The Quiet Notes

The Diva Records

I know , I know, my title is deceiving. It has nothing to do with me being a diva. Sure I can sing, but not in the likes of Beyonce or Mariah Carey. I have my own style. 🙂 There is a big event that me and the team are preparing for. It is the birthday of our company...

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Opening Doors to New Opportunities

The year has started right for me. As I wrote in my previous post, I would take every opportunity this year to network, make new connections, travel , have an adventure and earn at the same time. Luck is on my side. Two years ago, before I left for Tacloban, I was...

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When I Am Gone

Photo: tumblr.com If I am gone before we meet, Just look inside you, I can’t be missed. I’m in your heart, in every bend, When love is true, it has no end. Note: This is an original composition of mine. Please feel free to use this, but please allow me to have the...

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When I Miss You

Photo: hdwallpapers.in When I miss you,  I go out and look up at the sky Knowing that at that very same moment, We are looking up at the same sky Regardless of what time of the day it is I smile, because I know, you are smiling too. Note: This is an original...

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A Brand New Me for 2014

New Life, New Me The year has ended, and once more, we put our pens (or our laptops for that matter) and try to write down the goals we want to set for the new year. As I said in my New Year’s post last year, I am not the type who writes down goals. Not really in that...

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Finding Purpose Among the Ruins

I have drafted this post a week after I left Tacloban for Manila post-Haiyan. But I just didn’t really had the urgency to post this, maybe I was just waiting for the right time. I realized, this is the perfect time to post this, as this is about finding a purpose or...

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Gone But Never Forgotten

“Sometimes, the Lord just takes blessed people because they've filled their purpose early. Everyone plays their own song. They sing their story to the world and leave behind a melody of memories. Sometimes... their song is cut short and ends too early. But that...

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Days of Terror: The Aftermath Day 1

Words cannot express the horrors of the typhoon. In the aftermath, everyone was just confused. People were walking without any clear direction of where they were going. People with stoic faces, walking like zombies, unable to feel anything but numbness brought about...

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A Note of Gratitude

I would like to take a break from posting the series of blogposts I was planning on doing. I would like to dedicate this space, this post, to the people who helped me in any way, to get back on my feet after Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Photo: whowhatwhy.com Typhoon...

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Days of Terror: The Onslaught

November 7,2013 The Day Before Yolanda Strike Us The forecast was out days before. We were expecting what’s supposedly a strong typhoon. Thursday morning, it started to rain a bit, but I still went out of the house to meet a woman somewhere. After two hours of waiting...

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I also write for women rebuilding on their own, at She Thrives Solo.

I also write for people wanting to get out of a toxic relationship, at Keep the Narc Away.

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