Tell Me A Filipino Joke

[TRIGGER WARNING: BULLY & SUICIDE] Kata orang, kehidupan masa SMP itu menyenangkan. Benarkah begitu? Jawabannya adalah "ya" dan "tidak". Awalnya kehidupan SMP ku sangat menyenangkan. Akan tetapi, kehidupan indah itu berakhir dalam sekejap sejak semua orang mengetahui 'perbedaan' yang kumiliki. "Bagaikan belum cukup membuatku menderita, kehidupan memberikan aku 'kutukan' lain," gumamku sambil tertawa lirih. " ... kehidupan membenciku."

I’m done with men! Not because I hate them, but because everyone I meet, and is just fine enough to pique my interest, I compare to him. And it ends right there and then. The ridiculous thing is that my love interest isn’t real. He is a figure that hunts my nights and brings pleasure into the few seconds that I’m captured by my sleep paralysis. I know that, and I am totally okay with it. Just as I start a new job, and my life seems to take a better turn, determined to forget the man from the shadows, I find my forbidden pleasure standing right in front of me. Suddenly my dream man wears a tailored suit and frowns at me. He is my boss. And he is very real.

Betrothed before she was even born, Mel finds herself bound to the Chief of the bear tribe. Winning his affection is the least of her worries when she learns the real reason for the arranged marriage. A reason that might make her stay in Orion not so welcoming, especially when she is to wed a beast.

One of the biggest problem Candy Kane had Always faced is her insecurities towards her body. She feels she's ugly as sin with all the curves of a straight stick. She never acknowledge she was beautiful, desired, or approachable. Until someone who knew what and who he wanted, walked into her life, Showing Candy what she had been too blind to see, awakening every sensitive part of her body, worshiping and cherishing her from head to toe.

Yana Brighton (29) and billionaire Zach Lindsay (32) each get a second chance at love when they coincidentally meet at a business conference. Sparks fly instantly but Yana's overbearing and jealous boss Damon Blackstone causes them to lose contact. Fate intervenes and they reunite when Zach and his best friend Kyle Parker broker a with Yana's sister Laura Payne. An embittered Damon partners with Zach's gold-digger ex-girlfriend Natasha Gomez to seek revenge when Yana repeatedly rejects him and he later gets fired. Yana and Zach fall in love but a major scandal coupled with deception, trust issues and a near death experience leaves their relationship hanging in the balance. A heartbroken Yana disappears; she keeps her a secret while Zach struggles to find her and balance his work life. Months later, Yana returns home with new relationship terms but Zach pursues her until they rekindle their relationship and eventually get engaged. A complication later endangers both Yana and the baby's life, forcing Zach to make a tough decision for his family. Will LOVE and FAITH be enough to overcome all obstacles they face? Excerpt: Zach pressed my cold hand to his , right above his heart. "Feel what you do to me Yana…” He my forehead gently. "You have my heart forever and always.” My aching heart desperately wanted me to melt into his warm embrace, but I steeled my resolve. "You promised you would never hurt me Zach but look at us now…"Tears streamed down my face in torrents and I hiccupped, "I love you Zach, but I choose me this time.” A pained expression crossed his face and his eyes glossed over. Willing myself to look away, I quickly grabbed my bag and walked out the door. My heart broke with every step I took.

TRAVIS MONTIERO- Walang hinangad kung ‘di ang makaganti sa babaeng kinasusuklaman at sinisisi niya sa trahedyang nangyari sa kanyang nag-iisang kapatid. Katulad sa mga plano niya ay nakalapit siya kay Catherine. And his almost there,  upang maisakatuparan ang kanyang mga plano.  Ngunit paano kung siya rin mismo ang mahuhulog sa sarili niyang patibong?  Paano kung matutuklasan niya ang katotohanan sa likod na nangyaring aksidente sa kapatid niya?  Subalit paano kung huli na ang lahat para sa kanila ni Catherine? Hindi kasama sa plano niya ang mainlove… CATHERINE HUMPAY- Na love at first sight,  unang kita niya pa lang kay Travis ay naging malakas na ang pagtibok ng kanyang puso. Naging roller coaster ang mga pangyayari sa pagitan nila ng binata.  Naikasal siya sa binata na walang kahirap-hirap.  She's dream of na mala fairy tale ang kanilang pagsasama bilang mag-asawa. Ngunit kabaligtaran ang nangyayari.  Hanggang sa isang bagay ang kanyang naisip…

Menjalani hubungan tanpa ikatan dan tanpa perasaan, tidaklah semudah yang di bayangkan. Dari awal, Karin dan Pasha sudah sepakat, bahwa hubungan mereka hanyalah sebatas teman yang saling berbagi kesenangan di kala penat dalam mengejar impian. Akankah tumbuh cinta di antara keduanya?

PART 1: ANA AND AMBROSE Analyn is a human in a world full of werewolves. Her family is one of the last remaining holdouts to their violent takeover, but all she wants to do is live in peace away from the fierce beasts. But her father has other plans. Using her as a pawn in the name of peace, he arranges for her to marry the notorious future Alpha of the Lightbridge Shadows, only the strongest pack in North America. Despite his young age, Ambrose has built the reputation of a ruthless and ferocious wolf who showed no mercy. He doesn't want anything to do with Ana because he finds humans weak and useless. But his father had other plans for Ambrose's future as the Alpha. Now she has to pretend to be the perfect happily wedded wife on the outside while she's married to Ambrose, who hated her on sight. But Analyn isn't one to just meekly follow the rules, and she's determined to push all of his buttons. PART 2 and 3: Bonus stories.

In the pursuit of happiness, he yearns for a love uncertain and burns with a fire that sets one man's frigid heart aflame. Will this romance be broken in Brooklyn or made in Manhattan? River Kennedi's heartbreak and a new lease on life sends him neck-deep into the corporate world when a ubiquitous Sebastian Black sets his sights on his skills with numbers and strange luck with making money.

Para kay Laura ang pag-ibig ay parang sugal. May nananalo... May natatalo. Sa larong siya mismo ang taya. Ano ang kaya niyang ibigay? Papaano niya haharapin ang kapalarang nakaabang sa kaniya kung ang lahat nang nasa paligid niya ay kontra? Lahat ay kayang gawin para sa minamahal. Lahat ay kayang ibigay para sa pag-ibig. Sarili. Dignidad. Karapatan. All of Me...