Author: Issa

  • Eternal Sabbath by Fuyumi Souryo

    Eternal Sabbath by Fuyumi Souryo

    This heartthrob can actually read and change people’s minds. Enviable power, right?

  • Do Indian Girls Buy Guys?

    “Honey, don’t worry, I’m not spending a penny for any guy,” Kav said smilingly. I felt some blood surged to my cheeks at Kav’s assurance. I forced a chuckle as a reply. It all started with a date anecdote I shared to Kav. I never regret getting an answer straight from an Indian woman’s mouth,…

  • Meet Charlie, The Math Whiz

    His eyes are magnetic, his hair such sexy curls. His nose as high as towers,  his lips fully kissable. He applies math to anything, everything he comes across. He believes life is all about it, all mysteries yet unsolved. No gravitational force can keep you from falling for Professor Charlie Eppes. His extrapolations, his perspicacity, his curiosity…

  • Master Silence

    Only whenever a letter is silent, or usually so, do we form Spelling/Pronunciation rules. We cannot spell by rules –there are just too many exceptions. I’ll tell you why we’ve got to forgive our English teachers for torturing us of pop spelling quizzes back then. B keeps quiet before t, or after m, on the…

  • Catch the Big Fish!

    Edward Bloom told his son stories of the life he desired to live. Soon, the son grew old enough to know that none of these tales were true. Even when Edward was dying, he would never talk of the facts of his life, purely fancy, & fascinating stories. Would the son ever draw the factual recount of his dad’s life? If so,…

  • First, First, First Filipinos

    I hate history. We, who live in the past, cannot move ahead. Yet one professor in Phil History I clearly remember for her similarity to Korina Sanchez (hi, Ms. Tantengco!) in looks, in speech..and in notoriety flunking even prospective dean’s listers – made me put up with PNU’s dusty, jurassic, and sleep-inducing library. Prehistory was assigned to me. First year…

  • Season’s Switch

    Cool breeze greeted my cheeks with its soft kiss as I opened the main door of the flat. Summer waned, winter has slowly crept in. “The best months are to come”, I heard myself say. Most cab drivers knew that many Filipinos are working in the UAE. One of them even happily said he preferred Pinay gfs…

  • Fossilized

    Do you wonder why she keeps saying “he” for “she”? And instead of saying “have finished”, she insists “have finish” no matter how many times you have told her to use the past participle after have/has? How about the ill usage of the past tense of verb after the word “did” as in “Did you…

  • Crushed No More

    Sing gleeful nonsense melodies, Intuitive rhymes and symphonies, Beguile boredom, go seize the blues, Shut ears of doom, turn them on tunes. Appalled are you of toilsome tasks? Beset by all the boss’ commands? Is work fraught with haste and hassles? Hum off the hustle and bustle! Could there be worse than crushed spirits? Of…

  • Escape with Stevenson

    Who won’t seriously fall in love with Stevenson? No writer has excited me as much as he did with his eerie tale of the Treasure Island. His choice and blending of words lifted me away awhile from my mundane life as I explore the perils and pleasures of pirates’ adventures. Jim was a perfect pick…