“We were college sweethearts and university activists, but had to separate when Martial Law was declared in the Philippines and my parents took me to the US to live there. Fifteen years later and the martial rule all gone, I came back to Manila, divorced with three kids, but she took me back. It’s as […]
“I worked in a restaurant frequented by seamen. I was the one my colleagues always pushed to speak to the foreigners because I knew English. One time, my friend and I were dining and we heard a group of British seamen coming in, so we rushed to finish our food to avoid them, only to […]
“He was giving flowers to both me and my friend. My friend and I were puzzled who he was courting. I only realised it was me because he was giving me roses and my friend chrysanthemums. Then he courted my dad. A year after we were married. We’ve been married for 36 years.”
“I took the bus every weekend from Laguna to Makati for work. I worked in Makati as a finance officer. I was 35 then. I didn’t plan to get married anymore. Then one day, I took this bus, it was red, I remember it very well, and sat down the only available seat. Next to […]
PenVille 