About

Haraya

Haraya, or hiraya, is a Filipino word for one's dreams and imagination. This is where my tagline, all things inside a wallflower's mind, started. My personal website has become my online diary, and the best way to describe it is what it was made of— dreams, vision, imagination, thoughts spiraling down endlessly.

Ink by Caloy

One of my many dreams is to leave a mark, the kind of mark that makes a person remember how good life is, or makes a food seem tastier, an event special, or a place even more memorable because I was there. When I wrote a story for the first time, I knew I'd never stop doing it. And even though I was not able to pursue writing as a profession, it has become the best companion to my messy mind, my harbor, my pillows to cry on, my latch in life. Like how an ink stays in our skin for a long time, writing does in my life too; and like how an ink leaves a mark, I always hope I do too.

sa lunan.

Through the years, my website has become the place of my writings. It's where my stories, poems, and even journals are kept safe. It is a safe haven to my raw, honest and most vulnerable self. I want to make it as if it is physical place in the digital world and I always picture it as a place where the moon does not set. It is a place for messy minds where time feels slow. Sa lunan, it can get dark but the moon glows for me and everyone who comes in.