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Ch. 34 is published! I think this is by far the heaviest I've written which is told by Hiraya. It's worth it tho. Really like the tension here. (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)

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‘TAO MA'Y nananaghoy, ano pa ang sansinukob sa rami ng langib lalo na't kamatayan ang nag-aabang sa lahat ng mga nilikha. Kahit mga tala'y umuugong habang umiikot ang buong sistema ng bilyon-bilyong mga bituin at mga planeta ay saksi sa sugat na natamo sa kalawakan. Umiiyak. Nagngangalit. Nagbabadyang magsitihulog. Ang mga langib ay malalaking hiwa ng natutunaw na apoy, mga matang kumukurap sa gitna ng dilim, at siyang giliw ay hindi magkamayaw. Siyang pagsilang ng Santupok.’
          
          — Bandusanghaya, Panimula: Si Rizal Sa Matandang Panahon.
          
          About the Prologue: As the dying comet dreamt of Young Rizal, he and Nor Paciano about to sail from Biñan to Calamba, its spark ignited as it tracked the whereabouts of the child now throwing his other slipper toward the water of Laguna de Bay.
          
          While the world ends, the Bandusanghaya inhabits Young Rizal, being lullabyed by a flower entity called Dakilang Sampaga. Who knows? They might wake up on a time very far from the Spanish era and thus would return to a preserved time the comets called as Sinpuktol (takdang panahon). A time that is precolonial — though a glimpse of the what could have been.

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‘Likas na bulà ang oras. Pansamantala o panandalian. Gaya ng salitang palaraprap, na hindi man palaging naririnig sa simpleng mga usapan subalit halintulad na halintulad sa takbo ng panahon. Mayroon ngang sawikain na nakaukit na rin sa paniniwala ni Hiraya, 'Ang kita sa bula, sa bula din mawawala.' 
          
          Ang tanawin ang nakalipas na, mayroong kariktan itong gustong ipadama. Tawanan sa silid ng 10-C. Mga sitsirya't tuhog-tuhog na libre ni Mariah. Pagpapasabog ng mga paputok sa harap ng mansyon ng mga Aquino. Pagtuturo ng Matematika ni Karya. Pamimingwit sa Ilog Silim. Tunog ng kamera ni Markiel. Kulang na lang ay maabot ng tanaw niya kahit ang dinadala ng nakaraan.
          
          Higit pa sa mahabang, mahabang, mahabang panaginip.'
          
          — Kabanata XXXII, Manawari
          
          : Halo-halo ang naramdaman ko rito. Basically, I don't want to let go of their junior high school moments and I tried to save it for the sake of being slice of life, but I have to sacrifice some things because Hiraya is always the ‘unreliable storyteller’. She'd always tell the happy ones but not the sad ones. And sad ones happened. But at what cost would this bring her?
          
          HERE. 
          
          It brought her to this point in life.
          
          And just as many things happened during those times she couldn't tell, it  found its way in the current ‘present’. 
          
          Fortunately, though it's generally an irony. Bittersweet, even more so. Or nostalgic. It's still Manawari. Aya is Aya and Kahi is Kahi. 
          
          :)

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need a breather for manawari. part 2 is another arc which there is basically a major timeskip + it happens during covid, and many other things are happening. there's a lot to process, and I'm also adjusting to the new env hiraya is in. 
          
          while writing for ch. 32, i published ch. 1 of bahayparaw. i really want to revise it, so i kind of posted it along with the one I'll focus on in the near future, Bandusanghaya. hopefully, manawari will end on or after july. :)

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Also happy one month, Manawari! <3
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‘Tinuturo pa lang ang ABAKADA, kilala na si Karya Monterey bilang natatanging estudyante na may kakayahan na magkaro'n ng magandang hinaharap. Kung anoman ang hinaharap na 'yon, hindi no'n mababago ang isang katotohanan. Wala siya ni isa mang kaibigan.
          
          Pero sa loob ng silid ng kindergarten, palaging sinusundan ng sikat ng araw ang isang babaeng may tirintas na buhok, may lollipop sa kaniyang bibig, at masayang nakikipaglaro sa karamihan sa kaniyang mga kaklase. Kung nasaan man siya, nando'n ang sinag ng araw.’
          
          — Chapter XXXI: Kahimanawari 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/209673019

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I updated Ch. 7 para ayusin ang mga error. Itong Part I: Final Chapter ay may independent title card. Medyo senti 'yung approach every final chapter to conclude some things, esp may connection sa book title. Also the final chapter might be delayed for days before proceeding to the second part. 
          
          I'm putting all my soul as I craft this specific independent chapter to have a re-contextualization to the first 30 chaps. It can act as a prologue, final chapter, or epilogue's first part. But apart from that, it's necessary to give meaning to everything. Parang back to square one. (⁠・⁠∀⁠・⁠)
          
          Anyway, Idk if I did pull it off, but it's, like, my creative approach before building the second part (which would also have a final chapter that has a unique title card of its own). 
          
          Pardon for being noisy. XD

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It's fun writing something light pala. ಠ⁠ᴥ⁠ಠ
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Chapter 29 is UP!
          
          Last chapter tomorrow before Part I's Final Chapter. Sa pananaw ni Karya ang final chapter para bigyang kalutasan ang kalikasan niya. 
          
          Also, to answer what really happened back then (as per Karya's insomnia at trauma ni Hiraya). 
          
          Really thought that the belief system is appearing light. Who would've wondered it turned out angsty and heavy? I fear this isn't a light romance anymore. (Pero slowburn pa rin naman, lmao. ಠ⁠ᴥ⁠ಠ)
          
          After concluding the first part, wala na masyadong saya sa second at third part. It would be filled with bittersweetness and melancholy.
          
          But pls do hang in there, there would still be wholesome moments.

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I wrote this for two days. I hope it's worth it. ಠ⁠ᴥ⁠ಠ
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