Scribbling Neurons

Dream it. Draft it. Do it.

Author: Issa

  • Yawnful Morn

    Hey, gear up! Oh, what a sluggard,what a pain! Get up, rise up, the sun’s hot and burning, Come on, gaze up, breathe in,and breathe out, Let some fresh air come in and blow thy lungs. It’s but another day, you’d wished never made.. It’s just but another day that’ll slip away, ‘Seize the day!’…

  • On Sub-Moms

    Surrogate mothers, or baby makers, are of interest to me. Uncomfortable questions keep bothering me about them. I first heard of this concept through a simple Sunday school story where Abraham slept with his wife’s Egyptian maidservant, Hagar. She bore him a child called Ishmael (the so-called father of the Muslim religion). Then I read…

  • Claymore: A Dark Fantasy Where Humanity and Monstrosity Collide

    Claymore: A Dark Fantasy Where Humanity and Monstrosity Collide

    Claymore by Norihiro Yagi isn’t your typical shonen manga. It dives into a dark fantasy world where monstrous creatures, Yoma, threaten villages. Enter the Claymores, half-human, half-Yoma warriors wielding massive swords to combat this threat.

  • Enviable Visa

    A mentor from Beirut was coming to give a crash training in Dubai and I was tasked to book her in a hotel and secure her entry to UAE. She’s a Spanish national so I knew she’d be granted visa upon arrival at Dubai Airport (free of charge). I inquired at UAE’s Spanish Embassy and they…

  • Rebirth

    Issa is overwhelmed. It’s something I never expected (this soon) to wake up to. I was even mad at you, Neil, for being too incomprehensible. So this is the mystery behind the short replies. I’m reborn. So much thanks. I am Issa. My friends back in primary, high school and college might call me differently,…

  • Engkanto (A Bad Dream)

    Slumbering like a baby in a tiny room, I awoke as my aunt shook my left shoulder. I didn’t hear myself scream, but the neighboring rooms might have panicked, and laughed as I shouted too loud. Perhaps they were wondrin’..what happened to me. It was a quick, all mixed-up dream, but I was able to…

  • Saved by the Ash

    While tons of stranded Britons must be cursing Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano’s eruption, I was saved by it from reprimands due to late action. Though the volcano erupted last week, April 14, to be exact, the ash left airspace unfit for travel. And how did it save me? I was supposed to book a German doctor’s flight…

  • Bite This Cookie!

    Offered at AED 650 (7,906.89 Php), I was at first hesitant to buy it.. ’til I grew hungry. I grabbed a bite of LG’s cookie phone released sometime in December, 2008. For three years, I’ve enjoyed my white chocolate (LG) phone and I kinda miss the simple and speedy scroll so when Ate Alma showed…

  • The Day I Fell In Love with Juju

    “Did you catch any fish?,” a little yet persuasive voice had me looked back and… down. Those big, green, questioning eyes with thick, curly lashes made me pause completely. I had to control myself from gushing..what a cute tiny lady! Then she spoke again, “Could you take these?” She meant the two air-filled swimming gears…

  • Become a Character

    Pity Killua. He only follows Gon. Since Gon has a strong desire to find his father. It actually marked his adventures chronicled at Hunter X Hunter. Not only kids are lost at choosing. Not only kids are  propelled by dreams, either. One is supporting another. There’s nothing wrong with that. But I found Killua envious,…