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21 June 2023
Feeling utterly alone
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It's been more than ten years since that fateful day when everything in my life changed. Eleven years of my life wasted, due to a debil...
25 June 2017
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If this wretched physical illness should take me, I hope that upon my death, the seed of empathy and compassion will germinate in those who ...
22 March 2016
Dignity
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I think every human has a point wherein she or he will activate a “self-preservation mode” to save what dignity she or he has left. I am ac...
13 February 2016
On revenge
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"Justice is the constant and perpetual desire to give to each one that to which he is entitled. Jurisprudence is the knowledge of matt...
21 October 2015
On Inter-Asian Racism
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When I was in high school, I was accused of something that was taken out of context by a white teacher. Now, I'm not against employing w...
3 November 2014
Prayers to Saint Dwynwen
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In the Name of the Father, + and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O Blessed Saint Dwynwen, you who knew pain and peace, division ...
29 October 2014
An Innovative Double-Arras (Wedding Coins) Ceremony
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There are two traditional ways of performing the ceremony. I have dispensed with both. Dribbling coins into each other's hands is quite...
26 October 2014
On the middle finger
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In 3 rd grade I sat at my desk reading a ditto. Across from me sat a classmate named Freddy Goerlitzer. It’s odd that I still remember his...
19 September 2013
A lost world: What happened to Hindu-Buddhist, Animist Philippines?
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When the Spaniards came to the Philippines, they halted the spread of Islam already taking root with the governing class. Although Islam wa...
4 August 2013
On the Christian hope
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The most stirringly beautiful declarations of faith and hope are the anthems appointed for Christian funerals and burials in the US Book of ...
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