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Continue reading →: My first pack of noodles in Argentina(Reposting from 2025) Instant noodles are one of my comfort foods back in the Philippines. It’s our go-to food for a quick midnight snack, it’s what we eat during typhoon season, and it’s what we eat when we don’t feel like making anything complicated. I’ve learned that it’s not the…
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Continue reading →: Canyoneering can be for the weak if she has a life vestWith our marriage comes the promise of exploring the world and doing exciting things together. Going to Cebu and signing up for canyoneering is a part of that promise. I personally was hesitant to say yes to the activity, but it looked so fun on YouTube, and my husband started…
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Continue reading →: “She’s a good writer,” said myselfMy former boss from when I first dabbled in vendor management had some quotes that really stuck to me. I haven’t seen him in 4 years, and yet whenever self-doubt visits me, I always go back to the message he sent me while I was having a breakdown in a…
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Continue reading →: Closed mouths don’t get fed“Shame,” a word we would hear so often as kids whenever we voiced out when we wanted something. Imagine you’ve been eating vegetables for 2 weeks and you ask your parents, “Can’t we at least cook eggs to balance it out?” My dad would say something along the lines of,…
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Continue reading →: You are in a good place right nowSelf-doubt is an old childhood friend that visits me most days. We check in now and then, but then she leaves right away when I start laughing about what she says. She doesn’t like that. It’s nice to catch up with her once in a while. It gives me a…
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Continue reading →: 7 things to do when you feel like hurting someoneWhat strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
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Continue reading →: Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top ModelThis weekend was the weekend of binging. I watched Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model and Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser back to back. Although I’m not the biggest fan of these shows, they were everywhere when I was growing up. I didn’t understand the…
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Continue reading →: Where do I write now?My current lifestyle makes it hard for me to keep a physical diary. I am on the go most days, and whenever I sit down, it would only be for a few minutes, before I get up and something again. Gone are the days I would have hours on my…
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Continue reading →: The never-ending agony of sleep deprivationIt started on May 15th. We had to go on a beach trip, and so we didn’t sleep at all that day to be able to arrive in Sual at 8 AM, again, Who’d drive 9 hours to go to a beach? We would apparently. I was dizzy during that…
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Continue reading →: These are the moments we’ll rememberMy husband, who’s usually stone cold silent, told me “These are the moments we’ll remember” while we were eating pizza on his last day in my apartment. He has to go back his home country. Bureaucracy dictates that I need to wait at least 2 months before I can see…
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Continue reading →: We got married!The last two weeks have been very expensive and stressful as we prepare for our wedding. I always say, even with 50 guests, wedding preparations can be crazy, but it was all worth it, tying the knot in front of your closest friends and your family. Hence, here is a…
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Continue reading →: Our Trip to BataanAfter months of planning, changing destinations, and fighting, my high school friends and I have finally put a foot down on a destination to kick off the summer season – Bataan. A province in Central Luzon that I haven’t been to! We stayed at Bataan White Corals. A beachfront property…
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