18
May
Paulo Coelho (who I’m not really a fan of, but I must say the guy is very quotable) wrote this essay called Closing Cycles. He says: “One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning [...]
16
May
Most people took one look at that poster and went, “Ailene who?” That’s a good question. Typically, women who do talks on beauty are former beauty queens, fashion models, or have ships-launched-on-account-of-face-value portfolios like Helen of Troy. Beautiful Women, photographed a million times over, and who can make a sack look sexy. Typically. But as [...]
22
April
Pristine is a word I always try to avoid when I’m writing. One, I live in noxious Metro Manila, and we place a high premium on “purity,” since we live in such a polluted, dank place. Two, how the heck would I know what pristine is? I even have to filter the water I use [...]
11
April
First of all, I’d like to say thank you for reading that really bitter and self-centered and really angry post about Day 1. I realize now that everything I wrote down can be summarized in several sentences, like: I am disappointed, because I was in faith and expecting God to do great things in my [...]
8
April
It was Rory’s fiance that taught me how to dig deep into Elevation Church’s sermon podcasts when I am at work. And now that I’ve deactivated my Facebook and changed my Twitter password into an insanely long one that I need to check-triple-check with my files just to get back into my Twitter account, I [...]
2
April
Nothing like death to shake up all the dross from this modern life. If you’re reading this now, then you’re alive, and I need to tell you: don’t wait for tomorrow to make recompenses or to right a wrong or to love someone. Do it now, while there’s still blood pumping through your veins and [...]
24
March
I fell in love 164 times today at the Laguna Pitbulls Rescue Center. Around this time last year, these dogs were still fighting dogs, until they were rescued a week and a year ago from today. The dog fights were broadcasted online by a syndicate ran by Koreans. These eight Korean syndicates are now scheduled [...]