Notes & Essays

The sad truths of the Filipino diaspora through my dad's OFW experience.

There is no shortage of excellent reasons not to have children, says the novelist Mark O'Connell. But a preemptive capitulation to despair feels intolerable, at least to him.

It sounds insane, but wearing lola's old daster or using dad's favorite handkerchief is how we can truly keep our old loved ones alive.

Would I do it again? Probably not.

What do you think?

Oras na muli para pumili ng susunod na pinuno ng bansa.

What would it take for you to call out your own parent in public?

The very moment I kissed this woman who wasn’t my wife, I realized I’d just passed the point of no return.

It's always been assumed that one day Casey would live with me. Why the hell didn't any of us bother asking him?

Optics, optics, optics.