Catherina - Day 7
We were rolling in the air, literally, with clouds beneath us and city even farther down. "Man, how did you pass the driving test?" I was...
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Jun 7, 20207 min read
Catherina- Day 6
I stood by the gate, my navy-blue backpack (the bottom of which was almost touching the ground) dangling in one hand and the phone in the...
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 5
You stopped by a secondhand bookstore on your way home. How strange - you had a midnight deadline for the lab report, and yet you stayed,...
Jun 5, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 4
A canopy of twilight sheltered the entertainment park, immersing it in a luscious shade of plum. The drowning sun grew moderate, tuning...
Jun 4, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 3
You stood in the lounge of an apartment building. People — families and strangers — huddled together in this gloomy space. The overhead...
Jun 3, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 2
The boy was running on a grass field, the tip of his unzipped coat flying up and down, resembling a small grey flag under furious winds....
Jun 3, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 1
We meandered in the market, overwhelmed by the noise of bargaining, people passing, and plastic bags hanging under the large white tents...
Catherina - Day 27 FINALLY I MADE IT!
A night of heavy rainfall had flooded this city without light, and yet hoards of men, women, elders, and kids came out of their cozy...
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Jun 28, 20207 min read
Catherina - Day 26
A lone cliff - parsed through clouds and overlooked its surrounding neighbors. If that circular belt of rocky monsters formed a crown,...
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Jun 27, 20206 min read
Isabela - Day 10
Precious niece, I write this letter to tell you how much I love you. I write this letter to share with you the idea of warmth and...
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Jun 27, 20204 min read
Isabela - Day 9
What does it mean to be free in a world bound to the limits of your imagination? What does it mean to be free in a world set on an...
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Jun 27, 20204 min read
Catherina - Day 25
We fell into an old, industrial-styled town through an entrance high above the clouds. Did it sound like a fantasy? No, we, for sure,...
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Jun 26, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 24
My sister lived on the second floor of our glassware store. A few years younger than me, she was more than energetic. Running up and down...
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Jun 25, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 23
I was driving on a six-lane grey road, and on both sides were thick bushes guarding the outermost edge of two residences. It was queer to...
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Jun 24, 20205 min read
Isabela - Day 8
Sonder. I will never fully know a person. Not even myself. Especially myself. I can only know as much as others allow me to. But perhaps...
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Jun 24, 20203 min read
Catherina - Day 22
We were driving away from my school after my graduation ceremony. Which year was that? I could not remember, but I did know that was the...
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Jun 23, 20207 min read
Isabela - Day 7
The air was warm, humid, heavy. The room seemed to be charged with invisible particles of dust and ashes, making it difficult to breathe,...
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Jun 23, 20205 min read
Isabela - Day 6
Je n’existe pas. J’existerais peut-être seulement en pensée. Et de ma vie, il ne restera qu’une série d’images, de progrès et de...
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Jun 23, 20202 min read
Catherina - Day 21
I had been sleeping in an underwater cave for a long time, so long that I found my tail wholly buried in sand and dirt when I was woken...
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Jun 22, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 20
I was walking down the main street with a group of friends when I first encountered him, whose name was unknown. Therefore, to avoid...
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Jun 21, 20207 min read
Isabela - Day 5
It was a gloomy night when I died. I am yet to understand how it came to be, how it all began. The story unfolds with difficulty in my...
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Jun 21, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 19
4:46: Heavy breath from agitated animals, or people. Corporal and his comrades awaited their fate. Patiently they stood in columns and...
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Jun 20, 20203 min read
Isabela - Day 4
Sometimes I wonder what it really means to be human. I wonder what it means to live with people you will never really know and accomplish...
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Jun 19, 20204 min read
Isabela - Day 3
“Down in the bardo, there was nothing to hold so we let it go” You close your eyes in delight as the wind brushes your curly hair. It is...
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Jun 19, 20204 min read
Catherina - Day 18
Corporal had not slept that night. 23:00: He just finished the last of his paperwork – a written application for a place in the new...
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Jun 19, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 17
It was a humid summer day when I walked out of the neighborhood, seeking a place for lunch. The sun glared, steaming the dust on the...
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Jun 18, 20207 min read
Isabela - Day 2
I disappeared without a single soul realizing I had left. I guess this is what it means to see life and death intertwine until they form...
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Jun 17, 20204 min read
Catherina - Day 16
Tut – Tut – Tut. The cruise liner detached itself from the dock, its silvery-white body shimmering with the tide's hold. Stay, stay,...
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Jun 17, 20206 min read
Isabela - Day 1
What do you see when you close your eyes? I used to see a house by the shore. It was a small house of red bricks standing on the edge of...
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Jun 16, 20205 min read
Catherina - day 15
Spring came to our school a season ahead of the rest of the town – blooming trees enclosed us, forming a barrier against the prying eyes...
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Jun 16, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 14
Shopping, eating ramen, and going back home – the girl had an ordinary Saturday. Now, she had passed the neighborhood entrance and gone...
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Jun 15, 20208 min read
Catherina - Day 13
Ten hours. I finished my regular daily routine in the first five hours and spent the preceding five sleepless nights pondering over what...
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Jun 14, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 12
I, with a bag of garbage in each hand, felt particularly surreal loitering in the elevator lounge, waiting for the "2" to change to a "1"...
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Jun 13, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 11
The girl and her friends had exhausted every corner of this dimly lit cabin. The five of them scattered across this classroom-sized...
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Jun 12, 20208 min read
Catherina - Day 10
You arrived at this town late at night, long after everything had closed down, and only a few lights penetrated through the fog as...
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Jun 11, 20206 min read
Catherina - day 9
On an average afternoon, my friends and I squatted on the front sand pool (which would be a lawn in other parts of the country) of my...
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Jun 10, 20207 min read
Catherina - Day 8
Along with a few other students, I was standing in the darkness, peeping out of the windows. The classroom we were in was empty – the...
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Jun 9, 20209 min read
Catherina - Day 7
We were rolling in the air, literally, with clouds beneath us and city even farther down. "Man, how did you pass the driving test?" I was...
DWS
Jun 8, 20205 min read
Catherina- Day 6
I stood by the gate, my navy-blue backpack (the bottom of which was almost touching the ground) dangling in one hand and the phone in the...
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Jun 7, 20207 min read
Catherina - Day 5
You stopped by a secondhand bookstore on your way home. How strange - you had a midnight deadline for the lab report, and yet you stayed,...
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Jun 6, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 4
A canopy of twilight sheltered the entertainment park, immersing it in a luscious shade of plum. The drowning sun grew moderate, tuning...
DWS
Jun 5, 20205 min read
Catherina - Day 3
You stood in the lounge of an apartment building. People — families and strangers — huddled together in this gloomy space. The overhead...
DWS
Jun 4, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 2
The boy was running on a grass field, the tip of his unzipped coat flying up and down, resembling a small grey flag under furious winds....
DWS
Jun 3, 20206 min read
Catherina - Day 1
We meandered in the market, overwhelmed by the noise of bargaining, people passing, and plastic bags hanging under the large white tents...
DWS
Jun 3, 20206 min read
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