Category: The Ride

The [words enclosed in quotation marks] were from my friends, acquaintances, and some people I personally know by their names. I was digging some journal entries and letters and found some useful insights I could share with myself. I prefer withholding their names for security reasons (my own).

I had so much trouble fixing the conflict between the JavaScript code in the gallery page and this DTD line in the same document. In IE 6, the gallery had a bottom scrollbar which looked well off.. yes, well off. Firefox 1 displayed everything fine. CSS and HTML code editing were futile. At first I…

Just speak until your mouth froths with flowers and butterflies. As elusive as the one I’m trying to touch, your eyes have the same flutter. We eat with eagerness of what is on our table. The butterflies, the flowers, they disappear. And finally, I have your eyes. It is sudden sadness that illuminates them. It…

Nag-file ako ng tax kanina. Pwede naman palang walang sedula, nag-aksaya pa ako ng P238.68. Pero ayos lang, sa unang pagkakataon, nakita ko rin ang loob ng Quezon City Hall. Malaking lugar pala.. parang parke. Meron pang dalawang lumang auto na display na lang. At sa main building, may mga nakalilok sa pader na hindi…

I was enjoying the afternoon sun when the sky suddenly wept. There we were… sinking paper boats in the puddle. My brother made a boat out of styrofoam. He powered it with some dynamo he got from a broken toy racing car. That was the time I learned how to play with batteries and masking…

We went home to Helen’s house after catching up too late in the streets of San Roque. I told her to stop trying beer too much. Her house was the closest so we proceeded. There was her mom sleeping, head on the dining table. I wasn’t that sleepy so I headed for a coffee. I…

The table had vanished. All we can see were food. Seafood, oil food, wheat, and everything in between. You see, it was our parents twentieth year wedding anniversary. My siblings and I were seated like audience to the sweetness of our folks. We were witnesses and evidence to the bond they have over the years.…

I swear, I saw two turtles swimming in our garden flood. All the kids were playing in the rain. There I was, watching them by the second floor window. My room is a bit damp, and stuff toy-smell could really be tangy. I just wanted to let my face sag and let my fingers tinker…

I picked up an almond from my mocha ice cream. It was 6:30 in the evening when it fell out of my mouth. It must be caused by Karen’s taunting that I can’t make a trap out of this sand mountain. I jaw-dropped to my disdain. So, after I digged a foot-deep and covered it…