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Dear Mark,

It’s December 28, 12:46 a.m.

It hurts. I haven’t felt this kind of pain since last year, and I’m confused because love isn’t supposed to feel like this.

I know I said you could take your time, but honestly, that was a lie. I’m trying to be patient, but my heart is aching so badly. I hope you don’t take too long.

I want you. I want you so much. Pero ayoko ng may kahati. Gusto kong mahalin nang buo, yung ako lang, walang kahati, walang tanong.

Natatakot ako. Kahit ginagawa kong biro, kahit mukhang okay lang ako, I am scared.

I’m not confident in myself. She’s been with you for five years. She knows you deeply. You have cats together. You live in the same place. She’s been with you in every trip, every chapter.

Where do I fit in?

We’ve only known each other for a few months. I know you, but what if not enough? I’m scared of cats. I live here in Laguna. Our world has only reached as far as Santolan station.

Nalilito ako kung bakit pinapatagal mo pa.

Para hindi siya masaktan?

Pero ako, hindi ba ako nasasaktan?

Masakit gumising araw-araw na nasa survival mode. Checking if I’m still here. If you’ve changed your Spotify photo again. If you’ve blocked me again.

Nakakatakot.

Codextober 2025 - Day 27 : Sanctuary

As an architect, when I hear the word sanctuary, a few other words come to my mind. First, a safe architecture, a place where you feel peace and security and second, a sacred architecture, a place like a temple. That’s why I drew “Ishaq’s home”. You know, in Islam, one’s home is both a place for rest and for worship. While I was working on this piece, I felt as if I were designing a home for another architect; with all the limitations and beauties of the medieval ages.

Yes, I was imagining what Basim’s childhood home might have looked like, considering the architecture, culture and traditions of that time and region. Basim never mentioned his mother but he said that his father was an architect who built the Great Mosque of Samarra, yet the project was credited to someone else and his father died in poverty. From that, I assumed that maybe his father had a fondness for spiral staircases around the structure; so I designed one for him!

And when the first images of the new dlc (valley of memory) were revealed, I said it must be related to his father and later, when the details came out, I was right! I was so excited and honestly, I still am! Anyways, we’re all eagerly waiting for November 18th!!!

Codextober 2025 - Day 16 : Animus

ISLAND type