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• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Shadows

  

  By toffeestefanko, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

  Sometimes, people wanted to step outside one’s shadows so that they could carve their marks in this world on their own. Distinction is what they need, but often they get frustration. Mainly because they still see themselves as inadequate, or they are insecure with their achievements, I don’t kno...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Of Plaids and Stripes

  

  By toffeestefanko, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

  My mother, while I was toweling my damp skin after taking a bath, told me that no more buying of clothes in my next pay day. As I was putting my black round neck tee with baby blue and white stripes all over it and my shiny shorts, I kept on thinking, "WHY?" Ever since I was a little ki...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  Visual Hysterics

  

  By toffeestefanko, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

  I did not ask for anything this day. Well, except for some things that I'd rather be quiet than loud about it. I did not ask for anything special this day, but destiny has its own ways. The moment my friend pointed at that fateful direction, my heart stopped. My facial muscles seemingly had ...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  Finders' Keepers?

  

  By toffeestefanko, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

  All of us went through this stage, admit it or not. Ever since we entered the world of puberty, crossed the boundaries to adulthood and acquiring a decent sense of maturity, we all had our crushes. What's the spice of our teenage and single lives without these interesting and colorful tidbit...