A Deecoded Life

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Undeniably Undead

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A few days ago, I was scrolling through one of my favorite time-wasting apps, 9gag, when I chanced upon this picture: This made me laugh because I can so relate. Not as the Zombie roommate, no, I am usually easy to wake up, all you need to do is call out my name, but rather, […]

Queen of Quotable Quotes

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Back in the Philippines, forwarded text messages were (or still are?) a thing. They’re like forwarded emails but shorter, so they’re usually jokes or “quotes,” like this one: I was finally getting over you I had crushes other than you I walked around with my head high, thinking I wouldn’t fall But then you smiled […]

Peer Pressure

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“I’m going home next month,” a friend of mine announced some time ago. “Ugh.” Well that wasn’t the typical reaction of an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) about going home, so we asked her why she didn’t seem happy about it. “I’m dreading it,” she explained, her unhappiness etched on her face, “because it will be […]

Overwhelming Obsession

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I think I may have a problem. I tend to get obsessed. About what? About anything, really. Let me list a bunch of random stuff I have gotten obsessed with over the years. X-Men Barbie dolls Sailormoon Sweet Valley Twins Clarissa Explains It All Greek Mythology The Titanic Charmed and witchcraft All the guys on […]

Nasty News

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I woke up this morning to the bad news that the Boston Marathon had been bombed. My thoughts immediately flew to my fellow A-Z challenge blogger who runs Another Clean Slate, as she had just chosen to blog M for Marathon Monday which was all about the Boston Marathon. I knew she didn’t participate in it […]

Keepsakes and Knick Knacks

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Last year for my friend Flisha’s 30th birthday, I wrote this on the card I sent her: So I decided to go old school and send you an actual card for your 30th. How many of these things do you get these days, right? They’ve become so rare that maybe someday they’d be obsolete that […]

Joy in the Journey

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I think this quote from the TV show Grey’s Anatomy is the best insight I’ve found on the subject of pursuing happiness. In other words, as the words on my notebook says: Sometimes we keep searching for that elusive “happiness,” thinking that we can’t be happy until we’ve reached a certain goal, or moved a […]

Instant Instants

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Are you familiar with the Annoying Facebook Girl meme? I’m sure you know someone like that. Heck, if we’re Facebook friends, your finger is probably pointed at me. Yes, I admit, I was that girl. Take note, I said WAS. As in past tense. As in now she’s just somebody that you used to know. I […]