by Hugh Aaron ONE would think we were a couple of returning heroes. “Americanos, Americanos,” the naked children shouted, zigzagging like circus clowns in mad circles around us as Billiard Ball and I ambled abreast down the beaten path through the shade of the green canopy. Heavy duffel bags hanging from our shoulders were laden …
by ppinoy (A reader asked me to put her experience in story form, so after several interview sessions I finally got the gist of her story, and with a few embellishments here it is. Names have been modified as per her request. She hopes you enjoy reading it as much as she did. – author) …
PART I “Ayan na ako….Aaaaahhh…” pumulandit ang maalat-alat na katas ni Ruben sa loob ng aking bibig. “That was great honey. O sige ligo lang ako sandali.” Bumangon si Ruben sa kanyang kama at kinuha ang kanyang tuwalya, itinapis sa kanyang beywang at dumiretso sa banyo. Naiwan akong humihingal na nakatitig sa kisame. Inabot ko …
by Bienvenido N. Santos AS soon as Fil woke up, he noticed a whiteness outside, quite unusual for the November mornings they had been having. That fall, Chicago was sandman’s town, sleepy valley, drowsy gray, slumberous mistiness from sunup till noon when the clouds drifted away in cauliflower clusters and suddenly it was evening. The …
ni El Nunal ni El Nunal Napansin ko yung chocolate na dala ko, then I asked Amanda “You like chocolates?” “Sino ba naman ang hinde? I’m a sweet tooth every since” so binigay ko sa kanya yung chocolate na nakalagay sa bag ko and she was like a child na natuwa isang simpleng regalong binigay …
ni El Nunal Napansin ko yung chocolate na dala ko, then I asked Amanda “You like chocolates?” “Sino ba naman ang hinde? I’m a sweet tooth every since” so binigay ko sa kanya yung chocolate na nakalagay sa bag ko and she was like a child na natuwa isang simpleng regalong binigay sa kanya “Oi …
ni El Nunal Lumabas kami nang mall and sumakay sa bus going Ayala. She was resting her head on my shoulder, tahimik lang kami, tapos nagulat ako sa ginawa niya kasi pinindot niya yung nunal ko, medyo nagulat ako at natawa naman siya. “may kiliti ka pala dyan?” nakangiti niyang sinabi “Wala, nagulat lang ako …
Mula nung mabalo ang Mama ni Jerry, 5 years ago, minabuti nito na patirahin ang bunso niyang kapatid na babae, ang Tita Maggie ni Jerry, sa kanilang bahay. Magnifica ang tunay na pangalan niya. Halos 20 years old na siya nuong lumipat siya sa bahay nina Jerry. 25 to 26 years old na siya ngayon. …