Time to Go

I feel like a weight has been taken off my shoulders. But at the same time, I feel a little bit sad, too. What's going on, you might ask. Last year, I was elected as the president of the Graduate Students Organization (GSO) in my university. Because I'm a full time student and part-time teacher,...

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Questions

I've had bad eyesight since I was in second grade. I was afraid to tell my parents that I needed glasses because I knew they'd say "I told you so." Ever since I could remember, they've always told me not so sit too close to the TV or not too read too much because it would damage my eyesight. I...

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Remembering Dapitan

In September last year, I stepped on the island of Mindanao for the first time. I was there with five friends to spend a weekend at Dakak Park Beach Resort in the city of Dapitan. Since I was on a blogging hiatus at that time, I was not able to blog about the experience. And what a shame, to not be...

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Open Your Eyes

I do not watch Oprah regularly. But on the two times I remembered to watch her show recently (the most recent being last night), they were showing the episodes that were a part of her special, Inside the Minds of Child Molesters. Two different instances, same topic--as if some higher power really...

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Admiring Monet

I love paintings! There is a frame of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night in our living room. I purchased it from Art.com around 6 years ago because I wanted to pay homage to the van Gogh--the subject of the song Vincent, with his sad life, severed ear, and tragic end. I thought then that The Starry...

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Because A Girl Can Dream

This is my parents' fault. They bought a piece of land for me in a subdivision in this neat part of town... so of course, what is there for me to do but dream about building a house? Yes, I want a house. I'm 26, single, only working part-time (still studying Masters), and I cannot even afford to rent...

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Meant to Be

Yesterday marked my one year anniversary at Cellutrim Health Club and Fitness Camp, the gym where I work out. It's the longest gym membership I've kept so far. In the span of a year, I've lost around 18 lbs., gained some muscles, and met a lot of new people. I started going to Cellutrim not because...

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Leaving on a Jet Plane

I have a weird relationship with airports and airplanes. Ever since I could remember, my mom and I have always been at the airport every few months to send off my dad to work in the Middle East. When I was growing up, he was working in Yemen, and he'd be away for 5 months at a time, spending only...

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Jutsz Café

One good thing about Dumaguete is that it just teems with places where you can eat. For a relatively small city, it has so many restaurants it seems the only thing people do here is indulge in food! A quaint restaurant that I've recently learned to love is Jutsz Café in Sta. Catalina street (right in...

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