I’m Apple! I’m a fiction & nonfiction writer from Manila, Philippines.
I’m also a mental health advocate and a devotee of early 2000s blogging. Here you’ll find updates on my writing; raw journal entries about mental health, creativity, self-improvement, and relationships; plus the occasional poem or flash fiction.
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When disability bleeds into a pandemic
[Content warning: discussion of heavy mental illness and the pandemic.] As “the new normal” becomes a buzz phrase, I think about how none of this is new or normal for me.
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On Time And Again
Nearly three years ago, I met a boy who didn’t feel things. He was strange, and I liked strange people.
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Synchronicity and roots: Mid-year review
Reviewing my goal progress for 2017.
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In Real Life, Lately: Polarities / In Transition
A quick vent about restlessness, followed by a poem.
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An open letter to Philippines from a third-culture kid
On the occasion of my seventh anniversary back home.
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Birthday wishlist 2017
Indulging on something materialistic – my birthday wishlist!
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Truth Thursday: On resilience
A quick vent about depressive pockets in the midst of progress.
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Playing Favorites: On April
An “In Real Life, Lately” recap of April.
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This is an apology letter. [Fiction excerpt]
A short fiction piece that I never completed.
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Hacking self-love on a bad day
Getting through an ugly patch with a list.
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Notes from Every Girl Can: My nonnegotiables
A written response to Pia Acevedo’s talk on nonnegotiables, from the Every Girl Can conference.