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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To the girl who wants to read something true.
A whimsical pocket review of “Found: Letters on Life, Love and God” by Isa Garcia.
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Where feet may fail: a TinyLetter
A cross-posted love letter from my newsletter.
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Synchronicity and roots
That time of the year again – getting down my goals for 2017.
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Goals For 2016: Q1 Progress
Reviewing my year’s goals after a quarter has passed.
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A Letter to Feb: On Leap Days
Contrasting my last post, I flounder a little bit in my goal-getting.
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Goals For 2016
Getting down my goals for the new year. Is it 2016 already?!
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On writing and crying again
In the midst of depression and tears, I try to keep writing.
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A Recap of Truths
Musing about connections of all kinds, while I’m sick and particularly fragile.
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Goodbye August
Bidding August farewell with a short reflection.