Seatmate ko si Ada mula grade four hanggang grade six. Walang kinalaman ang guhit ng palad dito. Ganun kasi ang prevailing logic sa mga teachers nung panahong yon: pag magkalapit ang height niyo, most likely ay magkatabi rin kayo sa upuan. Pero di tulad ng ilan sa aking mga naging seatmates, special si Ada.

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Came across this PDF i made several years back, as an intro to the 7th revision of a promotional flyer i made for a local agency here.

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Sketch ko ito ng isang babaeng cadre ng Sandinista, hango mula sa isang postcard na binili ko bilang souvenir sa Nicaragua.

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I was submitting my self to the musings and geometries of my graphite pens when the spontaneous thought of origami cranes fluttered and rested on my lap like some melodies of a forgotten song, some warmth of a forgotten kiss.

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Unknown to everyone, Joybz has a tatoo of my name and my face on her back. She had it done while she was still working in Manila and surprised me the day she came and we made love and I started exploring her nape and I noticed the tatoo and then I screamed so loud it awoke the two kids in the other room, and our neighbors all together — “tangina ba’t may tatoo ka ng pangalan ng ex boyfriend mo?”

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Lorna was my classmate from elementary to high school yet I know so little good thing about her. She was a badass kid, wore Prada at such a young age and expresses so by having red socks for her fashion statement all through out the school year.

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