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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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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…
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How to say “I love you” in Japanese
What is love? iloverelationships.com “Love is a many splendored thing” as the popular old song goes. There are so many definitions of love. I bet you know more than three. I consider it as the universal language of the soul; the core of humanity; the essence of existence. Whoever you are, wherever you are from,…
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Gone
When someone very close to us, someone we love,someone we consider a family is taken by an illness and is forever gone… We look back to old memories, recollect the happy times we spent together, recall how healthy and happy that person was back then. Those memories make us smile and as well make us…
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A Love Story Made in Japan
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you will never know what you’ll get”. “Love comes from the most unexpected places.” These two sayings remind me of the love story of my friend who thought will never find someone to love and to love her, but when she came to Japan, her black and white…