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Reasons to Hate the Commute

Reasons to Hate the Commute

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- Ed.'s note: In 2024, during an aggressive PPP (public-private partnership) drive, the Philippine government partnered up with the massive but extremely secretive Sinauna Group of Companies to deliver a host of basic services to the Filipino people.One of those services is transportation. As with all the other Sinauna Group offerings, the partnership vastly improved the quality of service of local providers - while sparking major changes, such as pedestrian wormholes, shapeshifting bus conductors, creepy ladies in black dresses handing out flyers for condos, among many other things.Adapting to change came easily to the commuting population of Manila, but of course the occasional gripe was to be expected. Whereby a blogger named Stella Avluela, more widely known by the username stellamaris_, started a list of light-hearted reasons to hate the commute in Manila, and left avenues for people to contribute their own "complaints."These are some of the more highly-rated contributions.stellamaris_ also came out with a blog called Reasons to Love the Commute, excerpts of which will appear in a later compilation.(Author's note: this is an in-progress compilation of flash pieces built around the above theme. All blame goes to longjohnlicaros for its creation.)…

Cyber Kids

Cyber Kids

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Taong 2010 - panahon ng maraming pagsubok at pagbabago. Isang mahiwagang puwersa ang gigising sa mga natutulog na bayani.Isa sa mga bayaning ito ang call center professional na si Rodel.(Started as a Clarion Write-a-Thon Project. Will try to pick it up again, but in the meantime, the writing is stalled at 10 parts. Advance warning for anyone following.(As a NaNo-style project, each part is set at roughly 500 words. Chapters will be drawn out over several parts. Sorry for the slow pace, but writing is hard!)…

Kiss Shot

Kiss Shot

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Nikki is a totally normal 17-year-old girl in Manila, whose time is occupied by crushes, schoolwork, friends, family - and underground billiards betting.When her innate talent at the sport thrusts her into the limelight, she finds herself going up against colorful characters, ruthless mob bosses, and her own emotions. Hearts are at stake![writing currently on hold, but will be posting the available parts here weekly]…