I never believed in Santa Claus. My parents were too damn practical and didn’t lead me on about him in the first place. Perhaps this is a wise decision, but somehow I feel… cheated. Cheated of my childhood. Cheated of Christmas. We never had a real Christmas tree, too, nor Christmas stockings stuffed with sweets […]
Archives for November 2005
Unplanned Overnight
It’s early in the morning and I have just started my computer when a sametime message flashes across my screen. It is Kes, asking for advice. I am not exactly surprised. Not that Kes is usually in the habit of asking for advice, just that the world in general is in the habit of asking […]
The Day My Past Lives Came Back to Haunt Me
Today, my past lives came back to haunt me. First there was my first crush in High School. He was my classmate, and for some reason I developed a crush on him because I was the one who always checked his testpaper whenever the teacher asked us to exchange papers so we could correct each […]
The One in Baguio
After weeks of anticipation, our long-awaited joint birthday celebration for five finally pushed through. And the destination…BAGUIO! On the night of October 21, we assembled at the back of our building where our rented van was to pick all twelve of us up. When it finally arrived, we laughed in amusement at the sight. It […]