Relationships
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Understanding the assignment
Understaffed. You’ll clearly see that when you get into this customer service office. With a 1 staff to 5 customers ratio and an average of 25 minutes of handling time, you need patience if you really need to be there. As long as my rational self is in control, I focus on what I can… Read more
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Late-night musings #14
Somewhere, we read that “life is a constant change.” You might even have heard it in a song and are now trying to tune it out from your brain because you can’t stop singing the lyrics. But when people commit a mistake, we often find ourselves unable to stop ourselves from crucifying them for that… Read more
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Sometimes, hurt people hurt
If you are a person who recovered from being hurt and have lashed out at everyone else because you are hurting, then you must have realized by now how easy it is to hurt others when you are hurting. When you lash out, you feel like you can always be excused just because you are… Read more
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Late-night musings #13
There are bridges we chose not to cross. But who knows what could have been if we did? Read more
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But for now, let me grieve
My heart is heavy with grief, like a weight pressing on against my chest. Exhale, exhale, exhale. I’m trying to inhale, but the weight only gets heavier the more I try to breathe. Like my heart is trying to beat against a prison cell that is getting smaller and smaller until there’s no space left… Read more
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Late-night musings #12
While preparing for our trip, I turned to social media to find an island tour/activity coordinator. After being convinced by the collective reviews and photos, I inquired; following further clarifications, we settled for a 13% downpayment and arranged our schedule of activities. During our first meeting, we exchanged a few greetings and went right on… Read more
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Letter no. 41
Dear reader from the future, With the recent events in the country, like the tension between China and the Philippines over territorial waters, I wonder what it would be like to live here ten years from now. At the same time, I believe that the future is what we make of it, which led me… Read more