Writing this in the comfort of my house, sipping green tea, all while listening to my latest record of Bruce (a Christmas gift from a friend may I say). I've been down with fever the past two days, and I woke up this morning because of the noise from my upstairs neighbours, I got barely 3 hours of sleep. I'm feeling better now,...

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"You are an angel in the shape of my mom.."  She was, and will always be. The Angelita to my Angelique.  I always feel so proud and loved whenever I tell the story behind my second name. She was one of the kindest, and endearing person I have ever known. It has been two decades since she was taken away from us, but...

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gusto ko nang umuwi, yung wala nang balikan An overwhelming feeling of wanting to die had enveloped me that night, right after I finished my first stick of the week. My colleague was asking something about work, I knew the answer, but I didn't know how to respond. I was out of focus. The surroundings started to get blurry, the people around me...

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It was 29th May, 2018 when my best friend for almost whole of my life finally got engaged. I just landed in Singapore that time from Boracay. When I turned off my phone's airplane mode, the first message I got was from her—a wave in Facebook messenger. You see, we're the type of friends who do not talk to each other every day....

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Whenever I have a major trip, I almost always have one song that I would listen on repeat during the entirety of the travel. And for Japan, it was Bruce Springteen's "I'm on Fire" and Dire Strait's "Walk of Life". I know "I'm on Fire" has some negative connotation when you listen to the lyrics, but I felt like dancing to it with...

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This trip was one year in the making. It was 31st of January 2018 when one of my good friends sent me a message saying, "Bessy, kapag game ka ng Japan sa January 2019, game ako." And my instant impulsive answer was, "Sige. G."  I have a lot of friends who are all high praises when talking about Japan, and that made me...

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Two weeks into the new year, and here I am, trying to remember whatever 2018 has thrown at me. I just came back from a week long vacation, a well-spent one I must say. And so I have always been late to what people would call "reflective-year-end-posts". ...

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