Fascinating Features

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Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Push!

Those were the only sounds in the room throughout the next few minutes. The clock was ticking back and forth, and so was her breath.

"God..." begged the man.

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A younger Arielle “Aea” (pronounced ‘ey-ah’) Collera felt lonely. That’s not to say she felt alone, for an explicit difference exists between the two.

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For almost three years living in Cebu, Davao City-native Kenneth Zoe Madridondo was haunted by what he calls “The Cebu Curse”.

But what exactly is “The Cebu Curse”?

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Yuan Villanueva: “And when I say my life is built on lies, I can say that my life is built on lies. Even having this interview, how would you know that I’m speaking the truth?”

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In a 2021 letter Marianne "Maui" Cruz penned for Father’s Day, Maui thanked her mother for also being her “father.”

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During the coronavirus pandemic, Maui Cruz entangled herself in a relationship with a boy whose life could not have contrasted more with hers.

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“It’s a lifelong commitment to be a mass leader,” said Hans Balilia, “so it’s understandable that sometimes, things can get too tiring. But at the same time, if you’re a leader, your motivation comes from the masses."

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A self-described people-pleaser, Yamanni Pabillore allowed other people, good or bad or whoever they may be, to dictate what to do with her life just to satisfy them.

“What people think of me is literally my lifeline.”

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Before Nigel and September Boy became an official couple, they pinned the date of when they would become exclusive: September 21st.

Earth, Wind, and Fire’s “September” was their “thing.”

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The eldest child is usually the most looked-up child among the siblings. Stephanie Doctolero was aware of this. She used to tell herself, “You're the eldest. You're supposed to do this and that.”

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Carson Go hates receiving long sentimental messages. When confronted by such messages, he dismisses the sender for what Carson perceives as corny emotionalism.

“I’m not used to telling people how much I love them,” he confessed.

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Joss Ecleo says he belongs to a “broken family.” He holds no fondness for the term but has found the usage of the label to be par for the course considering the long-standing narrow-minded norm of what a family ought to look like.

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John Arvert Cadiz thinks he always knew he wasn’t straight, harking back to memories of him at fiestas, dancing to The Spagheti Girls’s “The Spagheti Song” or Bayani’s “Ocho-Ocho.”

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Poem Girl texted Shine Teleron a love confession and wrote a poem titled "Ten Things I Hate About You." The latter is also about Shine.

Then, Poem Girl wrote a book of poetry, and it’s mostly about her feelings for Shine.

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No one knows how or why PJ Toral’s father was lying on the side of the road one night in 2014. No surveillance cameras captured him or his presence; no one claimed responsibility or bore witness to what happened.

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Once, Keon Villegas (@keonvgas) ran away from a resort he and his family stayed in for a getaway to escape his parents. Before he ran away, his parents discovered his secret girlfriend.

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A piece written by a middle child.
A piece about middle children.
A piece for all the middle children.
@fascinatingftrs is back to celebrate #middlechildday.

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Philippine politics and culture are ripe for intense scrutiny, and @cartoonistzach does not hesitate in illustrating his criticisms of what is going awry in this country through his cartoons. He not only makes us laugh, cry, groan, and react in all other ways – he makes us think.

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What is unmistakable to Allison Barretto And Bob Guarina is that @reccreateph is a child born out of clear frustration.

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