Category: Blog
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If you’ve never heard about pamamanhikan before, it’s a word that describes a Filipino tradition where a groom-to-be goes to the bride-to-be’s house and asks her family for her hand in marriage. Then his family sponsors the food that would be shared among those who attended the pamamanhikan (family members only or with extended relatives)…
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For months, spammers on this blog have become my problem. They just keep coming in batches with spammy offers and clickbait. But who would fall on them except those who’ve never seen them before, right? And their spiels are mostly identical, so it annoys me with the lack of originality. And that explains the new…
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So as building habits. I knew I was set to write for life even when I was still in kindergarten. I can even recount how I make short stories (simple ones, of course; what do you expect from a kindergartener?) with all my seatmates as characters in that story. I also write stories about simple…
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There are things left behind by the people from our past that keep us from moving froward today. And like ghost nets, we don’t quite understand what got us. We only know how to flail and exhaust ourselves trying to escape an invisible force holding us back. It would be fortunate to have someone see…
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After sustaining work without rest, it pays a lot to pause. Because learning how to stand still, even for a time, allows your mind to wander and dream again. And once you snapped out of it and back to working again, you’d feel refreshed and ready for the next task.
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The hotel lobby looked spacious and dreamy but hauntingly empty. Shouldn’t someone greet incoming guests, caring enough to ask how they could help? But no. There was no one in sight, and we wondered, “Who should we go to and inquire about our point of business?” After a couple of impatient minutes, there was a…
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Catching up with a loved one you’ve longed to be with is such a joy. And the stories bubble up like the fizz you get after opening a bottle of soda, oozing up to the brim. I can remember how it felt when my then-boyfriend, now fiancé, came back from a week-long work travel. All…
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