Jackie Tolentino, Tonette Angeles, and Ray Aguas. I am grateful every day for your excellence, passion, and compassion. For showing me that there is good in the world, and reason to hope in it, for setting my soul on fire, and for everything I will become: with my whole life, thank you. To my professors in psychology, especially Sir Nico Canoy. Thank you for teaching me about my head, heart, and hands. To my teachers in poetry: Allan Popa and Mark Anthony Cayanan. To unexpected mentors, especially: Ken Abante, Ms. Tina Pasion, Ms. Tina Sollorano, and Missy Maramara. Thank you for the faith. To the Secret Society of Awesome (Non-)Human Beings: The ezer to my missing rib, Jeivi Nicdao: may we stay witnesses to each other’s hunger. The round laughter to my jiggly bones, Ica Divinagracia: be mine, too. The unicorn to my donkey, Gilana Roxas: I’ll still clean the flesh off your wings any day. The A+ to my A-, Hadrian Ang: you remind me every day how much I still have to learn. Thanks, buds. We made it. I love you all to death and back. To my bh3s: Emma Guanco, Kim Vidal, Max Velazco, Harvey Parafina, Aeron Syliongtay, Gabe Estampador, Jay Ang, Tim Rufino, Ethan Maslog, Laura Que, Katherine Khoo, Raya Aquino, and Celina Gacias. We have been so much to each other in the past few years. I look forward to everything there still is to come. To Block Y. To M03, especially Selina Ablaza, who still teaches me about effort norm. To the Concon Central Team, especially Shiph Belonguel, my queen. To Rafa, too, both king and court jester. We will have our own show someday. To surprising friends from here and there: ajss Batches 46-49, fcc Obi-Wans, Bio Lab Dream Team, Nico Ang and the rest of the Iphigenia Team, my Immersion Group. To Tatay Porfirio, Nanay Jennifer, Kenneth, Hannah, Heizel, Kurt Andrei, PJ, and the rest of
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