"I didn't realize what damage heat can do To flesh so bare So I poured you out all over me Until I was undone And shaking But after the fire has gone All that's left is ash and wilted skin So now I know Better" -The Things You Left Behind (Poetry, Prose, and Short Essays)
Growing up in the Philippines can be described in a curious mixture of two contrasting words: Boring and Extraordinary. As most humans do, I tried to find sense in my existence, that ultimate question that people sought for an answer their whole lives: Why on earth am I here for?” Childhood. State or time if being a c...
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be in high school? Have you ever wondered what someone else's experience in high school is like? As in real events with real people? This book is not fictional. It is my personal diary about my everyday experiences in high school starting from the first day of freshman year a...
** Winner of The Watty's 2014: Collector's Dream Award ** ** This is a true story. Now FULLY edited ** I was diagnosed with Cancer a week before my 16th Birthday. I had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and had to undergo Chemotherapy and a Stem Cell transplant, back in 2003. My whole life changed. I wrot...
REAL LIFE STORY: I was a stereotypical high achiever in an Ivy League school who got suspended for plagiarism; April was a sweet girl who worked in a high-end prostitution ring. We were both in our early twenties when we became friends. A perfect timing, because my heart was full and swollen, so was hers. With the...
A moderns teen's guide to what NOT to do... and how to survive it if you do.
