Uplb Stories

Raymond is in for a shock when he finds out that Philippine myths aren't just stories, as conflict arises between tribes he finds himself in the middle of it all. From a prophecy dating back to Jose Rizal's execution and the Philippine revolution. This is a war where choosing sides make no difference.

Raven, Sofia, Lawrence, Addie and Jami are five all-too-different people living the college life in knots - super tangled knots. A gullible primadonna x Miss Congeniality. A privileged heartbreaker x funny guy. An Internet-famous gay diva x friendliest guy in second floor. A too-cool-for-you conyo dude x math genius. A typical geek x rock star chick. Mix them together and you have the tastiest salad ever. These five students have nothing in common except they live under one roof/dormitory. Oh, and they also study in one of the most prestigious universities in the country. Life cannot get any spicier than this. But they will prove that no matter how society sets them apart from "others," they are basically just regular teens with not-so-regular problems like everyone else. The number 1 university, duh. Way 2 much drama. Getting 3s in the class cards. Uh, 4ever hungry night owls. 5th Mansion a.k.a. "home away from home." Using the 6th sense to survive school. 7 eleven night visits. 8-teen year olds with no parental supervision. Life's a cloud-9, nonetheless. And no matter how much 10-sion life brings, remember that there's no way to go but "up." Add 'em altogether and you've got an intriguing college life story of typical "Yupi" students from Elbi. For reals, mostly. Author's note: Most stuff, including the characters,are made-up but the places and details about the university will probably be true to life. You're welcome.

Two people with a similar hobby--collecting watches--discover they may have more in common. As the search for a coveted timepiece intensifies, they learn that something else is brewing between them as well.

Hello guys! Actually I already finished writing this last July 2014 but will just post part by part unless I receive feed backs here. :D

Evo is your typical cool guy-he's cool, he's sweet and everybody loves him. He has the killer looks, average grades for a UP student and an amazing girlfriend. On the outside it seems like he has everything in life. But in reality, there is something missing. His sense of belongingness. He needs a "home". Lucille is the resident nerdy, go-getter. She aspires to be the best in everything that she does. Everything in her life should be nothing short of perfect. She's quirky, she's bubbly, she's...extra. But secretly, she thinks she's not that smart like everyone else in UP. She just works twice as hard. She needs brains. Billie is melancholic and emo on the inside. She maintains this facade where she's the perfect daughter her parents expect her to be. But she's far from it. She likes loud concerts, mountain hikes and anything adventurous that catches her radar. But she needs courage to chase that fever dream. Isla is your average Iska who lives a well balanced life-acads, friends and "lovelife". She might not get much unos but passes her classes anyway. She has trusty roommates and orgmates to count on. Lastly she has someone she likes who doesn't like her back. She reckons it might be broken sometime soon and she might need a new heart. Different people with different stories to tell about the typical college life in College, Los Baños, Laguna (circa 2010-2016) that every student in university can attest to. This is for every college student out there who pulls all nighters, fails exams, juggles relationships, spends time with friends more than family and lives life away from home. For those who miss the glorious days that is college, this one surely will make you nostalgic. Happy reading!

my entry for the Taunting Tales horror story collection, based on a story shared around in the dormitory where I lived.

[UAAP Series #1] Emilia Margaret Pangilinan, a twelfth-grader from the University of the Philippines Rural High School, is an avid fan of the UPIS Basketball Team. She has her eyes set on their sharpshooter, Jordi Gomez de Liaño. What happens when Jordi visits Los Baños to meet his childhood friend, only to settle in for a long ride?

"Everybody has the right to know the truth." Nobody wants to live with lies. Yes, secrets are supposedly hidden but there are no secrets that can be hidden forever because the right time will always come, maybe not later, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow nor the day after it but someday it will be exposed and you can do nothing about it. We deserve to live with the truth and only the truth. I've learned that in a hard way, because of you.

Arien Vana, a friendly and outgoing biology student who loves food, travelling, and her bestfriend. Kaito, her bestfriend since childhood is a business management student in De La Salle University. Despite of the distance of their universities, Kaito spends most of his time with Arien Vana. Can bestfriends turn into lovers?

The Conspirations of the Universe is a story about Luke Monasterio, a book hugger and a fan boy, who had recently had his heart broken by his girlfriend. He thought that the Universe hated him and so he took refuge to his all-time favorite book, A Starless Night. One night, he dreamt about the book's protagonist and when he woke up, he finds himself at his bed with a beautiful stranger who she claims to be Eureka Cortez, the protagonist of A Starless Night. Follow Luke's endeavor of unraveling the mystery of the paradox of the complicated girl that came out from his very book! And let's see his choices that would change him forever.

Karl and Axel are destined to become best friends since their first day of classes at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Straight out of the province, Karl prefers to do things alone, while the charismatic city boy Axel never runs out of stories to tell and polos to wear. Long after their graduation, the inseparable duo becomes strangers with memories. Karl hides something from everyone, and Axel is left with questions about their friendship and everything in between. This is a journey of being lost and eventually found. Each one has their own story to tell--from Karl's misadventures in the university to Axel's efforts on finding normalcy in his bustling city life. In their attempts to find their way back to where they started, they are given another chance to reconnect--to fix the past and recreate the present. This novel is written in English. Completed.

What will you do if you suddenly find yourself enrolled in love counseling sessions with your sworn enemy? Back out, of course, but not when you have to pay a hefty amount for the cancellation. Meet Kylie, a straightlaced, graduating student running for Latin honors in the country's premier university. In an impulsive drunken state after a fight with her mother, she logged into a stranger's live chatting website to experience the fun she thought she had missed in her college life. There, she found herself agreeing to register for free sessions of love counseling by renowned love guru Heart Evangeline Abad with the stranger she met on the said website. Kylie was not aware she had signed up with her academic rival, Sean, for the program, until they were in Ms. Abad's office for their first session. What's worse, they need to finish all 10 sessions of the program together, or they will need to pay PHP 100,000 in full for the cancellation. Will this be a chance for Kylie and Sean to reconcile and see themselves as more than just academic rivals? But most importantly, can this counseling program blossom into something much more?