why kan’t zoe write?

- your neighbor’s videoke reverberates throughout the neighborhood.

- marami nang napapaaway dahil sa "my way" at "bakit ngayon ka lang."

- the nearby pool is the river.

- a dip in the river won’t be complete (if you’re not lucky) without women doing their laundry or a carabao taking a dip upstream from where you’re swimming.

- watching the moon rise is entertainment.

- uso ang "bedtime stories."

- fresh air won’t be fresh air without a whiff of dung.

- a trip through the fields won’t be complete without a close encounter with dung.

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photos by trixie. that river is the one a few meters from our home in tuguegarao city, cagayan.

< this one taken during a  carabao pool party. gate crashing with trix is becoming an expertise.

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"tara, beybeh. ibubukid na kita."

~ by kabibe on October 24, 2005.