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The Dolores Appreciation Society

We are childhood friends Ina and Selena. Past residents of the Philippines, current residents of Ireland and New Zealand. We write about music, food, ex boyfriends, and whatever else we feel like.

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Dear B, Who knows how I would start? When was the last time I had to formulate an opening. There was a time I’d have thought of one, second thing in the morning, after thinking of you. There was a time. The best books are the ones that make you want to write; your mind…

Richard

Twenty years later, I don’t know if it was real or if I had dreamed it up, or created an elaborate fantasy. K was the first woman I knew to have her own flat; unshared, unmarried, in the heart of the central business district of Metro Manila. It was a studio, though I don’t know…

Padraig

In the light of day, he was sallow and all angles, a chin that was strong and weak at the same time. His blue eyes grew darker and you could see traces of his teenage acne on his cheekbones. I hated seeing him in daylight; I found him so ordinary, borderline unattractive, which would circle…