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The almost-fight for bunk no. 6.
So, earlier: I wanted to grab a quick nap during my lunch break. I registered for the nap room and was assigned to bunk #2. It was occupied when I got in; some guy who couldn’t bother following simple...
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Two months without photographic evidence.
Rodj pointed out how some people can fill out a photo album (with selfies) in a week. (Or a day, even.) But while we were still dating before, we never had many photos. We had very few photos together....
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#30DayWritingChallenge: My last love.
Would you look at that. I actually finished this thirty-day writing challenge thing. Although I feel a little mocked by the Universe for this last writing topic. Day Thirty: My last love. I started...
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#30DayWritingChallenge: Something that made me angry.
Day Twenty-Nine: Something that made me angry. For a few years, I helped organize the Metro Manila Pride March. It’s called Metro Manila Pride now because it expanded beyond the marching. It was, at...
View ArticleRed flags.
Meeting up with him tonight was a bad idea. He talked about red flags from the other guy he dated — warnings against getting further involved with the guy which he should have heeded sooner. What I...
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Day Twenty-Two: Something that happened in a car. The world started spinning the moment I stood from my seat. “Can I stay over at your place?” I asked the guy I just met. He was friends with my friends...
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#30DayWritingChallenge: The one that got away.
Day Twenty-One: The one that got away . I don’t think have ever written anything about Jemai. So here is one for Throwback Thursday. We met in someone’s birthday party in the early 2000s. A friend in...
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Day Nineteen: My secret shame. Be wary of someone who claims their life is an open book. Everyone is hiding something. That’s the irony of the social media (and the internet in general): it allows us...
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#30DayWritingChallenge: Something that happened in a mall.
Day Nine: Something that happened in a mall. “SM Aura would be good,” I wrote in my text message. “There’s a Coffee Bean at the open garden thingy.” He asked me for a tarot reading about an hour ago....
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#30DayWritingChallenge: A neighbor.
Day Seven: A neighbor. Next week is Spirit Day, and international LGBTQ campaign against bullying, especially those targetted at LGBTQ youths. Though not directly related to bullying, I will write...
View Article#30DayWritingChallenge: A kiss.
Day Six: A kiss. We both knew it was doomed from the beginning. She knew I was gay. She went to the gym with my ex. I knew a part of her hoped that I would return her affection. In hindsight, I was...
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Kiss, kiss, kiss.
Today’s 30-day writing challenge topic is “a kiss”. Can I cheat and just repost this entry I posted the other day, instead? He kissed well and was not self-conscious about it. Oh well. I’ll forget his...
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#30DayWritingChallenge: A strange phone call.
Day Four: A strange phone call. There is this guy, he calls himself Gabriel. Every time I see him calling me, it means one thing: the guy is horny. Often, I ignore his call. I might be doing something,...
View ArticleBeer under moonlight.
The entire conversation was obviously a way of stalling before sex. We only knew each other through a few online conversations: greetings, perfunctory small talk, and mild flirting. We really didn’t...
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A Really Good Movie with a Rather Boring Title: a review of Pride.
Seriously, a title like “Pride” isn’t the most engaging thing one can call a movie. It isn’t enough to hint at how heartwarming and inspiring the story of a group of gay activists who decided to help a...
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Bored because no travel selfies from me.
“Jade, are you okay?” my friend asked me while we were touring the BenCab Museum. “You’re not taking photos. Are you bored?” I assured him I was not. And I really wasn’t. It was the first time I...
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U.S.T.
I wrote this last year, but never got around to telling the story behind it. I figured a year is long enough a time to procrastinate. That may have resolved several years of sexual tension. Or it may...
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Friday night at Today X Future.
And we were singing along. These songs we grew up with, songs we thought were written about us, songs we either have not heard for years or have constantly keep in our music players. And they were...
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Even before I left the Distillery, I can feel one shoulder to be slightly aching. I thought it was because of the bag I was carrying the entire night. I told Sandy and her friends that the place is...
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#IamJenniferLaude: Solidarity message for #LGBTOutragePH.
As representative from PinoyG4M.com, I was asked if I can give a two-minute solidarity message for the LGBT National Day of Outrage for the killing of Jennifer Laude. Like most things I do, I wrote...
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