I have this idea of the woman I want to be: someone stronger, wiser, more active, and more happily employed. I don't want anyone to have to wait for me. I want to feel capable and confident, and now it's no longer for my…

I could fly. It was fun; I flew around my school. I flew around my house. I was powerful. At nighttime (or early morning), as my brother Mikko was going to bed and Alex the Australian exchange student was going to bed a…

From my uncle's office, I can see the street just beyond this one. I've seen streets like it before, on the way to and from places; streets that tell me that perhaps Makati is my kind of city. I'm thinking of a street hu…

that I think what I'm doing is dangerous. God, be my guide.

Monday afternoon found me standing in the backyard, hating somebody. This wasn't just moderate to severe annoyance, as with schoolmates who aren't pulling their weight, or with my home department whenever I think about …