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undertow
underwater current flowing strongly away from the shore, usually caused by the seaward return of water from waves that have brokenagainst the shoreWhen will we dance again in the rain?*lamplighter*...
to the warriors
i had been grappling my way to life under the pretense of freelance writing lately. making a huge life change bestows an unreasonable amount of contemplation. you imagine fate smiling at you like a little girl with a secret. life still manages to moc...
lumos
You live in a third-world country where people are driven by greed and power. You watch your dreams become pointless and compromise your soul. You start to doubt heaven because you somehow feel that you may never get in. You feel oddly satisfied by t...
fifteen is the magic number
It is not ranked in any way.These books make the world a better place, seriously.1. Dune - Frank Herbert2. The World According to Garp - John Irving3. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice4. Mythology - Edith Hamilton5. Holes - Louis Sachar6. Something Happ...
the portrait of a lady
Throughout thirteen years of martial law, until I laid eyes on her again, I never thought that I would ever see the end of it. Least of all that my father would survive it. I am not much given to prayer or pious reflection but when I could set aside ...
what does a teacher make?
What does a teacher make?He makes his student stop and wonder at the curiosities of this world. He takes you on trips even further back than 16th-century Cebu, and trips to the red planet and beyond. He is first to show you the joys in reading, the p...
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i had forgotten to remember that i had to write in this post which was last done ages ago before lightning catcher had the guts to pull out careless whisper's lyrics from the infamous Kho's vocal chords and transform it into his. the guts it took for...
the noise and disturber
I'm thinking of changing my career path.Work is easy to handle, although all we get every single day are complaints piled upon truckloads of complaints. What tires me, and everybody else, is that they are the same complaints we get from the same peop...
you know it's not a fairytale when...
you don't look exactly the same the first time you metyou start to notice things that you don't like about each otheryou stop talking about how you feel even when you feel a ton of thingsyou have forgotten each other's favorite dish or coloryou figu...
if you like reading...don't read this
great...piece...mark...little...birthday...marked...feet...bouyant...hungry...famine...Italy...spam...alien...gregorian...toast...gasoline...fingers...mix...week...bored...inadequate...post...
pedestrian stand
it happened to me twice.the first was a few years back while i was applying for my license to teach. the gatekeepers of the PRC stopped me because i was wearing slippers. they said it was "unprofessional". they will, however, allow you to get inside ...
milking us dry
Here's a text message forwarded to me recently: "Jesus I love you. If you ignore dis nang nka-unli ka, u wil sufer for 8 years. So pls do it! After 5 days, 30 miracles will happen."My theory is that this is the kind of text being sent around by the o...
confessions of a workaholic
It all began with me as part of the customer service crew for a fastfood joint. With the skills and the patience and endurance to work overtime, I got promoted to shift manger. Once I had enough money, I bought rights to partake of the franchise. Now...
to be crushed
This thing, this madness that makes you want to tear your hair out, why would people want it?For a thing that is so elusive, why do people keep chasing it? Is it precisely because it is unattainable?Once you think you've got it, it escapes to who-kno...
keeping it going!
i'm in what i call a good relationship.my boyfriend and i have been working together for almost four years. we've been in environments with histories of breaking people apart.but we're still here and we're still together.people ask me what keeps us t...
for me, for you
In an age where it is easier to give in to despair, I wish you hope.At a time of cynicism, I wish you joy.Where there is doubt, I wish you guidance.May you keep the friends you can laugh out the loudest with, and cry the longest with. The ones who wi...
protestations of a person of privilege
May I register my annoyance at how we in our station are constantly being mocked and derided for being what we are and having what we do have.It's not like we don't deserve our good looks and our good fortune. It just comes with the DNA.Why should it...
is this any way to live?
What a fascinating creature man is. He is a model of consistently predictable behavior, but also of contrasting moods and faces.He believes what sets him apart from the lower beings is that he can think. He claims to be superior over the animal kingd...
shattered
if there was one horror movie that i would force on my friends that would be shutter. it's a great movie. it was very smart and surprising, even sad as one of my friends would describe it. the actors were fit in the roles that they played. the scree...
caught in the loop
lately, i have been bewildered by, of all things, buttons.yes, buttons.it would be fair to expect that with all the energy spent to design, measure, cut, and sew a piece of garment together, that it would then be fundamental to the process to stitch ...
a word of advice
"I'd also like to say something to you budding writers. Believe me, I do understand that sometimes it's essential to use incorrect grammar. That is fine with me, and the words who are in those sentences are aware of their lot in life. But it's diffic...
be forewarned
The point in giving a present is that the recipient will like it. Why get them something they won't like?Or maybe not.Maybe the point is that you remembered: it's the thought that counts. But why not give it a careful thought, now that you think abou...
i'm not peter pan
I'm turning 27 in a week.I'm old enough to get toys for myself, but it won't hurt to get a gift or two. Maybe something related to Batman. Or The Simpsons. Or The Lord of the Rings.But what I really want to get is a lot of sleep. For the past week, I...
do yourself a favor
Life is always too short, no matter what age it is claimed, whether by illness, accident or natural causes.Life offers too many marvels, too many precious moments, that a thousand lifetimes just won't do for a person. At 26 years of age, you might fi...
keep your friends close...
yesterday, US president-elect Barack Obama announced that Hillary Clinton is his secretary of state."She possesses an extraordinary intelligence and toughness, and a remarkable work ethic," according to Obama. it also signifies that he is extremely s...
tall tales
i love the harry potter series.it is amazing how the author was able to create an entire wizarding world full of immensely interesting characters and equally marvelous events.on the last installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the wizardin...
