jessa

Reflections on becoming

Life

  • Music enthralls, music captivates

    I never really learned how to appreciate classical music before. Perhaps I was never exposed to it nor met people who dived deeper into the art. But today, I won’t be turning back. Listening to Filipino artists play guitar, piano, and cello opened me to a whole new world of music. They don’t play music Read more


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  • Ignorance hurts, so as inattention

    Sometimes, we let things pass not because we want to but because it is the right thing we can do. Right means that we don’t want to hurt people; instead, we forgive because we are people. And people make mistakes. As a people, we sometimes make the wrong judgment because of our ignorance or inattention. Read more


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  • You can spend the same hour differently

    Let it pass by while randomly doing anything but finishing nothing. You can let the hours pass while in the same chair (or even in your bed), scrolling the bottomless pit of a social media feed. Or, in the same period, you can be traveling from one place to another, meeting people along the way. Read more


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  • Emails and how to get rid of them

    Yes, you’re right. My emails are piling up. I used to play the inbox-zero card. But there are just days when I don’t feel like checking them. So let them all pile up as if I am in rebellion against the emails bombarding my everyday life. Even those emails sent in the wee hours of Read more


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  • Let’s talk about dumbphones

    We never called it a dumbphone then. However, the new ones that became portals to so many apps made it dumb. I still use one for functionality and long battery life. It might be the kind of phone you want to have in an emergency. But if you’re like me, who felt like we were Read more


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