Batangas Stories

This is an essay on a childhood experience.

Waiting outside, Finding you in the Rain. I'm Paris In The Rain..

Where is the other half?

Short Essay: I wrote this article back in 2011 during one of my off-campus services in Batangas City.

Ang akda na Ito ay parang imahinasyon lamang. Ang mga kapangalan at katulad na pangyayari ay hindi sinasadya. Instagram: Vineagscn

Even the most peaceful rivers must meet the wildest seas and face the the strongest storm.

Out of nowhere, I breathe my last when I cum and called his name. Nope. I don't know him, he does not know me. But it feels like my body does.

At the Road's Cruel End (A.R.C.E.) Genre: Horror | Folklore | Supernatural Thriller What was meant to be a joyful beach trip turns into a nightmare when two families find themselves stranded in a remote forest near Batangas after a mysterious roadside accident. With no signal, no help in sight, and nightfall closing in, they're forced to accept the hospitality of seemingly kind strangers in a secluded rural village. But the town holds terrifying secrets-rooted in deep Visayan folklore and ancient blood rituals. As the full moon rises, dark forces awaken. Children vanish. Animals are slaughtered. And old houses begin to whisper with the voices of the dead. At the heart of the horror is Nanay Daria-an ancient aswang matriarch whose appetite for flesh is only matched by her hold over the town. Only a few will survive the night. Some will change forever. And none will ever forget what waited for them... At the Road's Cruel End. Get your FULL COPY here: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=yNp9EQAAQBAJ

wherein aziel suarez is living his nuisance and not-so ordinary life with reading people's emotions by seeing different shades of hues strands of people's hair until a fallen angel named belial suddenly showed up and unlocked his almost-forgotten memories. 101422 102122

It's more fun in Batangas. Isang tulang alay say lahat ng mga Batanggenyo at sa lahat ng hindi pa nakikita ang ganda ng aming lalawigan.

This a motivational poem I wrote during an impromptu poetry competition. This poem won 2nd Place in the held Higher Education Regional Press Conference last 2011 at Batis Aramin Hotel, Lucban Quezon. The said poem garnered an entry to the Luzonwide Press Conference held in Balanga City, Bataan, (2012).

WTA number one Isabela Reyes walked off the court at five-three in the third set of an Australian Open final and told the trainer it was her shoulder. It wasn't. Six weeks later she drives herself to a small clay-court academy in Batangas, Philippines run by a retired Davis Cup player she spent four days near at a junior tournament ten years ago. She tells her team she needs quiet. She tells her sponsors she is managing the injury. She does not tell anyone what actually happened in Melbourne, or why she has not been able to serve through a third set since. Rafael Santos asks no questions. He gives her a court, a guest room, and breakfast at seven. He does not press. What follows is three weeks of early mornings, honest conversations, and one kiss at dusk - interrupted by documentary crews and sponsorship teams and the entire machinery of her public life arriving in the quiet world he has built. The French Open is eleven weeks away. The ranking means nothing if she cannot find her way back to the game she started playing when she was nine, before winning became the point. This is a slow burn. It earns it. ~85,000 words. Complete.

"She's long dead!" As people remind you. But you're still hoping that she's there. Your best friend for 15 years, and you didn't got the chance to tell her how much you love her. Then you realised, she's here all along and you met her with a different face. What would you feel if the love you regret not to have for the remaining time turns out to just be beside you, all along. Written in Tagalog and English

Catalina Czerine Madredijo is the heiress of the biggest winery and coffee farm in the Country. She has a huge crush with Hideo Miguel Saavedra (the son of a Governor) when they were young. Catalina, at the age of 8, promised to marry Hideo thru Fake Marriage. 15 years have past, Catalina almost forgot the promised she made with Hideo when they were young. But not Hideo, at the age of 11 he already knew what he wanted. However, as year goes by many things have changed.

hiraeth series #1: somewhere in batangas (completed) We can find love in different places, but these two souls found love somewhere in Batangas. an epistolary collaboration | kayus and keisha Ylaesya, 2022 NOTE: THIS STORY IS AN UNEDITED VERSION. cringed jokes, typos, grammar errors, and whatever errors, that you might see there. please, bear with me. if ayaw niyo po makabasa ng ganon you can skip this. I badly need more more time to edit this story. thank you for understanding. senxia n poh sa humor ku jan hehe xD

Coco meets Lomi is a story of two lovers from Lucena and Lipa. They manage to work their relationship for 2 years despite that they are miles away from each other. Would their relationship make it to the end?

This is a quatrained free verse poem that I wrote in 2018.