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Continue reading →: My Worst Enemy: Myself
The touch of the wind changes through the different seasons. The wind brings delight to those looking forward to the sweet scent of the summer breeze. Others, however, begin trembling as they await the massive gushes of the monsoon time. Are these distinct emotions we feel as we witness the…
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The hopeful glimmer in my eyesJust turned to blurry crystal iceAs I head a resounding crackThat signals them to an attack Unfamiliar greetings I seeShatter walls inside so slowlyAs a child I hid long insideFinally awakes, who then decides To break from the family’s care Yet as the child screams…
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Continue reading →: Whys and What ifs
Why is it that every time I try to start a new day with a positive mindset, I get pulled by the painful grips of reality that I have been living a routine life? There are a lot of supposedly interesting activities out there that are available for me to…
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Continue reading →: A Place of Silence: A Space for Personal GrowthTime flies fast these days that there are moments when I feel like I am being left behind. Not in terms of all the monetary advancements in life, however, it seems that somehow I am being dragged by time as I simply live each day as a routine. This kind…
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Continue reading →: Learning a New Language: How difficult could it be?It is a new year, I may still be having some difficulties in picking my messed up routine caused by my bad procrastinating habit. Nonetheless, it is the right time to refocus my living energy into something that may help me later and, perhaps, keep my brain working. Among all…
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Continue reading →: Another Year for My Struggles in Writing and Life ContinuesWaves of various height and strength punch me straight to the face whenever I try to jump away from my current position in life. Most of the time, the challenging waves are a mix of my worries, insecurities, uncertainties, indecisiveness, and many other negative thoughts fueled by the scared kid…
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Continue reading →: 5 Things You Need to Reduce StressOriginally posted on Graceful, Grateful, and Gutsy: It’s no secret that we have a pandemic going on in the world…and I’m not talking about corona… Stress is a universal language. I don’t know of a person who hasn’t experienced it in their lifetime. Therefore, we need to have strategies up…
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Continue reading →: Typhoon Ulysses and the rest of the PhilippinesThe year sure knows how to cram at the last minute. It seems that 2020 has yet to rest from all the challenges fate has poured into humanity’s lives. Heartbreaking sights are seen everywhere. Our country, the Philippines, was not spared from the wrath of nature as multiple typhoons destroyed…
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Continue reading →: Are you ready for online teaching?
The term new normal has transformed into various images and scenarios in the past seven months as people worldwide try to make sense of the global health pandemic. The virus is still present, and the reality of health concerns remains a top source of anxiety for many. In the Philippines, there has…
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Continue reading →: Remembering the quarantine
More than half of the year has passed, and about five months have been under quarantine, from the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), general community quarantine (GCQ), and so on. Many of us may have gone through different phases of emotional and even physical distress…
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