Batangas Stories

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.

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

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

This is a poem I wrote in 2009 when I was still in Batangas City. In literature, we call this type of poem as an address poem. It talks about a specific object (not human) as the main subject.

Nang makahanap si Soren Alcaide ng isang manuscript na pinamagatang LAST DRAFT, hindi niya inakala na ang simpleng pagbabasa nito ay magdadala sa kanya sa isang mundong ang realidad at kathang-isip ay unti-unting nagkakahalo. Ngunit sa bawat salitang kanyang isinusulat, may isang bagay ang nabubuo-at sa pagkakataong ito, maaaring hindi na niya kayang kontrolin ang kanyang sariling kuwento.

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

In the year 0045, there are three known facts about the world. 1. It is ending. 2. The plague has made its inhabitants lonely. 3. And there is barely anything left of human civilization. On the coast of Batangas, Philippines, two boys named Jaeson and Zachary struggle to keep themselves alive in the midst of crumbling human society, loneliness, and a mutual ache to be together.

This is an essay on a childhood experience.

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).

I was a city girl while he was a village boy. One day we take a 1 week vacation in my Lola's village, the reason why I meet him.

Where is the other half?

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

Amor is supposed to be having fun and chilling at her new vacation house sa Pier ng mga Del Mar pero nasira ito nang dumating ang pabigat at sakit sa ulong ulupong na si Timotheo. "Is that how you greet visitors?"

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.

Milk Tea Series 1 Love in the Cafe! A man met his "the one" in a Cafe? WTH?! A Cafe?! CJ, a fourth year Engineering Student from De Hai International School, was a passionate and determined guy with only one goal in life - to be a Professional Engineer someday. He gave his one hundred and one percent just to graduate and make his Family more than proud. He tried too hard just to maintain his grade until he met a working student studying Education named Loisa from Southern Batangas University.

Disheartened because of the recent dreadful events, introvert Sadie writes her last journal entry in her diary before leaving it in a garbage bin across town. The diary being the only friend Sadie ever has and has ever written to; she is surprised when she finds a letter addressed to herself in her mailbox. It turns out, a boy from across the city had read her diary entries-and is now writing to Sadie with hopes of casting joy into the young woman's heart. For quite some time, the two exchanged their handwritten letters, both bringing sparks of happiness to the newly-found friendship. For a while, it distracted Sadie from being anguished; but when Sadie asks for her diary back and the young man agrees to end their letter-writings, she asks herself: Can she really live in solitude?

The story of Aelina Marquez and Marcus Smith

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?

DESCRIPTION: Sa Lobo, isang tahimik na bayan na napapalibutan ng dagat at bundok, may isang lihim na hindi nakikita ng karamihan. Para kay Gemae, hindi ito simpleng lugar. Ito ang lugar na matagal na niyang napapanaginipan. At sa bawat paglapit niya sa Malabrigo Point Lighthouse, mas lalo niyang nararamdaman- Na hindi lang siya bisita. May dahilan kung bakit siya naroon. At may isang taong naghihintay sa kanya... matagal na.