gus; [noun] 1. the only boy who likes the stars © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2014. N. A.

A journal of life's invaluable lessons

BLACK MIRROR meets PRETTY LITTLE LIARS in this multimedia thriller where an anonymous advice website gets hacked and the dark origins of the site start to come to light. (shortlisted for the 2017 wattys, #1 in mystery/thriller)

❝Don't let anyone bring you down.❞ Fifteen-year-old Bloom Landry loves music, but she's been unable to show what she's got since a falling-out with an ex-best friend years ago. However, due to an unexpected circumstance, she's forced to take part in a songwriting competition that will test her courage to overcome her fears and start anew, like a flower in spring. [originally titled as Spring Beauty] Book cover illustration by raindrops_

When a girl named Jade falls in love with a boy named Noah without the eyes to do so.

Mga payo ni Si Ep sa pagsusulat. Random ek - eks sa buhay. Batung - Bato ka na ba? Rakrakan na. Kailangan 'tong malaman ng sanlibutan. Basahin kung gusto mong maliwanagan.

Nagsimula ang lahat tatlong taon na ang nakakalipas. Mula nung pangyayaring yun, mula nung pangyayaring nagpabago sa takbo ng buhay ko. Hanggang dumating sa puntong gusto ko lagi kitang nakikita. Ewan ko ba, iba kasi talaga ang epekto mo sakin. Yung mga simpleng tingin, simpleng sulyap, naging malalim. Tapos di ko na lang namalayan, nahulog na pala ako sayo. Mahal na pala kita.

She's running out of time. Her US tourist Visa would expire soon. She can't go back to the Philippines. She has nothing/noone to go back to there. Her only chance of staying is to marry a US citizen. But who would she marry? By some stroke of luck, she meets HIM again. A friend from her past. He's already a naturalized US citizen. And he's willing to marry her ... no questions asked!! Could their platonic relationship lead to something else? Could something beyond friendship happen to them?

Kwentu-kwento lang 'to na kung anu-ano. Kung interesado ka, eh di basahin mo. Tama na 'yan, inuman na. 'Oy pare ko, tumagay ka.

They say that it’s wrong, but what do they know? Hindi nila tayo kilala. Hindi nila alam kung anong meron tayo. Hindi nila alam kung anong nararamdaman natin. Hindi nila alam kung anong pinagdadaanan natin, para lang maging masaya. Mahal mo ako. Mahal din kita. Yun lang naman ang importante, di ba? (PLEASE READ AUTHOR’S NOTE FIRST)