::::SECRETS::::

               There was an unspeakable understanding between them, boy and girl. Neither could explain nor would attempt to. Both sat with their hands on their knees, side by side each other. And both mused about the serenity that hovers around them, like a dove in flight. Words were meaningless, they knew, and so neither uttered [...]

::::SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED SUPPOSED DEATH DAY (PART TWO)::::

             Images flashed before my eyes—fire, embers, dead people, gore. And I suddenly had the urge to run to my room and look for a pen and paper. I stopped in my tracks. We are about to die, and I’m looking for a pen?
            I went back to the terrace to survey the sky, [...]

::::SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED SUPPOSED DEATH DAY::::

            I was looking Death at the face. With its spark crawling on the power line, it almost looked like a falling star on a cold night. And I would’ve been happy, instead of being terrified to death. Everything seemed surreal, and my life was suddenly re-evaluated by whatever fate that brought me here.
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::::ISA’T KALAHATING ORAS (FIRST PART)::::

                Dito sa bus na ‘to kita unang nakita, sa biyaheng Dasma galing Lawton. Umuulan noon, trapik, at tayuan pa. Medyo masakit na ang mga binti ko, dahil sa taas ng takong ng sapatos ko. Galing akong Pedro Gil, bumili ng libro mag-isa, at ikaw naman, sa may Quirino sumakay. Napatingin ako agad sa’yo pagsakay na [...]