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jessa

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Reflections on becoming

Life

  • Home

    A home is sometimes a place, sometimes a person. That’s why it gets hard to say goodbye to people you call home. Read more

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  • Timelines

    I was sure that with careful planning and preparing for contingencies, my life would unfold the way I wanted them to. But here I am, almost three decades in, feeling everything I wanted to happen for this timeline seemed out of my control. Yes. It seems to me that I am missing some of the Read more

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  • “Pasalubong”

    Pasalubong is a Filipino tradition where we bring gifts from where we’ve been back home so families and friends can enjoy them too. These gifts are often locally produced so getting them back home feels like bringing home the experience to family and friends. It’s like a wish you were here, kind. And seeing your Read more

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  • Flavors

    Some foods please the eyes but aren’t appealing to the taste. So much for buying this food, thinking it tastes as good as it looks. Others don’t look as good as they could have been, but once it gets in your mouth, you’d want to have more of it. Like the boring pork barbecue I Read more

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  • Letter no. 31

    Dear reader from the future, Wars and rumors of wars continue. I wonder how they would unfold in your time. And it’s amazing how I used to write to you about COVID-19. Well, I still do now, obviously. But, although there are still new variants that come from time to time, I can feel that Read more

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