jessa

Everyday Stories, Lived

  • On playing mobile games

    I grew up playing digital games in the 2000s up until high school. Some games I used to play are Pokemon, Final Fantasy, and Sims. I don’t just spend an hour or two playing these games. I play for hours and even in unfavorable conditions like traveling — you might even tag me as a Read more


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  • Letter no. 29

    Dear reader from the future, I can finally breathe open air again without feeling guilty about removing my mask in public spaces with fewer people to almost none. Thanks to the President’s executive order, my lungs feel happier now that I can enjoy the smell of dew and green grass at the University. COVID-19 even Read more


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  • Nope, get out

    I first met the work of Jordan Peele through his comedy sketches with Keegan-Michael Key in Key & Peele. Since I enjoyed his sketches, I jumped right into Peele’s movies when I finally had access to some of them. And both movies did not disappoint! Like Nope, Get Out subtly exposes the realities of racism. Read more


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  • Building a home from scratch

    I wondered why adults are so fond of going to the hardware and department stores, but now that I am almost three decades older with a bit of cash to spare, I understand why. They are not particularly looking around stuff just because it is fun. They are there because they want to find that Read more


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  • Are you doing it just because you can or because you should?

    Playing scrabble looks easy. All you need to do is find actual words out of your tiles, place them on the board, build it on top of other words on the board, and count your score. And yes, putting them in spaces with special bonuses is a plus! However, playing it as a Gen Y Read more


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  • What do you get from face to face engagements?

    When my boyfriend skipped an after-event party at work because he was still jet-lagged, our previous boss but now a family friend commented how it was impolite of him to do so. But given his circumstance, understandable. So the next opportunity came for him to make amends. Not that he was guilty about his demeanor Read more


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  • Gatherings and how we almost always end up scrolling through our phones

    Yes, yes, yes. I’ve already told you quite a few times in writing how since I’ve been using my dumbphone, I can see more about what’s happing around me when everybody else begins to tune out of the group and tune into their phones. So as I was sitting at a small birthday party for Read more


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