When her longtime boyfriend proposes to her, Nari does not seem happy. She rejects him, hoping he would understand. But two years, seven days, three hours, five minutes, and thirty seconds later, Nari enters a church and watches him get married to someone else. *** At 21, Nari Miranda graduates from college wanting to complete her bucket list-being independent, visiting the US, traveling Europe, and adopting a dog-so when Benny, her longtime boyfriend proposes and surprises her with a house-their own house--she doesn't feel right. Until she follows the first thing she thinks of that moment: she rejects him. Nari hopes that everything will still be okay between them, but seeing Benny with another girl becomes too much for her. Feeling broken, she goes to a bar to drink her pain away and meets Preston, the man she always coincidentally crosses paths with, not knowing her life will take a whole new different turn. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish COVER DESIGNED BY: Louise De Ramos

#StanfieldBook2: ZekeSteele (#Wattys2016Winner Collector's Edition) "I've made mistakes out of my rebellion. But I embrace them because they made me who I am and what I am now. I found a brother, people I can trust, and a girl who meant the world to me... And I fell in love. I thought I don't deserve her love because I have always blamed myself for her brother's death. And she hated me for the past. We suppressed the feelings we had for each other, and buried them for so long. But it was a rebellious love. We couldn't fight it. We're weak against each other, and the only way to win was to lose." Disclaimer: The story is written in Filipino/Tagalog. _________________________ Started: June 2015 Ended: February 2016 AyamiLu © Copyright 2015-2016 All rights reserved.

Drops of Poetry It's raining outside my window Just like my emotions inside me The taste of the salty rain and sorrow Every problem falls on me like rain I catch it with my hand Turning it to rhymes and names I'm soaking wet from where I stand I don't care if I'm under a storm All I know is those little drops are stories Every day I learn new things from this horror But I can turn them into drops of poetries. This is a compilation of my poems :)

Ikaw ba ay single? Walking alone in the rain? Pagod ka na bang maging single? Kung oo, ang librong ito ang nararapat sayo. Dahil ikaw ang mismong makakapagdisisyon ng iyong kapalaran, ikaw ang mismong pipili kung ano ang iyong gagawin. Ngunit iilan lang ang iyong pwedeng idisisyon at ito ay ang pumili sa oo at hindi. Paano ka makakapili? Simple lang, basahin mo ito.

Story Description: Walang sakit, walang thrill. Hindi ka pu-pwedeng mabuhay nang hindi nasasaktan. Hindi nasasaktan ng PAULIT-ULIT. Ganoon kalupit ang buhay. Hindi ka lang isang beses magiging tanga. Hindi ka lang maloloko ng minsan. Kadalasan mas marami pa sa bilang ng daliri mo ang mga pagkakataong papaasahin at lolokohin ka ng ibang tao. Kung hindi ka matututo, hindi mo magagawang ipaglaban ang sarili mo. Kung mahina ka, palagi kang matatalo. Kung palagi kang aasa sa awa ng iba, kailanman hindi ka makakatayo gamit ang sarili mong mga paa. Hinding hindi mo sila matatalo hangga’t hindi mo nilalaro ng tama ang laro nila. That’s the rule of the other side of life. Play it or lose again. “Life can be so happy, and peaceful, but there’s always the other side of that. Suddenly you’ll realize that even the world that was created perfectly offers you a life that can make you miserable. That’s why you should survive. Learn how to fight...” –Faye Abueva I’ll tell you what is, the Art of Panloloko.