What if Saturday: Heartbreak
Deep breaths and stifled tears. These shall serve as my lunch today, along with this consoling cup of hot coffee. I feel as if the world is playing a big joke on me. I feel as if I have just woken up...
View ArticleWhat if Saturday: The Woman
“Miss Mendoza? Dr. Gonzales will see you now. He’ll be giving out your test results.” “Alright, nurse. Thank you very much.” She saunters into my office, head held high, hips swinging cockily from side...
View ArticleWhat if Saturday: Revisited
Dr. Gonzales seems to be so stressed out today. I pity him. Two death sentences in a row, huh? And that’s just for this morning. He’s still got a couple of patients lined up for this afternoon. I’m...
View ArticleWhat if Saturday: First Lady
Julieta, Julieta, wherefore art thou, Julieta? Check thy watch and refuse to be late — arggg. Where is she? Where oh where has my little sis gone? Oh where oh where could she be? She said she’d meet me...
View ArticleWhat if Saturday (Err, Wednesday): Shutdown
Dear Readers, Forgive me for not being faithful with the 10 What Ifs. Life became… busy. But fear not. I shall finish this project up. We’ve two more stories to go — this one and a final one which will...
View ArticleSilly Story
Just a silly story I wrote a little bit more than one year ago. I’m still doing rewrites so, yeah, that’s taking up most of my writing time. Re-reading this kinda makes me laugh. Someone said he and I...
View ArticleWeek #2: Broken
It was broken, but she was determined to fix the heart that hung limply out of her bloodstained chest. She winced as she tried to keep it in place. There was a drugstore nearby. Perhaps she could find...
View ArticleWeeks #26&27: The Girl and Guy Next Door
26. Subject: Write about a neighbour. 27. First Line: With him, she’d had some wonderfully stable times With him, she’d had some wonderfully stable times. Stable, in a way that they never fought. They...
View ArticleCatching Up + Weeks #30&31: The Skeleton in the Village
I have some writing to catch up on. Will be mashing up the last item from the last set and the first item from this one: 31. Subject: Write about a train journey. 32. First Line: That summer seemed to...
View ArticleWeek #39&40: Message in a Bottle
39. Scenario: A friend has been staying with you since his relationship break-up. He has overstayed his welcome but you don’t want to ask him to leave. Think of an imaginative scheme to make him decide...
View ArticleThe Girl Who Sailed with a Star
There is a village in Benguet where a giant wearing a broad-brimmed hat spent days staring at the sun and nights talking to the moon. They called this giant Mt. Kalugong. For, the truth was, he was...
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