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In Celebration of my (SingleD) Womanhood

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(This blog is dedicated to all the great women I have come to know. They were those who shared their own struggles and successes with me and I in turn, was blessed and inspired. I was able to gather pictures of some of them, but surely there are more of these women friends, colleagues, and relatives who I never had a picture with. In the captions below each picture, I shared why I celebrate these women) I  am proud to have transformed to the woman that I am now. In celebration of Women's month, allow me to look back on my journey as a woman.  How did I come to be?  The first man in my life, my dad, always taught me to go after my dreams and to achieve all the goals I have set for myself. He tried to instill in me how to make the right choice with men (but obviously failed). He did not want me to lose my own identity once I got married (if he had his way, he did not want me to get married at all).  He was the first man to be proud of whatever I achieved, big or s...

Are YOU worth my Pandemic while?

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Mga Nan-sis! Ilang days na lang we will celebrate or (maybe a better term) commemorate one year of being in quarantine. I remember it was March 15 when our country was placed under GCQ, which eventually became ECQ, then MGCQ and now back to GCQ. I hope I got that right. So aside from adopting three cats and welcoming Lulu (golden retriever) during the pandemic, what  were the things that I have done during the pandemic? What were my realizations about life? Have I done anything worth the "pandemic while?" Maybe these three questions are worth asking ourselves at this time. All of us experienced being locked in the house for, I think, at least 3 months.  Then some of us were called back to work, reporting a few times a week. Until some commercial establishments were allowed to operate again, at unti-unti na rin tayong nakakalabas. (Pero remind ko lang kayo, mga Nan-sis, na kahit ngayon if we can stay at home and just go out when necessary, let's do so. Covid is real!) Our ...