fall behind. As the youngest in her family, pressure clings to her like a second skin. Studying abroad is her shot at proving she's worth the sacrifices they have made. And she's doing it--top grades, strict focus, no room for error. But it's lonely at the top. Everyone sees her as the smart girl with no life. The nerd in the campus. No one gets close, and she doesn't let them. Except Yuen Hartley--her quiet, distant, long-time crush. He's always been just out of reach, like a song stuck in her head, and a gentle rain that clings in her mind. And no matter how hard she tries to forget, he stays. But how long can those feelings survive? Can Winry rise high enough to reach him, or has her silence created a gap too wide to bridge? Disclaimer: story is written in taglish.

✔ | Sun Rays Series #3 Rhyolite from the HUMSS, the Class President of their section, is a diligent daughter and sister who strongly believes in shouldering the responsibility of being the firstborn. Sheʼs driven by the thought that as the eldest, she must lead, aware that privileges arenʼt in favor to her life. However, she crosses paths with AJ, a HUMSS student, a guy of modest at school due to his sociable and mischievous personality. For both of them, they still have nothing to be proud of. Thatʼs why they attend school with the aim to lift themselves out from the unfair status of life. Will they find the strength to transform their lives, or will the shifting sands of love and hardship pull them under? Date started: 7/22/24 Date ended: 9/10/25 Disclaimer: story is written in taglish.

✔ | Sun Rays Series #2 Redler is quiet by choice, or so it seems. An introverted ABM student, she speaks only when her words truly matter, choosing to write instead. In school, she often feels invisible, as if she exists only in the background of everyone else's lives. Davin is the opposite. A HUMSS student, loud, expressive, and impossible to ignore. He talks too much, laughs too freely, and fills spaces Redler prefers to avoid. Pero sa dami ng taong nasa paligid niya, si Redler lang ang pinili niyang tingnan. He teases her, dedicated his artworks to her, and reads everything she writes. Slowly, without realizing it, Redler begins to open up. What starts as unwanted attention turns into comfort, then something neither of them expected. Pero ang katahimikan at ingay, pareho ring may tinatagong sugat. As words begin to falter and hues lose their brightness, they must decide whether to stay at the shore where it feels safe, or pursue something uncertain together. Disclaimer: story is written in taglish. Date Started: 03/13/24 Date Ended: 07/16/24

✔ | Sun Rays Series #1 Ritienzy, a social butterfly from HUMSS, wears her carefree smile like armor. Palakaibigan siya, oo, pero hanggang do'n lang. Ever since she witnessed her parents' love collapse, she learned to keep her heart at arm's length. Maybe bata pa siya at marami pang kailangang matutuhan, but the wounds beneath her laughter aren't as healed as she pretends. Then there's Jayscen from STEM, a smart, academically-driven guy who chases dreams bigger than the limits around him because of his expectations to himself. And behind his quiet composure hides a temper he once couldn't control. Fate crosses their paths twice, accidental yet strangely inevitable. . . at sa gitna pa talaga ng kalsada. Two teens. Two masks. Two hearts carrying battles the world doesn't see. Naging magkaibigan sila, pero hanggang kaibigan na lang ba talaga? And how will she, who's afraid to love, and him, who's afraid to fail, ever realize that their meeting is more than an accident, but the beginning of a path they must walk together--one that might just lead them past their limits, and into something infinite? Disclaimer: story is written in taglish. Date started: 9/18/23 Date ended: 1/29/24

COMPLETED--UNEDITED (Café Amor Series #3) Maggie thought she had finally escaped her haunted past when she fled her hometown, leaving behind everything she knew--including her first love, Lance. Wrongly accused of a crime, she carries only her most cherished possession as she embarks on a new chapter. But after seven years, fate has other plans. Lance reenters her life, now a successful lawyer with a single-minded mission: to see Maggie imprisoned for the very crime that shattered her world. How could the man who once loved her become her fiercest adversary? Sa pagbabalik ni Lance, muli kaya nilang maalala ang nilimot nilang pag-ibig kasabay ng paghahanap sa mailap na katotohanan? Will they rediscover their love bound by their kismet kisses? Language: Taglish Date Started: September 28, 2024 Date Finished: June 27, 2025 Book cover illustrated by HS Aonaran