Author: anamemoir

  • The reality is… nobody is really used to any grim suffering. Yet, whenever I feel relaxed to sleep on my back, I tell myself, ‘I’m ready for some nightmares.’ It is because this sleeping position makes you vulnerable to bad dreams (…so they say). I assume that if I can warn myself beforehand, things might…

  • AURORA in Manila 2025

    “The worst you look when you dance the better it is, the more beautiful you look to the world…because the world can see that this person is free. And freedom is a very handsome thing to wear…” — AURORA AURORA Setlist at New Frontier Theater Goddess of Dusk (Instrumental Intro), Churchyard, Soulless Creatures, Infections of a…

  • Climbing Mt. Arayat

    “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche A few days ago, I was so low-spirited that I even thought having reasons to live is a torture due to the pressures of life. I’d forgotten everything I learned from my last hike in Mt. Arayat. Yes, I hiked…