'We suggest we should hold burial on Tuesday the 18th.' It was another night of a full house, and familiar faces sat in a large circle, deliberating the activities for the next few days. I sat next to my little sister, looking up once in a while because I had to be alert during that… Continue reading 12 15ths for the 2nd Time
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Trauma: Its Triggers and the Truth (A long read)
Trauma At a certain point in our lives, we all have to recover from a traumatic experience. Trauma can be defined as going through very stressful, frightening, or distressing events. One thing I've learned whilst dealing with my own trauma is that: 1. We are all traumatized 2. Everyone's trauma is different 3. We don't choose… Continue reading Trauma: Its Triggers and the Truth (A long read)
Tribute: Waves
The water is calm most times. Until I start to think, wish, dream, regret.Each wave that passes over me, I sit in its shadow and wait for whatever is to come upon me to engulf me but for a moment until it passes by.I am surrounded by a darkness I myself have never understood and… Continue reading Tribute: Waves
Tribute: What Happened?
"You're driving too fast again." my sister said. Before I could even acknowledge what she meant, the car was in the sky. We were in the air for a millisecond. Hearing the crunch of the metal after we hit the ground again.We were faster than sound.We got to the hospital to see why we were… Continue reading Tribute: What Happened?
The JanWorry Rush
I got sick in January.Money-making January.Goal-setting January.New year, new me January.I was not "feeling out of it" sick either. I was totalled.And guess what? I had no plan concrete plans! I left the plans for the year for AFTER the countdown.I thought my little moment of Can'tDoAnything time would be good for me. Where I… Continue reading The JanWorry Rush
I’m (not) Over It!
I could just be sitting down, scrolling through the Food Channel line-up for the day, then my mind does that thing where it loses focus then I find myself thinking about an incident that had occurred and the SAME hurt, the SAME sadness will wash over me. Sometimes I have to snap back to reality,… Continue reading I’m (not) Over It!
Part 1: Bragging Rights, Your Brand
"Porsche" is pronounced: POOR-SHA "Louis Vuitton" is pronounced: LOO-EE-VWEE-TAHN But you knew that right? So tell me this, if people can learn how to pronounce any of the above, then what’s stopping them from pronouncing your VERY ethnic name, correctly? If you carry yourself like a brand, you will be respected and recognized as such.… Continue reading Part 1: Bragging Rights, Your Brand
Love: A Second-Hand Emotion
Colossians 3: 12-14 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is… Continue reading Love: A Second-Hand Emotion
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