Belated Merry Christmas from Me and my Crazy Family

this e-card was designed by my sister, neena– she’s the one who’s holding the leaf like a loaded weapon. marti, my baby bro is the one with crazy eyes, sherie looks the most sane at the moment. my mom and my dad look really happy and sweet– just like in real life. jorem looks sleepy [...]

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for all the men in my life

My dear brothers,
I know Who created you, that’s why I expect so much from you guys.
_________

When God wants to drill a man, and thrill a man, and skill a man
when God wants to mold a man to play the noblest part
when He yearns with all His heart to create a great and so bold a [...]

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so this is stef before she disappears for a couple of months

ok, so maybe not as shell-shocked as this (this was after a really long day that began in foggy tagaytay at 6:30 in the morning and ended at the Fort Strip at 10pm), but yeah. i have this headache right now that’s just keeping me from focusing on what i’m writing.
anyway, i just wanted to [...]

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singing alone

“I do know that when we’re alone, we sing.” (Ravi Zacharias)

i love to sing, but i’m not too thrilled whenever i have to sing in front of other people solo because my sisters and close friends (ailene, ida, matt, ian (AKA The Christian Bautista), josh, jordan) are way gifted for that sort of thing. i’m [...]

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see what happens when we’re both honest?

i’m just new to this spontaneous honesty thing. usually, when i have something important to say (like the truth about something that has far reaching consequences), i have to schedule a quiet talk with the person, practice what i’m going to say, and generally muster up a lot of nerve for it. or something happens [...]

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if you were here

i wouldn’t be spending today here in the office. instead, i’d literally, and figuratively, take you by the hand and drag you off somewhere. it could be in the middle of a wide open field, on a boat and just float in the middle of the sea– where the horizon just stretches so far that [...]

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“Fill my fond heart with God alone”

How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
- From “Eloisa to Abelard” by Alexander Pope
i wish i could tell you to your face that i often wish that i could erase you from my memory. that i had just went on in blissful ignorance of [...]

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welcome, stargeezer!

i think you’re my first visitor for this blog.
“taguan” literally means “hiding place” in Filipino. i abandoned my more public blog after a recent heartbreak. i needed a space online where i could write for myself and not for the people i know who read my blog. i just couldn’t stand the scrutiny from my friends that comes with baring [...]

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