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The Written Wor[l]d of the Brainteaser
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The Written Wor[l]d of the BrainTeaser is the 'pensieve' that holds my mind's ramblings and the paper that holds my pen's scrawls. It is a simple note in the music of my life, a rhyme in the poetry of my dreams.
I am a brainteaser attempting to
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Lamentation of the Dream Un-Winged
From a distance, Dream watched Man staring out his tiny window, a glass of liquor in his hand. Man was gazing unseeingly at the clouds almost completely concealing the rising moon, sadness hugging him...
Truth vs. Deceit: A Tale
.Deeply confused and utterly sad, Truth decided to speak with the Lord.“Lord," he said in a barely audible voice. "I am confused. You said that I am beautiful, but why is it that when I present myse...
Only When
Dreams. They are the fruits we envision the plants we sow would bear. But many of us dream without planting a seed. Some of us do, but we fail to water our plants, to fertilize them. So our plants die...
Winged
.When we give our souls some wings, they will surely soar, up above the clouds, to the stars, to the heavens, and to dimensions beyond the reach of time. My soul is here, with me, yet it is really gon...
Sick and Twisted
.There’s something that’s gravely ailing the world today. And it’s not global warming. It’s our hearts turning cold and unfeeling.The culprits probably thought it was a good joke, so they took...
Humanity vs Opportunity: A Short Tale
.Opportunity and Humanity faced each other at the Chieftain Hall. This was to resolve Humanity’s complaint against Opportunity. Humanity claimed that Opportunity was not doing his job, which was to ...
Autumn in Summer
. It’s summer; the sun’s smiling brightly But autumn reigns inside me.Like a tree who just lost a leafInside me, there is grief.I am a vast sky on stormy nightsForsaken by the moon, bereft of star...
Of Hellos and Goodbyes
One of the remarkable things that happened this month is that I’ve said a lot of hellos and goodbyes to OFW friends.The hellos started with the arrival of Manang Imee, a dear friend from Iluko.com, ...
The Portrait that is the Filipina
La Madre Filipina (A statue at the Luneta Park); The Filipina of today is a life-size, full-length oil painting on canvas. She is a tableau that can be hung and appreciated, with pride or prejudice, ...
Transparency in an Opaque World
We are not just black or white; often, we are shades of gray. We cannot not just be one thing or the other. Often, we are both.Dynamic, evolving… that’s what we humans are. Never static, never th...
The Rolling Stone
“Rolling stones catch no moss,” my father always reminds me every time I tell him of my plans to resign from my current job for another.Dad always supports my decision, but as a father, he feels c...
Ringlet
. Life isn’t a circle; it is a line dotted with circles. The seemingly never-ending cycles, like the setting and rising of the sun, the settling of night and dawning of a new tomorrow, the change in...
Life is a Performing Art (Story on Slide)
Please click the minus (-) sign on the bottom left of the "TV" screen to slowdown the slide; plus (+) sign to make the slides move faster; and the pause sign to, well, make the current slide pause.To ...
Almost Me
When I did a general cleaning of my closet last week, I found, among other things, my two old diaries which I kept hidden someplace where they are most secure. As I leafed through their pages, I could...
New Year's Gift: An Open Letter
Dear Humanity,I know that there are times when you think and feel that you are utterly alone; that no one cares. But that is not entirely true, you know that. Someone up there is always watching you, ...
2007: A Glance at the Year that (Almost) Was
The year 2007 is about to bid us goodbye. As I open my arms to welcome the coming year, I would want to give the departing year one last hug for having been so good to me, for entrusting to me gifts a...
EDITING OUR MISTAKES IN LIFE
You are doing some minor image editing on your computer screen. There are times you would make some mistake by overcorrecting or undercorrecting something, so from time to time you’d click undo.Gene...