The last day of August 2017 started like any other normal day. Around noon, we heard some people panicking outside and thought there was just another fight or drug raid. Then someone said there w…
I was sick for a week. I started on antibiotics last Monday and inhaling Salbutamol. I knew I was going to get sick because I've been staying up late for many consecutive nights. I don't w…
Image source: pexels.com Last week, I had a short dinner with batchmates from high school. I went because I had one friend there, for the rest, I honestly didn't care. The conversation was in…
There’s this encounter with a feeling-close relative that still pops up my mind from time to time even if it was a long time ago. Since my mind keeps on replaying thoughts and imagining things I s…
I just wanted to post something I wrote after I resigned from my first job in Manila. It was also the first time I experienced burnout. I certainly feel better now than I did then. I am in my se…
Yesterday, there was supposed to be a meet-up with some classmates from my college batch. Only two of us showed up. Another didn't feel so well after a trip. The one who told us to meet didn…
Some thoughts after my first trip abroad... traveling, though quite expensive, is a great educational experience. You get to experience things in another culture and get to compare your own. You rea…
At this point, I think this blog isn't sure what's its going to be about. I was about to post a review of the excellent novel The Circle by Dave Eggers, a dystopian novel of a hi-tech social …
Last June 1-4, I went out of the country for the first time! I went to Hong Kong for three days and two nights. My grand-aunt was planning to go, so I just went along. It was exciting, but after thre…
The sky was heavy with solid grey clouds and made the sunset shine so bright as if the sky was on fire. Yesterday, my contract for my current job ended. I was absent from work for my last day be…
This has been the busiest summer yet. Along with my library job, I'm also taking two subjects for my Masters degree: Group Dynamics and Reference. There's only two of us enrolled and we'…
When I say that I deactivated my Facebook account and that I'm only using Messenger, I'm always amused by the shocked expressions of others. As if I had a huge drama or made an enemy in Fa…
May 7 celebrates another Commencement in our university. I would just like to reminisce over my college days. I enjoyed college more than elementary or high school. You can do whatever you want, y…
The long Holy Week vacation is over, and I'm already thinking of next year's holidays and where I'd like to go. We went to my grand-aunt's house earlier this morning to ask about th…
One more take-home exam left, but so far all the requirements for two other subjects have been passed. While its interesting to have a group of classmates, grad school is a challenge. I told myself t…
Aside from my family, Google greeted me a happy birthday! As I'm writing this, its my last day as a 23-year-old. When it was my 23rd birthday last year, I lamented that I can no longer sing a…
Drama lang! Random musings and #hugotlines in our LibrarySerye GC "Maybe you met not so you can be together, but for both of you to learn something," because Princess was complaining…
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