ARTIST’S CORNER

CREATING art often doesn’t happen overnight. Sometimes, it takes days, months, or years to complete, provided that the artist is in the right headspace and physical health to accomplish their masterpiece. On the other hand, in some instances, the artist completes the art but hasn’t the confidence to share them with others. And that’s okay. A young medical student from the New Manila area, who asked to keep her identity confidential, feels the same way. For some years, she dabbled in writing prose and poetry, inspired by her experiences and those around her. She has yet to find the confidence to claim the prose that goes through her head and takes control of her pen. Nevertheless, she shared a piece of her works as a stepping stone to finally finding and using her voice without doubts.

“My influences in writing poetry are Rupi Kaur and Lang Leav. Not many people like their writing style, but I feel it’s what resonates with me most. I also write short stories now and then that focus on slices of real life,” she said. “I have more faith in my poetry writing than in my short stories because I have more freedom to express myself. Still, I try my best to learn more about writing.”

I lost myself In everything I knew

Where am I?

How do I get back?

Can you tell me

Or is it just a ghost of me

Is there a map I can use

To navigate the twist and turns

And find me once again

Away from the trappings of life

Do you know where to go?

Do you know what to do? Should I have to go on alone? Life is a journey, and I’m not the only one who knows

RANDY M. CALUAG,

with a 78 and tumbling to 10th at 292.

Gary Sales took low amateur honors despite a 78 as he tied for 16th with Balasabas, who shot a 72, with 296.

In the end, it was Ababa who came out on top while snapping a long spell marred by endgame meltdowns, including at the Pradera Verde Championship last year which he led in the third round, only to waver at the finish and lose by one to van der Valk.

This time, he did it in a come-frombehind fashion.

ON the outside looking in majority of the way, Jhonnel Ababa charged back with a kind of resolve that fuel big-time results, hitting three key late birdies then bucking a slip on No. 17 to edge Guido van der Valk and Joenard Rates by one with a 71 for the ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters crown at the Villamor Golf Club on Saturday.

Ababa actually appeared headed for a runaway win after rattling off three birdies in a four-hole stretch from No. 13 to go 3-up over the erstwhile co-leaders, who succumbed to the terrors lurking all over the military layout, including its tricky greens, in a flight behind.

But the ace Davaoeno shotmaker pulled his tee-shot into the water on Villamor’s signature hole the way he did in the third round, ending up with another double-bogey and paving the way for what the huge gallery had hoped for a thriller of a finish in the P2.5 million championship.

It didn’t materialize as van der Valk and Rates flubbed their birdie bids on the 72nd hole and matched 74s, enabling Ababa to hoist the highly-contested trophy with a four-day total of three-under 285 worth P450,000.

“Despite trailing most of the way, I