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. 🌱🤎🌻

✔ | Sun Rays Series #3 A life you never chose, yet one you're forced to survive. Rhyolite of HUMSS, the class president, the eldest, the one who learned early how to carry a home that was never meant to rest on her shoulders. She raises her siblings without question, even when she herself is running on empty. Hindi niya hinahanap ang presensya ng ina na matagal nang kulang, mas abala siyang punan ang kakulangan ng perang kailangan para mabuhay. Then there's AJ, the HUMSS' class clown. The boy everyone gravitates toward. Athletic, loud, and irritating... at least, to Rhyolite. Or maybe that's just how she chooses to see him. In a world that keeps shifting beneath their feet, they learn to sway just to stay standing... parang buhangin na hindi mo mahawakan nang buo, pero kailangan mong kapitan para hindi ka tuluyang lumubog. But how long can you keep choosing to stay afloat, when the very hands that were supposed to catch you are the ones letting you fall? Because the hardest truth to face is even when you gave everything you had, it isn't still enough. And for two of them who's barely surviving in a life without privilege, the question remains... hanggang saan aabot ang "kaya pa"? Date started: 7/22/24 Date ended: 9/10/25 Disclaimer: story is written in taglish.

✔ | Sun Rays Series #2 Words are powerful, even the ones you never say out loud. Redler, an ABM student, has always been better at writing things down than actually saying them. She's not trying to be invisible; it just kind of... happened. Being quiet is safer and less complicated, and she doesn't even mind staying in the background. Then there's Davin from the HUMSS, her complete opposite. The charming guy everyone knows who's carrying air that draws people in. An artist who believes that art has always had a place in this world, and somehow, he speaks about literature like it belongs just as much. He doesn't try to change her. He just stays and sees her in ways no one else ever bothered to. And for some reason, that's more terrifying than being ignored. Now Redler's caught between the comfort of being unseen and the risk of being known by someone who actually pays attention. Because what happens when the girl who hides behind her words meets the boy who believes those words deserve a place in the world? And what if, for once, she wants to be seen... instead of just writing herself away? 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 (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