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Nikay Paredes; 21 yrs. old; Cebu City, PH






Friday, July 31, 2009
Weekend

Another way to get smashed:


Thursday, July 30, 2009
Yellow ribbons for Cory Aquino

On my way to class this morning, I saw yellow ribbons tied around the trees along the road. There's also a heart there somewhere.

Took this photo using my camera phone.


Sunday, July 26, 2009
A hard rain's a-gonna fall

They have Calpis in Rustan's Supermarket, Katipunan. Oh my deity.



For the uninitiated, I dare you to try it. It's Yakult's casual cousin. Good stuff. I managed to nail Regine Velasquez's "Dadalhin" at 1 a.m. in some japanese karaoke place with this happy tonic.

168php for 1.5 liters. For champions.

Thursday, July 23, 2009
Open letter

A cup of buko juice illegally purchased from outside the premises, when the higher-ups didn’t care that much, was the ultimate tonic for balmy afternoons. This was high school life: diluted.

We were simpler then. We liked simple things.

Now I cannot help but be floored by how technology has altered us. How every move is calibrated to whitewash, at the outset, a neutral invention.

I beg that you stop making a spectacle of yourself for reasons you do not yet know. Or if you do know, ask yourself if it's really worth it.

Know
when to end.

P.S. In Cebuano: Palihug ayaw paka-uwawa imo'ng kaugalingon.

Saturday, July 11, 2009
Flarf

turtles generate poems

No wonder they move so slowly—
Somebody in there is
Trying to write.


Source: David, Jordan. "Turtles Generate Poems." Poetry Foundation.

Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wish

I've been soul-slapped. I've been scrambling. I've been thinking.

If I had a super power, it would be the power to change people's minds.