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My Happy Pill

My Happy Pill

After the festivities and hype of the past week, I once find myself alone again with my favorite companion..my laptop. I just realized that I have been missing out so much in life and love just because I chose to take a breather from everything else and concentrated...

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We Can Learn to Love Again

We Can Learn to Love Again

I went through a period of "writer's block" mainly because I was uninspired. Lately, I've been having LSS (last song syndrome) and I think it was something to inspire me to write about something. I used to think that the lyrics of this song was for couples who are...

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To Ink or Not to Ink

To Ink or Not to Ink

Once in a while, it is quite refreshing to immerse yourself. In a world different from your own.  You get a fresh perspective of it. You grow. And somehow develop a fondness for it. As my title suggest, I am blogging about my immersion in the world of...

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To Remember Me

To Remember Me

The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital; busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and...

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Echoes of Our Hearts Revisited

Echoes of Our Hearts Revisited

I am not a sweet talker and I don't believe much in PDA's . Call me a prude, but I believe that certain PDA's that maybe normal to some is more appropriate done in private. But I can be mushy, yes, don't be surprised, but only during hormonal changes. And tonight,...

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To Dream New Dreams

To Dream New Dreams

It's always been a habit of mine to regularly assess my life and compare it with the kind of life I had years ago. In short, daydreaming. 🙂 I would always try to check which of my heart's desires have been fulfilled and which I still need to exert more effort to be...

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Beautiful In My Eyes

Beautiful In My Eyes

What is real beauty? How can you gauge someone’s beauty? Is there a sort of like an instrument that would give you a reading on how beautiful you are, much like how you measure Body Mass Index (BMI). Correct me if I’m wrong, but no such thing has ever been invented...

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Keeping the Faith Under Pressure

Keeping the Faith Under Pressure

Earlier, I was thinking of not going through posting this but again reading about the latest news, and the flood of comments from other people who are so judgemental, I knew I just have to make this post. Plus, I have this strong urge to write and a need to convey my...

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Breaking Chains and Running Free

Breaking Chains and Running Free

Tonight, I am supposed to write something funny, but I ended up sad and wishing some things never happened. I was looking for pictures that I can use for my posts when I stumbled into a picture that I haven't seen before.Maybe it was God's way of putting an end to...

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Cupid, Hit Me One More Time

Cupid, Hit Me One More Time

Photo source: mobileapples.com I'm no Aileen Santos, I'm no relationship expert, and I don't claim to be one. I admit that, after two failed relationships, I really don't know how to start going out and seeing men again, on a different level. The kind of level that...

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