Magnet
“I feel like you’ve always kept me in some part of you and now that I’m in front of you, the magnet inside of me
About That Handlebar Mustache
“The clerk helping me was a chubby fellow with a handlebar mustache. Ihave no patience for contemporary handlebar mustaches. They anger me.They look indulgent and
An Atypical Penpal Story (Rappler)
It was a social experiment my progressive Montessori school in Manila wanted to perform on its upper middle-class students and the children of the nearby slums. The objective of the exercise was to let privileged private school children put a face to the poverty that was just outside their window. I’m not sure what the goal was for the other side.
A good marriage
“A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
What is a memory?
“A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.” – Edward de Bono
How to write a love letter
To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have