A Deecoded Life

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Spell My Name, Say My Name

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My name was supposed to be Heidi Eliza. I don’t know what was the inspiration for the first name, but the second name was the union of my parents’ names. But then my dad, who is superstitious when it comes to numerology, discovered that such a name combined with my middle and last name would […]

Dead Stars

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While emailing with a friend today, we somehow got round to the topic of her ex boyfriends. She told me about how her first boyfriend, many years ago, had asked her to elope with him before his grandmother could bring him to America for college. So they made plans, but she changed her mind and […]

A Major Pain in the – Head

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Kes once asked me what was the one thing, aside from my clothes, cellphone and wallet, that I could never leave the house without. For her it was makeup and for Gelle, earrings. Back then, I could not think of anything. Sure I wore makeup, but I could also do without it, as I proved […]

Conscious About My Subconscious

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I’ve always been amazed with the existence of the subconscious ever since our Religion teacher Fr. Gascon discussed it in class back in High School. He told us that the mind is composed of the conscious and the subconscious. The former stores the details of everything that we are aware of while all the other […]

ENFP

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I took the big five personality questionnaire and the resulting verdict sounds sooo me. I was happiest with their assessment of the top 3 careers I should be in, in order: Journalism, Communication and Theatre. These are the very careers that I dream of being in! But of course, dreams are not usually the reality. […]

The Lost Mohican

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We were miles apart, and it had been years since we last talked – a dozen years, to be exact. Yet here I was, going on overtime because I was having too much fun chatting with her. “So how is Cate?” she asks, after I tell her about how I spent Christmas with my roommate […]

At the Transition Point

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Read this off the book Around the World in 80 Dates : “When moving overseas, there is a transition point at which the enthusiasm and excitement of being somewhere new has worn off but the routine sense of comfort and familiarity with your new home has yet to kick in. The result is homesickness.” I […]

Drippy Days Always Get Me Down

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“Rainy days and Mondays always get me down,” goes the song of the Carpenters. I suppose that is true for most people, but maybe not “always.” I like rainy days days when I don’t need to be anywhere but at home. It’s so wonderful to sleep in when it’s raining outside. Otherwise, I am not […]

Climbers vs Jumpers

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While emailing with a friend about her current heart stories, I was reminded of another friend’s blog when she was in a similar situation a long time ago. So I dug up her old blog and decided to post a couple of her entries here just because they give me mixed feelings of wanting to […]

Random Acts of Kindness

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Back in college, our org moderator put up a challenge – we were supposed to do a number of random acts of kindness within a certain span of time. I don’t remember the specifics, but notes were part of the assignment. Signed notes of appreciation for friends and family were simple and common enough. The […]