A story that has never been told

Privacy. Private. Personal. Every person is entitled to be free from any kind of invasion. Celebrities cry foul when their personal life is invaded by overly curious media people. Politicians summoned for public hearing always resort to the protection of rights to privacy. A teenager gets defensive when parents check a possession without due foreword. Everyone is almost absolutely aware of the importance of having privacy. So how can one live with no doors, no locks, and only a wisp of curtains? Houses in Masinao are the most challenging of all to live at. A person who is used to having his/her own room will be shocked by the thought of living in a place with barely any divider. If you are living with siblings of similar gender it is quite alright, but if you are a young lady living with your older brothers, it is unthinkable. It must be common to think that people living in this kind of houses lack money to install doors with locks or construct decent walls between rooms. E...

My name is Elgine L. Cerdeña, a 3 rd  year irregular student of Colegio de San Juan de Letran – Calamba, a girl so ordinary no one will look at me even if I am walking naked down the hallway. But then again, there must be more. You see, whenever I introduce myself, people have the same reaction – “Again? Elgy, Eglyn? Egnyl?” I know that no matter what I do, people are bound to ask the spelling of my name simply because it is not something that they encounter everyday. I got sick of seeing my name disemboweled for the past years. When I applied for entrance exams, I get my permit and room number by the name of Elaine Cerdeña. Just recently, I was introduced as a student intern by the name of Ailene Cerdeña. By this time, I am more than used to having such a badly misheard name.  And so just like my name, I know people have quite some difficulty understanding the whole “me”. When I was a child, I have a very simple wish when I grow up. A wish that others thought was a shallow ...

           "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first"                                                                                                 John 15:18                                                 Maging Akin Muli                                                       (Click this link for the video) Manlamig man sa Akin puso mong maramdamin Lisanin man ng tuwa puso mong namamanglaw Manginig man sa takot masindakin mong puso Mag-u...