Carmina Tries To Write

“Nanay niyo lutang na naman.” I’ve been lurking on anti-Leni groups over the past two days following the last presidential interview with veteran and Peabody-award winning journalist Jessica Soho. And with that comes reading an unhealthy amount of hostile comments about the VP. Nothing to be surprised about their comments – I knew titirahin ‘yung […]

I had a dream about this guy I used to really like. It was the last day of school and I was walking home when he cut me from behind, he was riding his bike and offered me a ride home. Naturally, I said yes. Free ride, hello! I was sitting behind him, side saddle […]

Buying new pens is both therapeutic and expensive.

“Fuck this,” you swear under your breath. It’s not even eight, “I am not mentally prepared for this,” you said. 

We’re year two in this hell-hole and I’ve yet to see even the tiniest bit of ray of light that signifies we’re about to see the end of this tunnel. I’m telling you man, the entire world’s having concerts, reopening dine-in restaurants, schools, and bars, and here we are, still thinking lockdowns would solve this […]

Reading a translated English copy of “I Decided to Live as Me” by Soo-hyun Kim. Just a few pages in. And in all honesty, I am too preoccupied I have been reading some lines over and over so I put it off. Damn, my head’s in another place. Writing this. I know. What a filler […]

I’m sorry I’m a little rusty. No, scratch that. If I’m going to be really honest, I’d say not “little,” but a lot. Yung klase ng kalawang na hindi na kayang i-save ng WD-40. Tapon mo na lang. I feel like a little child learning to color inside the lines. I was typing “like a […]