*Wattys 2018 Winner / Hidden Gems* CREATE YOUR OWN MR. RIGHT Weeks before Valentine's, seventeen-year-old Kate Lapuz goes through her first ever breakup, but soon she stumbles upon a mysterious new app called My Dream Boyfriend, an AI chatbot that has the ability to understand human feelings. Casually, she participates in the app's trial run but finds herself immersed in the empathic conversations with her customizable virtual boyfriend, Ecto. In a society both connected and alienated by technology, Kate suspects an actual secret admirer is behind Ecto. Could it be the work of the techie student council president Dion or has Kate really found her soulmate in bits of computer code? She decides to get to the bottom of the cutting-edge app. Her search for Ecto's real identity leads Kate to prom, where absolute knowledge comes with a very steep price.

STORY NO. 1 - My account is composed of short stories- both in Filipino and in English. Hope you'll enjoy! Please do not plagiarize my stories for you will be reported! © unknownpicasso

Stumbled into a whirlwind of endless thoughts Only did it made sense When I grabbed a pen and fought Arranged them in words that felt intense Since 2018

Hi my name is Mie (Me) Fei Sebastian I used to live in California but now I moved here in the Philippines with my grandparents. I remember when I was little I went here for vacation and totally loved it, I also got to sit in at a school which led me to dream of going to school here. Now I'm 13 and I'm finally experiencing how life here is like, but there's one thing I've been praying for ever since I got on the plane, to find the one for me here and what do I mean by that? I mean my Mr.Right (Tagalog) yung lalake para sa akin (The right guy for me) but here's a little fact about me, I'm a little hopeless romantic person *cries* but that doesn't mean I'm going to find the one for me. ~ ~ I'm Kento, Kento Himada Baybayan, dito ako sa Philippinas nag aaral, for 5 years na, nag start ako mag aaral dito sa pinas nung grade 3 pa ako, pero before ako pumunta dito sa pinas, na katira ako dati sa Japan, duon kase nakatira yung daddy ko. (Author: What do you think of girls here?) ahhhh, eh dito kase takot ako tumabi sa babae eh, pero sila yung lapit nang lapit dapat kase wag nilang pakita na easy to get lang sila, kase baka ma loko sila tapus iiyak, tapus papakita nila na yung lalake yung may kasalanan. Pero yung manga babae naman sa class ko okay lang pero manga loka loka eh. Pero gusto ko na makahanap nang babae na talagang uniq. Kaso nga ngayo wala pa akong time, pero kailan ko ya siya ma hahanap?

The story is all about a boy's love story. Kung paano siya nakapagsimula ng bagong simula sa bagong iskwelehan na puno ng mga bagong kasiyahan, kalungkutan, drama, heart break at memorable memories Date started: April 22, 2019 Date finished: September 09, 2020