Posted on Friday, October 30, 2009 by Beng
I’ve been bad.
And I am reaping the consequences of my bad behavior. But I have willingly submitted myself to the penalty of my wrongdoing by coming up to my two officemates with my sacrificial tin can holding my most treasured treats.
“Sa inyo na lang ito. Ubusin nyo na.” (You can have this. Eat everything.) I [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 by Beng
She was standing two feet away from me. As the escalator was going up, I turned my head to the right and noticed. The lady, around 50-ish, does not have a left hand. All she had was a smooth stump that ended her wrist. I tried hard not to look. But my curiosity got the better [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Beng
The moment I alighted from the bus and saw how the cars seem to be parked where they were instead of moving, I knew. Stay. In SM. Do…whatever.
Good thing that in my bag is my wifi-enabled netbook. My inner geekhood whispered to me, “Use it. Surf the net while having dinner. ” (Shopping, I realized, [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Beng
“Clever!” I would’ve exclaimed if only I were allowed to make a sound louder than a whisper in the darkened Rizal Theater of Ateneo. “What a clever idea to use the phrase ‘Fool’s gold’ for this story!” Forgive my fixation on words but that moment of delight just happened to be the most valuable return [...]
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