from me to you...
Where am I exactly in life right now? I’m 20, the period that I thought was really old years ago and an age where I anxiously wished that I already figured out how my life is gonna be. I’m still in college, I’m working on an internship, I’m planning to create my own project/initiative, and I have a boyfriend. There are still way too many things I suck at but there are also many things that I’ve…
I just got my email this morning that I was rejected from this Global Leadership Program that I badly want to attend. This year they're going to Japan! Oh well dear me, so what's the plan now? I will bounce back. TOTALLY BOUNCE BACK. This year will be a better me: I would win numerous competitions, I would be known globally, I would be the best at every single thing you can think of, I would carry…
Oh, how grateful I am for the people I surround myself with! Just today, I finished our final presentation for one of my classes. It was a startup pitch, and I was really excited to work on it, especially since I've been involved in pitch competitions in the past. But what made this experience even more exciting was the chance to learn from my mentors. Honestly, this task became a bit of an excuse…
I just got off a call with a really precious friend--someone I value deeply. He’s the kind of friend who meant so much to me that I would cry just thinking about him and the impact he left on my life. He was goofy, incredibly smart, and deeply philosophical. He seemed to live without a care for the world or what people thought of him. Everything about him felt so light, so free. There was a time…
I recently watched a reel of Timothée Chalamet's speech during an award ceremony, and his words struck a chord with me. He said: "I know the classiest thing would be to downplay the effort that went into this role and how much this means to me, but the truth is, this was five and a half years of my life. I poured everything I had... I can't downplay the significance of this award because it means…
I’d say I have a peculiar taste in music—so peculiar that it sometimes makes me a little self-conscious. I don’t have a favorite song or artist; I just like what I like, which means my playlist is basically a random assortment of everything. Finding people who share my music taste? A struggle. So, most of the time, I just lie :P But on the rare occasions when I’m honest, people usually have no…
I just finished the day mostly scrolling through my phone. Unlike others (or so I’d like to think), my scrolling was intentional—for some reason I don’t fully understand. And yet, I didn’t end the day feeling guilty, as my 14-year-old self would have called it: wasted time. This leads me to a question that has been bothering me for years: What do I really want? I know that I love my friends and…
Is it just me, or do you also like what your friends like? I grew up loving anything strawberry—the literal fruit, strawberry milk, milkshakes, ice creams, chocolates, candies, and even the strawberry taho that you could usually only get in Baguio City, Philippines. I was the only one in our family, however, who had this kind of taste. They love savory foods, while I like sweets. They usually…