It was a bright sunny day in the fields of Manila. The fresh scent of pandesal as it was rapidly being devoured by the local customers was a plain sight I was fond of seeing everyday. As I was walking into the place where I’ve been accepted for...
Read MorePerhaps it was just his imagination. Maybe it was him. “No,” Julius thought, “he’s been gone for a decade, stop it.” The wet gray sand, nothing like the ad said, made a funny feeling between his toes. Julius and his family were on vacation, summer to be exact....
Read MoreOnce, there lived two distant cousins in America with their families. One family, lived in Chicago, while the other one lives in Washington D.C.. Both of them are very similar. The both like reading books and writing stories. Their family members call them bookworms. One day the...
Read MoreIt has been a week since our summer vacation has started and I am very excited to pick up our cousins from the United States! It was tomorrow, I could barely sleep. But my mom said to sleep early because we have to wake up at 3:00 in...
Read MoreSummer vacation has always been one of the most awaited happenings of people, especially students like me, in a year. Because finally, we are free from all the work and stress caused by school. Traditionally, every summer my family, including my cousins, and I would go to our...
Read MoreOnce upon a time, there was a family from United States named the Reyes family.They have cousins there names were Angelica, Jennie, and Lee. Because it was summer, they went to the Philippines and also because they want to visit there relatives in the Philippines. When they went...
Read More“Stress week is almost here,” they said. I was a bit taken aback. Really? Hasn’t stress been circulating for a few weeks already? Were the quizzes, long tests and projects that have been piled up not enough to constitute as a big bulk of stress? One project after...
Read More“I will miss you guys so, so much” it was a sentence that echoed inside her head everytime she would see group of people in the corridor. Yesha, now a 15-year-old student, is having her much-awaited summer break. She is tired of all discussions and projects that...
Read More“Mount Cordillo?” Dezi Morando wore a shocked expression on her face after hearing her auntie’s words. “We’re going hiking this summer, just the three of us, you me and Raylle,” Auntie Jadie was already fishing out clothes from the wardrobe. It was like a jungle in there. “But…I...
Read MoreI am a ten year old Filipino boy who has cousins having a trip to the United States and today they are coming home at Philippines. I went to ask my mother “Are they coming home?” “Yes”, my mother replied. Later at night I slept and thought we...
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