Category: Sentiments

  • For the longest time, I have convinced myself that I have been deliberately choosing to spend time alone–to live alone, for that matter. While I eavesdrop on friends reminiscing on the pranks they pulled off in High School, as I see group dates take place where I have often observed that there is always that…

  • A trip to any country, or even any city, is not complete without trying out local dishes. In many ways, Bangkok was a gastronomic pilgrimage, offering a variety of dishes…most of which were just too spicy for me. Still, enjoyed everything I was able to try. For our first dinner, we explored what’s in the…

  • The past few months I have been restless for reasons I do not know. I wake up tired. I go by my day-to-day exhausted. I go home drained. And the very moment before I fall asleep, I am far beyond exhausted. I am unsure why I have this heavy feeling for how many months now.…

  • How I wish that there is a quaint coffee shop near where I work with quality coffee. Don’t get me wrong, I love Starbucks, and the iced coffee of McDonald’s, and I can survive with Coffee Bean. It’s just that, how I wish coffee shops like Craft are more spread out in the metro. They’re…

  • May 02, 2013. It was a Thursday. I was eager and probably my mom was more excited for me, hence her wanting to accompany me on my first day. We had breakfast in a doughnut shop nearby and closing 9:00 AM, we left and she dropped me off. Similar to my first day of school,…