I have written 1,871 entries on this blog, including the 21 entries that I have virtually unpublished.
On top of that, I have two unpublished drafts on here.
The first one is a fully-formed, multi-part entry that I had written eight years ago. As in, I was ready to hit publish and allow the world to see it. Instead, only... three people have seen it. The reason it's not online is because one of them was worried that it'd make them look bad. If anything, I argued, it'd make me look bad, but then again, eight years ago is a very different time.
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I realized I didn't have any scotch tape in the flat. I only have electrical tape, which isn't a great idea if I want the contents of this envelope to stay mostly intact.
But, yeah, right, I do live in the middle of the city now.
I know there are virtues of living far away from the hustle and bustle. I realized this when I sleep over at my parents' house - the place I lived in for 27 years - every now and then. Sure, it's in a busy subdivision that's as commercialized as any other gated community in the capital, but when I wake up in the morning I still hear a rooster crowing, maybe some birds chirping, but more likely, a neighbor a few houses down with the radio on full blast.
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"Huwag ka munang iinom. Mataas SGPT mo."
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It's been five years since I left the country.
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