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  • The Unhoneymooners

    “That’s the point of luck: it happens when and where it happens.” Continue reading

    The Unhoneymooners
  • Too Late

    “And that’s where love finds you…in the tragedies.” Continue reading

    Too Late
  • Before the Coffee Gets Cold

    “When you go back, no matter how hard you try, the present won’t change. Continue reading

    Before the Coffee Gets Cold
  • Lunch at Tagaytay, City | Balay Dako by Antonio’s

    The pandemic has brought us a lot of anxieties, but truth be told: I didn’t have so many things to adjust in terms traveling because I am the only person I know who is not fond of going places. However,… Continue reading

    Lunch at Tagaytay, City | Balay Dako by Antonio’s
  • 2021 Readings

    2021 was productive and here are the books I read. Continue reading

    2021 Readings
  • Year 2021 is a failure, but

    I was sitting in the middle of a nice garden already thinking how it will change my life, then it didn’t. It was late at night of composing essays and self-sell anecdotes thinking how it will change my life, then… Continue reading

  • Readings Update of 1/2 2021

    As we indulge ourselves to more readings. Continue reading

    Readings Update of 1/2 2021
  • 4 years

    I remember this day four years ago like it was yesterday. I might have used to the pain, perhaps it toughened me, or if not, it probably made me dense. I’m still not used to the life living without him.… Continue reading

  • New on this site

    I am delighted to share with you a slightly innovated/renovated shainnehostalero [dot] com. After months of being occupied with a lot of other important stuff, I finally able to update this website and make it chunkier (more content to be… Continue reading

  • Maiba naman

    It was year 2015 or early 2016 (?), naglalakad ako sa UP after a workout (naks! Akala mo naman talaga.) It was a weekend – Saturday, I think. Gumising ako ng mga 5am tapos nagpunta ng UP, dating gawi, iikot… Continue reading