Sa malamig at tahimik na gabi, isang binatang sugatan ang puso ang bumalik sa paboritong tulay-hindi para magpahinga, kundi upang tanungin ang Diyos na tila nanahimik sa kan'yang dalamhati. Sa kabilang dako, sa isang silid na puno ng pananampalataya, isang dalagang may pusong malapit sa Diyos ang nakaluhod habang nananalangin. Hindi nila alam na kasabay ng kanilang hinagpis, dahan-dahan nang nagbubukas ang isang kabanatang silang dalawa ang bida. At kagaya ng isang malabong salamin, hindi nila mahihinuha ang imahe ng kanilang kinabukasan. Ngunit isang bagay ang kailanma'y hindi magbabago, ito ay ang pag-ibig ng Panginoon. Sa lilim ng kaniyang pag-ibig, sila'y makakahanap ng pahinga, palalakasin ang kanilang pananampalataya, at sa presensya niya'y hindi mag-iisa. Ang tanong, kaya ba nilang mapagtagumpayan ang kanilang pagsusulit? Tandaan, walang message kung walang mess, at walang testimony kung walang test. @Kapitulo_uno

(After High Series # 3) Lily Delphine Borromeo came to UPLB to build a life that was entirely hers-until Sandro Cantavieja decided to follow her there. She never questioned why her childhood friend chose the same university instead of staying in Seattle. She never asked why he looked at her like that. She was too busy pretending they were just friends. But some truths refuse to stay buried, and some feelings become impossible to ignore. Lily has spent her whole life avoiding complications, taking the safe path, running from anything that might disrupt the carefully constructed world she's built. Sandro has spent years being patient, waiting for her to stop running. When their fragile balance finally shatters, Lily learns that hiding from problems doesn't make them disappear-it makes them explode. And sometimes the thing you're most afraid of losing is the only thing worth fighting for.

Brain. Tumor. Med school. Yogurt. Kisses and dreams. Navigating the spectrum of human conditions and returning memories from medical school. Calista Lavinia Laxamana stuck to the rules of progress she set for herself over the years. Because of medical negligence, she needed to accept her parents decision to marry a man that she did not know and met in the past. In the chaos of her mind and reality, she cannot feel anything, especially when the person she thought would be there for her turns back and left her in the abyss of hardships. He left her to deal with a marriage she had not appreciated in the first place. To be foreign in the journey without him. Yet, in the bliss of the breakdowns, Theodore Nathaniel D'aureville gave life to her dull, ambitious life, introducing her to the real art of medicine. START: JUNE 3, 2024 END: AUGUST 30, 2024

From greatness to being unknown. Augustina Coleen Lorenzo survived from a car accident, but the damage it brought is to forget her memories. Meeting Lourde Reagan Laxamana, her childhood best friend again brought back the feelings of what she had for him when they were young until med school. This time she has the courage to confess to him. To show him the love that comes from her calamitous heart. As she remembers the details of her life, it starts to unfold the truth about what happened to her. Her vulnerability. Her Indecisiveness. How she identifies the meaning of life during the years in medical school and to walk in the midst of uncertainty and fear in order to navigate one's purpose as a doctor. And how she realizes that the world that she has been chasing most of her life from other people will only be found in her fingertips. And the love that she seeks comes from the one who stayed during the struggling hours of her life. START: FEBRUARY 22, 2025 END: JUNE 24, 2025

an epistolary wherein serenity laurel's calculus notebook [with a little bit of random notes at the back of it] was found by declan alvarez aka her long time crush since grade 9. "did you see it? be honest..." "the flames at the back with our names in it? yeah, i saw it." (pic fr pinterest)

Her loud, over the top energy. She laughs loudly at the smallest things, talks a mile a minute about her city hobbies, and is used to getting attention overwhelms him at first. He's quiet, used to the slow rhythm of the province, and uncomfortable with the kind of bold, unfiltered attention she gives him. For her, his quietness feels like a puzzle, she's used to people matching her energy, and his calm, steady demeanor is something she's never encountered before.

It has always been a dream for Ammy to live prosperously. Worse luck, she was not born with a silver spoon. She has to endure the mud on her feet as she chases her ambitions. Notwithstanding, it did not stop her. She has set her goals and will go the extra mile to get what she aims for her and her mother. She excels in almost everything that she tries and rarely did she place second in competitions; in games. She adheres to her belief that success can only be attained through continuous actions and victory thus she does not let anyone steal her place. Playful kismet, a big threat comes her way. Conrad-a well-born son from an affluent family of Suarezes. He can do anything as great as her, bringing her plans into a blur. Two players, one game. There is only one seat for the victor, one winner in every play. Who will win and who will lose . . . a game with kismet? Ended : October 21, 2022

(After High Series # 2) Juliette de Marco has everything-beauty, wealth, and a family name that opens every door. Everything except the one thing she's never been denied-the attention of Olivier Rafael de Sousa. When the hotel heir treats her like just another teenager at a charity gala, Juliette discovers something she's never experienced before-wanting something she can't have. But Juliette is her mother's daughter, raised in the ruthless world of power where everything is negotiable and everyone has a price. She'll use every tool at her disposal to get what she wants. And the question isn't whether she'll win Olivier's heart-it's what she won't do to get it. Some games are played for power. Others for love. Juliette de Marco plays to win.

Two hearts born from rivaling companies. One from a family of CEOs: Franco Miguel Suarez has no choice but to take the path his parents want for him. He is destined to marry someone he doesn't know for the sake of money and victory. His fate led him to Zhareena, the only heiress of Legazpis, bound to tie knots with a man who can keep the wealth of her family. Given 365 days, will their heart be ready enough to love each other and learn the fundamentals of marriage? Ended: May 2022 #1 arrangedmarriage (December 2022)

on-going A first-year med student from UST Medicine, Gabriella Beatrice Morel always knows that she can do anything she wants because of wealth and a pretty face. She finds solace in jumping from one fling to another because committing is not her thing. That's why entertaining the first-year med student from UP Medicine, Lourde Reagan Laxamana, and a fourth-year med student from UST Medicine, Aldous Francois D'aureville at the same time thrills something within her. A challenge. A game. A distraction from studying. One taught her that love can be felt in silence and consistency to achieve one's goal to become a doctor. While the other taught her that love can be freedom and palpable tension without knowing what tomorrow awaits. To look in front of the mirror and not recognize the person that she was looking at. To realize that over the years her identity was only built by what other people think she is. To see that she was never in touch with herself in the first place. As she reflects, all those wrong decisions, indecisiveness, and mistakes shaped her to become or not to become. That even when the rain and wind come forth to dim her sky, it cannot quiver, for it mirrors strength and love-a strong woman she becomes in the eyes of becoming a doctor. In spite of that, how can she handle another breakthrough when colossal storms with sword thunder come in to barge into her solitude skies? STARTED: JUNE 26, 2025