A two-minute quick sprint out of a wooden house with wiggling eight-step stairs (“our” because we live there, but is not really ours at all) and I and my two sisters are out of reach of our mom’s arms carrying the fourth young mouth of the family. Under a soft-roast summer noon, bare feet and littleContinue reading “little girls with chocolate cake feet”
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The Bloodiest Leaf
My friends love either spring or summer with the shining bright soleil. I am the odd fan of fall. The only kid who loves to see trees go skeletal. Little do they know the leaf-less twigs also scared me. But I still love fall because of my granny! She lives in a brick red houseContinue reading “The Bloodiest Leaf”
Bus Girl
Stealthy as she has always been, I almost jumped when she wrapped her delicate arms around me. Age has made it more difficult to stand in an almost jam-packed bus, but the whiff of her freshly bathe scent distracted me the most. Oh, how time flies. *** It was my first day in a newContinue reading “Bus Girl”
Childhood Treasures
Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful. – Kailash Satyarthi I am a millennial. I am one of those billions born during the 90’s. Titanic was a hit during that time. Pixar’s first animated movie, Toy Story was shown, technology becomes revolutionary, Philippines was hit by a strong earthquake andContinue reading “Childhood Treasures”
DAY Twenty
Here’s the question for Day 20 of 30-Day Book Challenge. 20. Favorite childhood book. In all honesty, I did not grow old with many books around me. My mom and dad isn’t readers so you can expect why. But that does not mean that I have no favorite childhood book. Before I became a ContentContinue reading “DAY Twenty”
