DEPECHE MODE forever!!!but I also now like some songs by D2, TFF, Arcadia, a-ha, and China Crisis. That means my mind and world has expanded, right? And I can try to like some songs by Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Eurythmics, too. I know there is a cease-fire throughout the Philippines, and if Papa is alive somewhere, then that counts as a blessing, too. He is safe. Papa is safe. There’s a general who might actually keep his promise and look for him, and a general’s son who is really rather cute with his buck teeth. And finally, I am so glad I wrote in this diary, even if I didn’t get to fill out all the days. At least there’s a little bit of me I can look back on when I grow old like Lola Sol, and tell people not to talk politics at my table. I hope Kuya Alan gives me another diar

