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This is me venting about my issues with Filipino loveteams and their crazy fans. If you're a fan of either KathNiel or JaDine and you're easily offended, please leave and don't read this. Otherwise, you'll get butthurt over it. Warning: Do NOT read if you're oversensitive. I'm not going to waste my time explaining myself to you. If you're not easily hurt and you're okay with someone having a different opinion than yours, then proceed with caution. There's some cursing in this rant.

Enjoy two pieces from Marian’s collected short writings. One frank and funny account of her experiences as a writer and an uproariously comic dose of counselling from the one and only Mammy Walsh!

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