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The Night My Boyfriend Asked Me To Sleep With Him
I am used to sleepovers and pajama parties. Almost every month, I was invited by friends. In fact, the earliest sleepover I can remember...

Tina Pascual
Feb 4, 20213 min read


What I Learned Over A Table Of Vietnamese Food
It was my birthday on a Thursday, and because it fell on a weekday, everybody was busy at work to celebrate with me, except for one....

Tina Pascual
Jan 14, 20213 min read


What Is Infatuation?
(And How It Is Different From Love) Often times, especially as teenagers, it is so hard for us to identify what we were really feeling...

Tina Pascual
Jul 6, 20203 min read


My First Love Was My Cousin
“There you go! There you go, you’ll both fall down. I bet”, gagged by one of our friends while they try to push me and Ron-ron down the...

Tina Pascual
Jun 27, 20204 min read


Ang Una Kong Pag-ibig Ay Sa Pinsan
“Uuy, uuy! Ayan na mahuhulog na silang dalawa”, tukso ng mga kalaro namin habang pilit kaming tinutulak sa ilog. Anim na taong gulang ako...

Tina Pascual
Apr 8, 20204 min read


My Rules in Making My Husband Happy
I knew my husband as someone who pursues photography with so much passion and happiness. It is actually what consumed him every weekend....

Tina Pascual
Mar 3, 20202 min read


Dinner with Her Husband
PART 2: “WHEN A FILIPINO LIVED WITH THE INDIANS” I KILLED THE COW One of my day off, Vanaja thought me how to make a chapati and pratha....

Tina Pascual
Nov 13, 20195 min read


When A Filipino Lived With the Indians
PART 1 ARRIVAL DAY It was a sunny Sunday morning when I found myself knocking at the door number 13-03. That is the third unit at the...

Tina Pascual
Nov 8, 20195 min read


The Day He Went Away
TOTGA Part 2: I TRUSTED RAIN BUT… We proceed at the outdoor poolside area of the hotel. The surrounding’s beauty is convincingly...

Tina Pascual
Oct 25, 20194 min read


The One That Got Away
Part 1: WHILE I WAS HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH LEON, I HAD RAIN “You must see him! He’s too handsome. Everybody in the gang was...

Tina Pascual
Oct 18, 20195 min read


Lessons I Learned From My Travel With Mom
PART 2: I wandered around the town - walked and walked tagging along my heavy baggage. I can still remember some of the places around. It...

Tina Pascual
Aug 21, 20193 min read


I Travelled With My Mother And We Had A Huge Fight
PART 1 A phone call from mom woke me up. She decided to disturb me with her news of going for a vacation in our province. For me, It was...

Tina Pascual
Aug 14, 20194 min read


What Connects Me To My Future Husband
I knew my heart sparkle the brightest when my ex-boyfriend (now my husband) offered me and my sister to relax in a beautiful garden after...

Tina Pascual
Jul 25, 20196 min read


What Others Did Unto You, You'll Do Unto Others
What Others Did To You It was my first time outside the country and my purpose of visit is to accompany my younger sister while she takes...

Tina Pascual
Jul 11, 20193 min read


My Memories are Not Made in China
I found my self roaming aimlessly and non-stop for 5 hours around a huge mall. Its like Im going crazy and I don’t know why. Everything...

Tina Pascual
May 29, 20194 min read


I Spent Three Years of My Life in Love Limbo
I was ready. I was emotionally set to take my relationship with my then boyfriend (now husband), into the next deeper level. I wanted to...

Tina Pascual
Apr 4, 20192 min read


How I Knew He Is Someone Reliable
I was staying with a Chinese family in an old HDB* corner flat. My landlord was on his early forties, single and works as a taxi driver....

Tina Pascual
Mar 29, 20193 min read


Electra Complex: An Exploration of ‘The Daddy’s Girl’
PRINCESS ELECTRA Electra is derived from the name of the Princess of Argos, the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra....

Tina Pascual
Mar 22, 20192 min read


Heartbreak on a Wedding
The Man I wanted to Marry - My Father Continued… PART 2 It was drizzling as I woke up. I wanted to go out to purchase something in the...

Tina Pascual
Mar 14, 20193 min read


The Man I Wanted To Marry - My Father
Part 1 Mom had always been dominant than my Dad. She is a couple of years older, two inches taller and twenty pounds heavier....

Tina Pascual
Feb 22, 20192 min read
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