It happened four years ago, on a hot summer afternoon when, I was still living with my family in Pagbilao, my hometown. We were having our snacks while watching TV when the sound of the beeping of a car suddenly filled the air. It turned out to be my aunt who was on her way to Tagkawayan to visit my grandparents’ tomb. She said she wanted to drop by our house and see how we are. She even handed...

I hold a wooden stick on my right hand, trying not to wince, as I rake my mind for the right words to say, fearing that a single mistake would end it all. Slowly, I raised the 11 inches long stick and waved it in an awkward way while shouting the words, “Petrificus Totalus!”It can’t be helped that most people would want to stay the same. They wouldn’t want to leave a certain place, a...

i was just sitting in the bus when this thought came to my mind...why am i not so close with my friends?i don't know the answer actually..perhaps i'm just too busy with my life, of what's gonna happen to me or something.i don't know but i kind of pity myself....then when i see them, it seems like they are so distant and far.i want to be there beside them but i can't.no matter what i do, they seem...