I Am Buraot

I was driving on this road to nowhere. I was passing through more than just the places and faces of people I met, oftentimes I get lucky enough to know them, to be with them, be them.
I was born from the country. Small town, big family, rough life. You know the story, short in [...]

For seven years, I have kept my silence.
With disconcerting thoughts, I have injected my veins with apathy. I have infused my brain with reflections of a selfish new me. I have permeated my consciousness with the dismal concept of your non-existence. I busied myself with the customary schedule an apolitical being would rather adhere to.
For [...]

As like the rest of millions of Filipinos outside the country, I was keenly awaiting news updates on the Maguindanao Massacre, on the Presidential Proclamation 1959 declaring Martial Law  in Maguindanao the ongoing debates in the joint session of congress.
They were supposed to revoke it, approve  or extend it.

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I don’t want to be in an airport terminal.
Except when I’m the one who’s flying, I never really liked the airport scene. The atmosphere is usually… well… frantic.
You could tell the Filipino travelers apart from the rest of the pack of thousands. They always have their balikbayan boxes for a luggage. Inside their “luggage” you [...]

As a Filipino working on a distant land, I am very much biased when it comes to fellow OFWs. Some people in the country look at us with joy, pride and gratitude for our collective part in the national economy. Some people from the bourgeoisie and hard-line nationalists view us as traitors and arrogant for [...]

The initial plan when I set-up this new site was to combine my different blogs into one hybrid site. As much as it would be better to do separate sites for different niches, practical matters needed to be considered.
Feature stories and literary writing was at the forefront of this site. Steady traffic was provided by [...]

February 28, 2001. That was eight years ago. The 16 hour flight from Manila was uneventful. I was travelling with my brother, my sister and her son. They were all excited, eager to see what the land of milk and honey could bring. Hopeful and quite optimistic for a new and better life in America.
They [...]