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At the start of his college journey, Sunder Mendez aspires to become a student journalist at The Blaze - the official student publication of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology. Despite hiding into a facade of deceit, Sunder pursues to be a student journalist. Being a freshman at the main campus in Brgy. Sumacab Este, Cabanatuan City, he is determined to make a change into on his life after moving to the city from a smaller town.Initially, Sunder was declined to be a part of the pub but among who are those that gave up, he remained determined and requested for an internship from the Editor-in-chief itself. Because of his dedication, he was granted to be an intern for a specific job; to be a photojournalist and a sports writer.Sunder encounters Herald Hiro Lacandoza, a classmate who holds a shroud of hidden mysteries in Sunder's point of view. Being a college freshman at twenty-one-year-old, is well-connected within the department, and he serves as the team captain of NEUST Phoenix Speak Takraw team. Despite Herald's enigmatic nature and his ability to outshine Sunder academically, Sunder finds himself attracted to him.His feelings for Herald deepen when he is assigned by the Editorial Board of The Blaze to create a sports documentary about Herald's life for a competition. This opportunity allows Sunder to delve deeper into Herald's persona and understand the man he admires. It becomes an opportunity for Sunder to explore the complexities of love, acceptance, commitment, and give light to his own experiences and hidden problems shunned into a monochrome.Started: November 08, 2024Finished: ???…

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ON HOLDTwo shifters meet at the focal point in between realities, in a train station no one comes across but only a boy named Ejiroh Eludes, an ordinary individual barely living everyday. He came from a lower class family on the streets of the city of San Martin, a city never bound to sleep. Because of the certain matter, Ejiroh chose to work at a fast food restaurant to provide at least a coin for himself and for his family that succumbs to the fateful hands of poverty and mistreatment.Having such a life, Ejiroh escapes reality by the gift of Shifting, the power to shift over from his own reality towards a desired life through the use of sleeping, meditating, and manifestations. This takes Ejiroh into an empty train station named Betty Go-Belmonte, where he rides a train taking him to his desired reality.Even so, what if one day, another boy would show up in that particular station that like Ejiroh, wanted to escape the harsh reality of life? Ethan Angeles, a boy who desired to be free, would accompany Ejiroh in each journey he takes on riding a train towards something he wanted to experience. Were these two individuals destined to meet by fate? To have their own reality where they could be who they are without the interventions of their harsh lives?Started: May 20, 2024Finished: ???…

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ON HOLDAfter graduating senior high school, eighteen-year-old Dace Ellison pursued the dream of becoming a teacher to small and loving children so he took the program, Bachelor of Elementary Education on a prominent university in the city of San Clemente, Nueva Esperanza, three towns away from his hometown.Building up his dreams and forgetting his greatest tragedy in senior high which is rejection, in which he was rejected by his former crush when he confessed to him. Dace is ready to take on the challenge destiny is about to give to him, he's ready to destroy himself in college.But what if the challenge destiny is about to give Dace is a prerequisite of the tragedy he experienced in senior high? Because Arjim Novicio, the boy who rejected him back then is enrolled to the same university, the same program, and is Dace's classmate in most of his units.The world is indeed small, and all people are revolving on smaller and smaller circles, yet many uncertain things are going to happen in Dace's life as he steps on his college years. How will this college experience turn out? And will Dace move on from his past crush? Or will this "crush" evolve from just a liking into something else like love?Started: July 27, 2023Finished: ???…

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REVISINGRevised version is until Chapter 13.How deeply do you believe in the existence of a world that stands in complete contrast to your own? And for how long can one endure the yearning for an end to the pain and sorrow, and instead seek the embrace of happiness and joy?Gael Torres, a sixteen-year-old gay scholar at a private Catholic academy, grapples with the complexities of poverty, identity, and academics, all while endeavoring to live a typical life. Despite confronting resistance from his homophobic parents, Gael finds unwavering support from his best and only friend, Armin Fidel, who encourages Gael to embrace his true identity in the face of opposition and prompting him to signify his authentic self, veiled from his family.Unfortunate events then subside as Gael uncovers the academic manipulations of his rival, Pressy Damaso, who, with the assistance of the school's principal-her own grandfather-unjustly alters the rankings, resulting in Gael being placed second in class despite his willingness and dedication.To make matters worse, Gael's crush, Austin Bautista, discloses his affection for Pressy, leaving Gael devastated and contemplating his own demise. However, a ray of hope appears as Gael suddenly finds himself transported into a world where reality is the complete inverse of what he has known, and he was given a chance to stay in that world for fifteen days.Started: February 08, 2022Finished: March 02, 2022…

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REVISINGRevised and edited version of this short story will be published soon!"In other beliefs, the Lusis symbolizes life, in likeness to a candle, it sparks with various colors and fades away in a nick of time."Into the life term of a college student, Silvera Florentino, due to a serious heart condition. The day he dreads for has finally arrived to take him over, it's the last day of his tainted life. His doctor told him to prepare himself because he could die any moment within that day.Having no one in his life, living alone in his dorm, and was steered by the intense anticipation for the upcoming new year, Silvera wanted to be joyful and to have fun instead of being sad and of grief. He told himself to be just as happy as possible because there was nothing that he should be sad of in the first place.As Silvera prepares for the new year, he personally meets James Tierro, a fellow young man he befriended on social media who will accompany him in his remaining hours. James will teach Silvera to live and make the most of his remaining time in his last moments and to welcome the new year with a smile on his face.Started: December 30, 2022Finished: December 31, 2022…

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Returning from Japan, Toro Lente has always been fascinated to experience the Christmas in the Philippines once again. When he was young, he used to celebrate Christmas in the said country with his grandparents but he moved to Japan together with his mother and father and lived there for thirteen long years.Now eighteen years old, Toro is exited to once again experience the holiday in the Philippines. But he is forgetting something beneath his salad days, an oath he made that day in December 2009. So as meeting a boy named Emmanuel Navidad in the midst of the Christmas season, would that oath be pursued or neglected?Started: December 04, 2022Finished: December 20, 2022…

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It's Lenten Season in the Catholic Church, the period of commemorating the days before and during the the death of Jesus Christ. Along the said season, a new sacristan enters the Saint Clement's Basilica to serve the Lord, wherein a desperate choir member would make her first experience of adolescent love.Started: February 24, 2023Finished: April 8, 2023…

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Sugbuanon Duology #1.Niña Fernando first had sympathy on Niño De Jesus, the leader of their school's cultural dance troupe, because the dance troupe is said to be disbanding because of it's three-year defeat against it's rivals. As a new school year approach her life, Niña promised to make a change of her yearly routine by joining the dance troupe as her final year of junior high school came, but she doubted herself to join because of the disbandment matter.That time, rumors about the defeat spread widely throughout their school and Niño was to blame in that problem, curiosity led her to crave for more answers when she found out that Niño is going to be her classmate for the first time. The Niño De Jesus who's more socially active back then became an introvert and an antisocial delinquent because of all the rumors, so Niña decided to meddle and clear his name.The wanting of change led Niña to a journey she never even wanted when suddenly, she found herself helping Niño to revive the reputation of their school's cultural dance troupe. They are given a chance to dance at the yearly competition of Sinulog Festival in their city once more, but keep in mind; they have to win and make it to the actual Sinulog Mardi Gras stage.Started: July 25, 2022Finished: August 19, 2022…

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A BongLeni Fanfiction.With a new school year comes a new group of classmates, including aspiring writer Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and track and field team member Ma. Leonor "Leni" Gerona is assigned to the same class. Despite being complete strangers at first, a few unexpected encounters ignite an innocent desire in their hearts.As fate brings their paths to a cross, they experience the markers of adolescent love: a yearning glance and a fluttering heart. Despite the fact that love is patient and compassionate, Bongbong and Leni realized that it is not always easy. Heartache and worry go hand in hand with exploring the sensations in their hearts, despite the solace they enjoy in each other's companionship.The road ahead is hazy, with the uncertainty of how the other genuinely feels and the competing affections of others around them. Despite this, Bongbong summons the confidence to ask Leni a single question beneath the bright light of a full moon, a question that will permanently alter their tranquil relationship. And that particular question will form as their first love.Started: May 09, 2022Finished: June 30, 2022…

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Set in the late nineteenth century Philippines, this classic tale revolves around a fourteen-year-old boy named Nicolas, and his mute, young foster brother named Pepito. Nicolas once drew a portrait of her bestfriend Elena.He might be poor but he's happy, for he persues to be a famous classical artist since the beginning of his youth. Together with their friends, they will face the harsh reality of life, experience loss, pain, and hardships, and to value ones friendship and love.Started: March 29, 2021Finished: May 14, 2021…

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Nais lamang niyang makamit ang hustisya sa pagkamatay ng kanyang ama, ngunit sa panahon ng kolonisasyong Espanya sa Pilipinas kung saan sa panahong nabubuhay siya, sinabi nila na ang hustisya ay para lamang sa mga mayayaman.Naganap sa isang mundong mas may pribilehiyo sa pag-aaral ang mga kababaihan, Pilipinas taong 1885. Sumusunod ang kuwento sa labing walong taong gulang na si Clarita Abellana, ang nag-iisang anak na babae ng isang mayamang Peninsulares na si Joselito Abellana, na naninirahan sa Pilipinas na kasalukuyang kolonya ng Espanya.Nagsimula siyang dumalo sa isang seminaryo para sa mga kababaihan sa Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija kung saan siya ay mahusay sa kaniyang pag-aaral at mahal na mahal ng marami sa kanyang mga kaibigan at kamag-aral. Naganap ang trahedya nang pumanaw ang ama ni Clarita at nalugi ang kanyang pamilya, naiwan siyang maging mahirap na ulila.Hinimok siya palayo sa seminaryo, nagugutom, sa kalungkutan, at humihingi ng hustisya para sa biglaang kamatayan ng kanyang ama na hindi man lamang naipaliwanag nang maayos sa kaniya. Isang binatang nagngangalang Eduardo Reguyal, ang kaniyang dating tagapag-maneho ng karwahe, ang tumulong sa kaniya na maging isang katulong sa isang hindi kilalang panciteria na pagmamay-ari ng pamilya nito.Upang makuha ang hustisya na nais niyang makamit, sumali siya sa isang espesyal na samahan ng mga manunulat kasama si Eduardo na tinawag na "Los Illustrados de las Filipinas", at ginawa siya nitong isang Illustrada na nagsusulat ng mga artikulo at panitikan na kinukutya at inaatake ang gobyerno ng Espanya.Ang kuwentong ito ay ipinamumulat sa mga mambabasa ang tunay na kahulugan ng tiwala, pamilya, at pag-ibig. Samahan natin sila sa kanilang paglalakbay upang makamit ang hustisya at kalayaan, atin nang buksan ang kanilang kuwento.Started: May 02, 2021Finished: July 27, 2021…

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Isang antolohiya ng mga akdang ginawa para sa mga piling petsa o okasyon, wikang Tagalog at Ingles, dala nito'y iba't ibang mensahe mula sa puso ng sumulat at humabi ng bawat kuwento. Naglalaman ng perspektiba ng iba't ibang uri ng karakter, iba't ibang uri ng sitwasyon, at iba't ibang uri ng pagkakataon.Started: December 24, 2022Finished: ???…

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Isang koleksiyon ng mga akdang isinulat para sa Write-A-Thon Challenge 2023 ng WattpadAmbassador's PH. Iba't ibang kuwento, base o hango sa totoong buhay, o kaya naman ay pawang kathang-isip lamang. Isinulat ang iba't ibang mga kuwento upang magdulot ng kaukulang pakiramdam sa mga babasa ng bawat akda. Lungkot, saya, o kahit ano pa man. Ito ang inihanda ng nag-iisang si Mr. Sadista, DaveHersonElas21.Started: January 09, 2023Finished: ???…

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A collection of spoken word poetry written by DaveHersonElas21. Different kinds of words, different concepts of life told through a perspective patterns and rhymes.Entry 1: Sank in our Pitiful SystemStarted: March 29, 2021Finished: March 29, 2021Entry 2: The School Year I Loved you the MostStarted: April 18, 2024Finished: April 18, 2024Entry 3: Repetition of the Same HeartbreakStarted: April 22, 2024Finished: April 22, 2024Entry 4: Why I am in SolitudeStarted: June 15, 2024Finished: June 15, 2024Entry 5: All I can HaveStarted: July 08, 2024Finished: July 08, 2024Entry 6: A Turn, Please?Started: July 10, 2024Finished: July 10, 2024Entry 7: Behind the CrowdStarted: July 19, 2024Finished: July 19, 2024Entry 8: Desire to be YearnedStarted: August 08, 2024Finished: August 08, 2024Entry 09: As I Lie Not Loving YouStarted: September 08, 2024Finished: September 08, 2024Entry 10: Paano Isulat ang Dapit-HaponStarted: October 11, 2024Finished: October 11, 2024…