Tomorrow I’ll be 26

Rootless Juandering • Standard Time TOMORROW I’LL BE 26 I feel like I wasted my 25. June 24, 2026 leyte LATE NIGHT I am writing this while waiting for a voice call from a company. I have been unemployed since March 2026. And now I don’t know what I am doing with my life. I […]

COMEBACK

She was my offline student from May to June. She was three years old when I met her. After they completed their ESL courses, they went back to their home country. Honestly, I didn’t expect that we would stay in contact after they returned.

KALAPASTANGAN

Tomorrow, I will submit my resignation…

At first, I tried to hold on. I told myself I would stay a little longer because there were kids who loved me enough that if I wasn’t the one handling their classes, they would rather be absent than be taught by another teacher.

But today knocked me back to my senses. Something in me finally admitted that this is not where I belong.

It happened during my first class. There was this kid—he was around fourteen or fifteen. I had never seen his face because he attends online classes. It was only his third time joining my class, and I thought he was starting to feel comfortable.

Before the lesson started, I asked him the usual questions. Today’s lesson was about reading, and since he said he didn’t have anything prepared, I asked him to repeat after me instead. I tried so hard—my jaw even hurt from smiling and encouraging him—but it was all to no avail.

We moved on to the next activity, sentence completion, but he still wasn’t responding. I waited for two long minutes—hoping, giving space, believing he would try—before I finally gave him the answers.

ACTRESS

ACTRESS talking is not tiring. performing is. Kismet • January 16,2026 • 5 min read I wake up at 5 a.m. every day, but I don’t move until 6:30. I’m not sleeping. I’m just lying there, eyes closed, wondering if this is really my life—because honestly, I don’t want to live like this. I begged […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

FOOD FOR THOUGHT may that kind of love not find me Kismet • January 15, 2026 • 5 min read Over lunch, my friend told us that there is a possibility she can’t go abroad for vacation. She and her boyfriend planned a five-day getaway. Initially, they wanted to make it a month, but unfortunately, […]