This is fiction based on my miseries and failures from birth to present time. Statistics prove that only a few succeed. I am one of the billions of losers on this planet. I am so sick and tired of being ashamed of my failures. There is nothing to be embarrassed about being one of the all-time losers in this world. I am sick of reading success stories. I am Catherine LOSER Francisco and I am writing about the miserable chapters of my life. Don't read this. You will be more depressed.

I am one of Mama's quadruplets. I thought I was the favorite but I was given away. Why me? Why not my other three sisters?

Vens of different families have been waiting for Mahalla Sikatunna's reincarnation for years. When a Ven soul possesses a new body, its new identity remains unknown until a previous death has been recalled. A seventeen-year-old girl named Betinna Bulcan goes to Bohol Island and experiences a past death. Mahalla's new body becomes known to Vens. Now Ven families rush to recruit Betinna to join their families. Which family will she choose? Who will convince one of the most powerful Vens in history to join their family?

Videos of a real mermaid spotted in South Korea have gone viral. The same mermaid appeared in Scotland speaking of the exact same message. Find out what she said in the videos. Here is my second entry to the National Geographic's #PlanetOrPlastic Writing Contest. There is a statue of a mermaid on the rocky beach of Dongbaek Island in Busan, South Korea. I have seen the statue four times and every time I see it, I feel sadness. When I stare at the mermaid's statue, I imagine the her coming to life and talking to me. I imagine it telling me why she is sad. My story is inspired by that mermaid's sadness.

Betinna is looking for her dog on the beach when she sees a creature buried in the sand. Find out what question the creature asks Betinna. Here is my entry to the National Geographic's #PlanetOrPlastic Writing Contest. This is an allegory of my environmental awareness, negligence and lack of consistency. I promise to do more for our environment because I love my dogs. They are my children and they play a huge part of my future. I promise to bring an eco bag with me at all times and a metal tumbler. Here in Korea, banks, post offices and cellphone retail stores have water dispensers. I can just walk in to refill my tumbler with hot or cold water. What can you promise to save our planet?

Love In The Woods Dulcis Dentin Santilices, a cursed innocent lass who usually turns into a feral creature every night, lives in the woods to escape from the nearby villagers and city people she could slay during midnights of transition. She is transforming into a wild and uncontrollable beast when the clock exactly ticks at 12 MN. Here comes Jean Tovin Harshbarger, the guy who captivated her heart, who will mess up with her idyllic stay in the woods. The boy starts to annoy and tease her unendingly. But how will he stand if his girlfriend cannot leave her own place? Can he manage to go into the woods regularly? Can he preserve his feelings for her until the curse given to her breaks into ashes?

I have been living in and out of Korea since 1999. I got my Korean citizenship in 2003 and it is embarrassing that after living in Korea for so long my fluency in Korean is stagnant at intermediate level. I have many friends who visit Korea three to five times a year because of KPOP and KDRAMA. I never understood the fascination until I watched and fell in love with Gong Yoo in The Goblin. The Goblin is the first Korean drama series I have ever watched from start to finish. Now I push myself to watch Korean movies and other series. I am so overwhelmed by all the Korean series available on Netflix. Pushing myself means being determined to watch the first episode. Usually I give up watching after ten minutes. Now I push myself to finish the first episode and decide if the series is worth watching till the end. I want to tell my stories as autobiographically accurate but I don't want to embarrass my friends and family. I will share good stories and nasty stories. There are still more good people in the world than bad people. But it's a fact that bad tragic stories are more entertaining and interesting. These stories are based on my personal experiences, opinions and realisations. I cannot promise that every chapter is a hundred percent accurate. I have to change names and locations but I can 99% promise the anecdotes will be 95% based on true events.

Sam was on her way to South Korea to teach English when she met Toby in Narita Airport. Sam got into trouble because of Toby and she wanted him to pay for it cost her. It was not easy to get to Toby because he was an actor with an ongoing drama series. Sam would go out of her way to make Toby pay for what he owed her. She found herself doing things she had never done before just to get to him.

Bakit kaya mahirap mag move on? Bakit kaya kahit anong gawin ni Betinna, di sya makawala sa mundo ni Hansel?

I believe in magic. I feel it. I can prove it. If only I'm allowed to.