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I want to die beautiful

Why I Still Want to Look Beautiful, Even Though I’m Dying. Like many other 25 something year-old woman I enjoy a fresh coat of MAC lipstick, the perfect pair of boots from Dr. Martens, and a trendy handbag that has just the right touch of vintage flare. Like them, I Continue Reading

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Aking Paraiso

Kagandahan ng isang nilikha, Pinapangarap ng iilang madla. Ang ganda na miminsan mo lang makikita, Kumikinang na tila mga bituin ng aking mata. Mga magagandang tanawin sa tuktok ng kagubatan, Bakit ikaw parin ang laging nakikita at natatanaw. Kahit gaano paman kahirap papunta sa iyo, Hindi ako magdadawalang isip na Continue Reading

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Our Happy Place

Hi Da, when we talked last week you told me “I will see you in paradise” so I persuade Antie to take me here this holiday. This was our paradise, our happy place. I remember when Dubai gets crazy we would always go here, then last night we talked again, Continue Reading

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Paano Ba Gumanda?

Sa lahat ba naman ng tanong, ang tinanong ba naman ay, “PAANO BA GUMANDA?” Teka muna ha, siguro unahin nating tanungin ang mga tanong na ‘to: “Ano ang nakikita mo tuwing tumitingin ka sa salamin?” “Gaano ka ka-ingat sa iyong sarili kapag ikaw ay single o kapag ikaw ay may Continue Reading

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That “INGGIT” Thing

Family Member: “Hindi ka ba na-iinggit sa mga pinsan mo na nag-abroad, at ‘yung mga kaibigan mo na ang ganda ng mga trabaho at may negosyo pa.” * ME: “First of all, hindi ako inggitera, I’m happy for their achievements, most esp. if sa mabuting paraan nila narating at nakamit Continue Reading

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I know It Hurts a Lot

I know that feeling when your decisions are not pleasing to those around you..That they think that your decisions are wrong, or simply not the best or not the better ones.. It’s not that you need to get the approval of others in everything you do, nor chasing to please Continue Reading

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Si LORD Muna Bago Tayo

Ilang taon na ang lumipas. Parang hangin na nagdaan. Sumuko ka, sumuko din ako. Parang ang dali nating sinukuan ang naramdaman. Nasaktan ka, nasaktan din ako. Pero ang mahalaga ay SINUNOD natin Siya. Hindi naman ibig sabihin ‘pag masaya ay ito’y tama. Puso’y mapanlinlang, minsan nga tayo’y nabiktima. Damdamin ay Continue Reading

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Aw

He cheated. Ours was everything i hoped for after my previous relationship. We are happy. He is sweet, clingy, religiously updates me of his whereabouts and even the smallest detail of his everyday routine. My family knows him because he visits me often. I know that he loves me not Continue Reading

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Pangako napako, babalikan kita.

Ikaw, Oo ikaw.. Isa karin ba sa mga napangakuan ng babalikan ka? Isa ka ba sa mga uto utong naniniwala na may babalik pa? Well, congrats nagpakatanga at nag aksaya tayo ng panahon sa isang taong LUMANDI na sa iba. Capslock para dama, baka kasi naghihintay kapa. Nakakatawa, nakakabwisit at Continue Reading

Categories Faith

Can We Really Trust God in our Time of Waiting?

‘Yong salitang “TRUST” is such a big word for all of us. Sometimes medyo challenging na ibuild ito sa sarili, and most especially sa mga tao sa paligid natin. Siguro like me, you’ve been through a season in your life as well na nagkaroon ka rin ng “TRUST ISSUES.” Siguro Continue Reading

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Ainie

Huhugutan kita sa salitang tagalog Baka sakali mga kataga, sa puso mo’y mahulog. Wala na finish na… Nakalimutan ko nang kalimutan ka, Masyado akong nabalot sa “Baka pwede pa”. Dahil na rin sa mga matatamis mong mensahe. Ayan huli na naman ako sa byahe. Yung byahe ko ng pag move-on, Continue Reading

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6 months ago

December 31, 2019 Dear Agapetos, Mabigat na ang talukap ng aking mga mata dahil sa maghahating gabi na. Gusto ko na sanang matulog ngunit napakahirap nga! Hindi dahil sa malakas napagsabog ng mga pasabog mula sa mga kapitbahay. O sabihin na nating isa yon sa mga rason dagdagan pa ng Continue Reading

Categories Poetry

Life in a Suitcase

As I look out the plane window A city with a thousand lights Bids its goodbye to me; The vast ocean underneath Pitch black in the night Greets me with all its unknown. As I stare blankly onto the big chunk of land Thousands of meters under this big, red-white Continue Reading

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The struggles of being excellent

I am that person, the one who was not allowed to go out with my friends too late because of school, the one who had medals every after school year, the one teachers admire, the one who finished up projects on time, the one who chose to train chess rather Continue Reading

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Puyod

Written by Cris Cabrera II Nagsimula ang lahat ng hindi tayo magkakilala Walang alam kahit ano tungkol sa isa’t isa Wala sa isip isip nating magkakalapit pala tayong dalawa Na magiging magkaibigan na saan ma’y laging magkasama Ano pa mang matripan, hala sige kung saan mapunta Ano pa mang mapag Continue Reading

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Your Guardian Angel

Hi, to the woman of God that I adore. You know that you’re special to me. I’m writing this to promise God to be your guardian angel, I vow to God that I’ll always pray for you. To be there when you need me, to remind you what you need Continue Reading

Categories Confessions

Messenger Tragedy

Naka-offline ka, pero in another call ka… ay kaya pala online din siya… … is in another call.Recording Voicemail.… missed your call. Alam ko na kung bakit,Paulit-ulit,lagi kong pinipilitpero bakit ang sakit? …Kung buhay pa siguro yung tatlong paring martyr baka ako na yung maging ika-apat,pero wala eh… pikit mata Continue Reading

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10 Ways to Move-On

10 Ways Para Maka-Move On. 1. Sa tuwing babalik at muling pinapaalala sayo ang mga bagay na di na babalik, ipikit mo ang iyong mga mata, namnamin mo ang sakit, hanggang sa mapagod ka at puso mo na ang bibitaw ng kusa. 2. Alisin mo na paunti unti ang mga Continue Reading

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Starting over again

As I was realizing the reason why we had to be in good terms after a disastrous parting, I also acknowledged that we are supposed to be good friends, best of friends actually. It was a spur of the moment act that we became complicated beings or partners for that Continue Reading

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REVERIE [A Daydream]

I’m a prisoner in paradise ’till you finally broke the ice The hopeless becomes hopeful And I felt so grateful. I can’t explain the feeling It hits me as fast as lightning It’s as if I’m barely breathing The moment we started talking I remember the first time we, Hold Continue Reading

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MAGHINTAY KA KASI MUNA !

Alam ko minsan mo na din natanong kung “siya na ba”. Pero wait, bakit … Anlakas mo magtanong kung SIYA NA BA eh ang bata bata mo pa Anlakas mo magtanong kung SIYA NA BA eh di mo pa siya lubusang kilala Anlakas mo magtanong kung SIYA NA BA eh Continue Reading

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TOTGA

Ang turo saken kapag humiling daw sa Diyos dasalin ito ng paulet-ulet, Sinunod ko di ako bumitaw bagkos patuloy pa akong kumapet, Paraan siguro ito para malaman niya kung gaano naten yon kagusto, Humiling ako sa kanya ng kaligayan at pinagdasal ko ng husto, Dasal .. Pagiging mabuting tao .. Continue Reading

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“Ako”

Kamusta na nga ba ako? Sa dami na ng yayari sa aking paligid ni minsan ba kinimusta ko ba ang aking sarili? O mas inuuna ko pa ang iba? Kahit na hirap na hirap nako sa aking sarili mas iniisip ko ang kapakanan ng iba. Kahit na hindi tayo masaya Continue Reading

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Unsolicited Metamorphosis

We met in between the shadow  of the yesterday and the sunshine of tomorrow, between the goodmorning-goodbye kiss of the Sun to the Moon, between the light rays of the giant radiant star to the shadows of the rushing clouds above our heads, between the memory of the painful past Continue Reading

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“Hindi na ako magtatagal”

May alam akong kanto, hindi ko na dapat pinuntahan ngunit nais ng mga paa na tapakan siguro dahil ang daan na iyon ay may patutunguhan na hindi ko inaasahan at iyon ay ang iyong kanlungan. Pansamantala akong tumigil para ikaw ay titigan habang tumititig ka rin sa taong sayo’y nang-iwan Continue Reading