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Twenty weeks
Today, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, I`m twenty weeks pregnant. I`m halfway of this life-changing journey. It`s so surreal. I can`t believe I`m here now at this point. After what I have been through, it` so hard believe that now I am holding my baby bump and proudly showing it to the world through my social…
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How to distinguish Japanese from Korean and Chinese
Can you tell if a person comes from a specific country? Before coming to Japan, I had no idea how to distinguish Japanese, Korean and Chinese from one another. I had quite a few experience (when I was in the university as an international student) of trying to speak Japanese to a fellow student who I thought is Japanese, but after all, turned out…
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All of us are a Memory
Death is the only thing we know that is going to happen for sure, but still surprises us every time it comes. And it’s never a pleasant surprise. It’s devastating. Heart-breaking. The unacceptable truth that no matter what we do, no matter who we are, each one of us will end up as a memory.…
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My Childhood Memories in Mati
Mati, the place where I spent the first nine years of my life. I was born in Davao City, the biggest city in the island of Mindanao, but because of my father’s job as a Red Cross Administrator, we moved to a region down south, Davao Oriental, with Mati as its capital town. I have…
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When its Christmas and it’s not so merry
It’s a day before Christmas, when usually the spirit is up. But it seems like the other way around. I can feel the sadness in my city. Yesterday, December 23rd, the day of our flight coming back to the Philippines, I couldn’t go to bed until around 2 AM. Yes, I was excited (I was…
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Our Experience of a Cancelled Flight
The Long Awaited Day The 21st of July. We, the sleepyheads, specially my dear husband, miraculously woke up before our alarm. Our long awaited summer vacation will start today. We’ll be flying to his homeland, the so-called land of the free, the USA. We’ll be out for a while in the land of the rising…
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11 Annoying Facebook Statuses
Facebook is obviously the number one social media today. With almost 2 billion monthly active users, one can find all sort of entertainment and information there are, including some information you’d rather not know. Some of which are very private matters or just too unimportant to be on Facebook. Many Fb users are so attached…
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What do you do when you can’t sleep at night?
I am sure I am not alone when this matter. There are many sleepless nights in my calendar just like many of you out there. It usually happens to me in the weekends. My mind is awake. My eyes are wide open. My fingers are busy with my phone. What do you usually do when…
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Fathers’ Day
The world is celebrating fathers’ day. Messages and pictures are flooding the Facebook timeline. Almost everyone is telling that they have the best father in the world. That they are happy and thankful to have them in their lives. Some of the messages are not at all an expression happiness nor gratitude. Some expresses regret…
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5 Reasons Why I Moved to Japan
April 30, 2011. When I first came to Japan as a visiting relative. I stayed for a month with my sister and in that short period of time, I fell in love with Japan. I came back as a scholar on September 24, 2012, and studied for a year and a half. During my stay, I’m so enchanted with Japan that I wanted to stay in…