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Mt Pigingan

A breakup is often never easy. Kasi kung naging madali ang breakup, ibigsabihin hindi naging totoo ang pagmamahal. At kung naging mahirap ang breakup, mas mahirap ang next stage, ang moving on. Sabi nila, kung gaano ka kalalim or katindi nagmahal, ganoon din kahirap ang magiging moving on stage mo. The toughest ingredient of moving on is the pain. Everything boils down to pain. Which is the cause of loneliness, anxiety and sometimes, depression. The good news is, pain from a breakup is only temporary. Lilipas din. Mawawala….

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The classroom suddenly gets filled with laughter. Everyone is attentive and everyone is excited to win a prize. It was supposed to be a normal day for selected Grade 2 students of Inuman Elementary School. Little did they know that today, its gonna be a bit different. Few weeks ago, I kept thinking about how can I make by 30th birthday celebration more memorable. I know for sure it’s not gonna be another pizza day in the office or Sunday night bonding with church friends. So I thought about spending…

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  So there it goes. I just turned 30. Left the 20s and just stepped into to the realm of 30s a couple of hours ago. I felt the need of writing something. But I don’t know what or why. I just felt it. And for the last two hours, I was just staring at my laptop screen and a DHT version of Listen to Your Hear keeps playing in the background, on replay mode. It’s been a while since the last time I heard this song. Always…

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