Life
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Wanting to stay the same way
At work, we’ve been trained to be flexible enough with changes, nothing personal. And if the change makes things easier for everyone involved, especially those with higher stakes, then change sounds like the most rational way to go. But not everyone has the same mind about how things should go. While others quickly move on Read more
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The friendships we unexpectedly create
Maybe you lament how futile it is to make friends only to part ways later once your engagement with them (in the form of studies, work, or something else entirely) is done. You may be thinking, “What’s the point?“ Is it really worth fostering friendships in engagements you know would only last while it is Read more
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Having snacks over Cebu
My power systems instructor during undergraduate studies used to tell us about what our future would look like. He said that a time will come when some of us will have breakfast in one city, lunch over another, and dinner in another. I really wondered how it would be, and was excited if that would Read more
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Pamamanhikan and the Filipino family tradition
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) Read more
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Ghost net
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 Read more
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