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Continue reading →: Binge-Watch to RealityIt is the lack of inspiration. It is the lack of proper motivation. Maybe it is the lack of time. Whichever the reason may be, right now, they are merely excuses for me. There has been ample time for me to read books or watch an interesting film again once…
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Continue reading →: What have I been reading?This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Twenty-twenty-three (2023) has come and one of the resolutions I wish to work on is that I get back to reading. So far, there are a couple of…
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Continue reading →: Being on a Slump: Is there something that is too long?In a breath of air, 2020 has gone by so quickly that the memory of the time is a blurred chapter in my life. I know I had been busy, but with the lack of many physical interactions with friends, all the passing days seemed bleak. When 2021 was over,…
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Continue reading →: Peace for a Worrier: From Lockdowns to Living AgainHave you ever had those days when you cannot stop thinking about a task at hand, a bill you need to pay before it’s due, a conversation you just had with a colleague or a friend, and many other events that may have happened in your day? You are not…
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Continue reading →: RECAP: A Year in Japan“Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.” -Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles This is a few weeks late from my actual first anniversary of living in Japan. I haven’t written much about anything…
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Continue reading →: Morning VisitWake up earlier than everyone else, I need to get up and prepare breakfast for them. I love spending time with my friends. After all, there are two best things in my life: good friends, good food. I always enjoy cooking for my friends. I think that, generally, I like…
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Continue reading →: Acceptance and letting goEvery new day opens up opportunities to gain experiences. Each one presents a distinct phase in our lives that we can’t see clearly when it happens. but would make better sense in the future. Even the seemingly missed chances which broke our hearts before could have been blessings for that…
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Continue reading →: Writing exercise: Breathing life (again) to my ideasSa ilalim ng liwanag ng buwan, nakaupo sa may lumang pahingahan sa may dalampasigan ang isang babae. Tahimik ang paligid at tanging ang paghampas ng mga alon ang maririnig. Ngunit pagkalipas ng ilang saglit ay sumasabay na sa awit ng dagat ang mahinang paghikbi ng babae. Sa oras na ito…
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Continue reading →: RemedyHello! Thanks for everything. I know it may not mean much to you but it’s very important to me. Being left here under the dark, cold, foreign, and scary hole all my life, I never knew your world. Yet you chose to give me light and let me out of…
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Continue reading →: Love is RelativeWhen I love someone, does that person have to be from the opposite sex? Does it have to be a romantic form of attraction to consider it LOVE? A lot of people try to find their ONE TRUE LOVE, even if it will cost them a lifetime of searching. Could…
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