Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there is another side to life. — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share Image
“Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. They live side by side. The rich live in sprawling houses in residential subdivisions with fancy names like Green Meadows, White Plains, Corinthian Plaza,… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share Image
“The past defines us as much as the present. By never knowing my past, I was never sure of who I was. Because mine… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
The word itself creates an empty sensation. Try saying it now. "Why?" Notice how your tongue touches nothing when you form the word with… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
Love and passion are well and good while they last, but in the end what mattes is whether you like the person you are… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
“Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. They live side by side. The rich live… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
“The vision one holds of one's life is so limited, reduced in scope to a moment, so that each person can make choices only… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
“We can fight fire with water provided we can get it there soon enough. But often we act when it's too late. The result… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
“ALWAYS FULL OF QUESTIONS...How many times must I tell you, better to listen than to talk. But you're always talking...asking useless things...whatever for?" "Because… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
But tales like this must not be taken as truth. You must remind yourself that it is hard to tell where truth ends and… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
Desperate people lose the thing that makes them human beings. They lose their heart. Anger and hate fill them so that they act like… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
“I was someone hungry for stories; more specifically, I was someone who craved after facts...I was, you see, at the start of this tale,… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
Watch it...people who keep things inside them develop all sorts of disease...all that emotional gunk's got to find an outlet. Angry people develop cysts;… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share
