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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

Dear reader from the future

I am just an ordinary person with a story to tell.

  • Letter no. 36

    Dear reader from the future, I have just finished my work assessment exam for my dream job today. What does a dream job look like? Well, at least for me, a dream job is something I’ve been aiming to get, and while in the waiting, I acquired all the necessary qualifications (both knowingly and unknowingly) Read more

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  • Letter no. 35

    Dear reader from the future, I am writing from 2023, and it feels like things have finally settled in. From the fears and uncertainties we had in the early 2020s when COVID-19 ravaged the world, we have now embraced a mashup of our old and new routines. At least here in the Philippines, you find Read more

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  • Letter no. 34

    Dear reader from the future, I would like to share with you the airline passenger woes circulating around the country today. An airline, as the news put it, has mastered the systemic betrayal of its passengers’ trust. I have experienced the same woes, too, about canceled and rescheduled flights. And as an ordinary citizen, I am often Read more

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  • Letter no. 33

    Dear reader from the future, We are now at an “inflection point,” according to Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. By that, she meant, “All of history shows that these kinds of powerful new technologies can and will be used for good and for ill.” I live in Read more

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  • Letter no. 32

    Dear reader from the future, The distress we all experienced from government-imposed lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic really feels far gone now. We are all living our lives forward, with masks on during some occasions, and less anxious when somebody sneezes or coughs publicly. Although I’m starting to miss the times when we do things Read more

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