writing fit

for a misfit
Jana Panganiban | 21 July 2022
Everything is just about you.
only you.
only you.
All your friends are going and only you can't go.

Everyone else's into something and its just you

who can't relate.

There's something you really really want to share,

but no one would understand.
In times of solitude,
I write.
write to be understood. But I also write in hope

COMPANION
t, upon reading, some other misfit would feel t
one. I write in hopes that my experiences would
with yours, wherever you may be. I write in hopes
LETTER of love
misfits feel alone, writing would serve as our w
be unbothered by our peculiarity, revealing our
nd then to the world. In writing, you can find a
e I did. That acceptance starts with you. Only y
MIsfit.
When you're a misfit
It's only you.
I write to feel
understood.
A lonely
only?
Playtime
 student/teacher?

#networking
 But taking on these roles without limits was all
fun and wonderful until I reached my teen years.
"My brother/s..."
"My sister/s..."
It was the moments spent with people who have
siblings which made me realize that others’
reality of siblinghood destroys my imagination of
the role I could never take in this lifetime...
Sibling.
Pls return!!!

Felicci
Sharing clothes with your brother or sister, of feeling
annoyed when you see your sibling wearing your
favorite shirt without permission, or to just share
priceless moments of laughter, fear, sorrow, and hope
together—you see, I don’t know these firsthand. I
wouldn’t know these because I am never going to be
somebody’s ate.

Felicci ATe!!
ATE!!
ATe!!
 To care for another sibling, to hear their countless
utterances of your name, and to realize that they
seek you tirelessly because they know of the comfort
and care you unconditionally and tirelessly give—you
see, I never got to do these. I would never get to do
these because I am never going to be somebody’s ate.

 Not sick, but

Hugs for any
situation/occasion!!
 To be worried to the point that your chest tightens
upon the sight of a sibling’s discomfort, to feel relief
when your sibling has finally recovered, and to feel
pure happiness on the realization that the bond
between siblings is beyond life itself—you see, I never
felt these. I would never get to feel these because I
am never going to be somebody’s ate.

For years, I’ve been mulling

over the fact that I would
never be somebody’s ate.
Felicci's Debut
February 2021
"Grabe pinaiyak mo naman ako Ate Jana."

 PEER REVIEW
how helpful dialogue is in improving the narration of
the story in a memoir

improving the choice of words to encapsulate the

feelings I had
Heels for my
Height:
Is that even right?
5'10
 “When you're a tall girl,
it's the only thing people see.”

Grade 11
Grade 11

But just like the times I first entered a classroom, I

felt the intimidation of my classmates. I saw them
talking to one another but no one or perhaps only a
few approached me.

no heels!!!
Grade 11

I sat on a place where you’d expect a tall person to be:

at the back of the classroom.

 Nessarose,
from
the
"Wicked"

buwan ng
wika
Grade 11

The boys would be asking me about:

my height, if I ever drank liters of Cherifer when I
was young, whether or not I play volleyball or
basketball, and if, in some magical way, I could donate
some of my height to them.

 “Pre hanggang saan ako

ni Jana?”

“Pre, hanggang tenga ka

na.”

“Uy, hanggang balikat

ka lang dati ah, nasa
kilay ka na ngayon!”

if girls are ideally pictured to be

petite, pretty, and poised,
would I ever pass off as one?
tALL
there’s always something we
wish to change in us, but it’s
out of our control. So we
have choices—we can lay low
or stand tall.

 It may be difficult to live through the intimidation,

adjustments, and the feeling of not being seen nor
treated as a girl because a tall girl is only what most
people see.
 Thus, the moment I bought
and wore my
black leather school shoes
with heels,

I surely never walked

alone.

 PEER REVIEW
to improve on having a more personal, encompassing
thesis statement

to learn about the author's life, free from how other's

influence it
MIsfit.
only you.
thank you! :)