I’ve never been a girly girl.
Never liked pink. Never wore make-up. Never had pedicures or my eyebrows threaded. Never bothered to condition my hair or shave my legs regularly. Never put on skirts or dresses or low cut anythings because I didn’t want to remember that I had stubbly legs and stretchmarks behind my knees [...]
“I’m leaving to become a bum.”
That’s what I told Ibyang to tell the people who are bound to ask her why, in the near future.
“Please come up with something that sounds better than that,” she prevails upon me.
Ibyang wants to protect my image even after my upcoming office demise. She’s hoping I won’t go without having [...]
I love the start of summer!
Makes me feel so alive.
Warm weather brings simple, basic pleasures … the sun in your eyes, skin that starts to burn, droplets of sweat trickling all over.
Then there are the pleasures that come with the struggle to beat the heat … walking into a cool shower at full blast or rubbing your eyelids with [...]
I pulled a favorite blue sweater on over a tank and ran to work yesterday.
I was really late again. (Reason: slept past 5 am after a surprise birthday party followed by a disturbing book I just had to finish …)
So I didn’t have time to dwell on my outfit. Until I noticed, walking up and down corridors and [...]
