Tag: Writing
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My Best Friend, The Surgeon
Last week, Missy got on stage to receive her golden scalpel. What should have been completed in five years of residency had stretched into six years and three months because of the pandemic. I wrote a 2000-word essay back in 2018 during her first few months in Philippine General Hospital, the biggest tertiary hospital in…
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The Climb to Thirty
In a few weeks, I’ll be turning thirty. It’s not a big deal – at least I know it shouldn’t be, but I can’t help but fixate on the fact that I will be thirty. I will have lived thirty whole years on this earth! It is surreal. And it does feel like a big…
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A Safe Place
I’m tempted to explain and expound on this article-that-is-not-really-an-article, to write down every step of my thought process – on why I’m posting a photo of a sketch of a teeny cup of coffee without a handle and what this “safe place” is all about. But to do so would defeat the purpose. The point…
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What I Do When I’m Not Writing
The other day, I sat with Datu as he sipped his Chai tea while I gulped down my too-sweet coffee, which had more foam than caffeine. We were in a booth in Coffee Bean, both of us on a couch in the corner farthest from the entrance. After a few pleasantries, he turned to me…
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5 Books That Changed My Life
I was looking through Neil Gaiman’s blog earlier (I visit it every now and then to read about his daily life, book updates, and words of advice) and I came across a video on the three books that changed his life. It got me thinking about my own list of life-altering literature. It was my dad who introduced me to the wonderful world…
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