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Faded Memory: An Essay about Worries, Depression, the Present and Death.

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You may feel like your world would fall apart. Sometimes you would cry worrying about your future. You always spend your days getting by. Every single time, you worry about what tomorrow would bring to your plain old life. But I have something to tell you. If you haven’t realized it yet. You will just die. Maybe not soon or later. But you will. Trust me. The day would come that all you’re working for would be burned to ashes. Just like your memories. Just like you. One day, you’re not going to be a doctor, a teacher, a nurse, a domestic helper, a pilot, a frustrated writer or dirt on somebody else’s shoes anymore. You will not be that person forever. You will not stay at the top or at the bottom either. Because soon you’ll be nothing. If you’re lucky, you would be a memory. A faded picture. A blurred face from the past. You’re going to be a twisted, recollected, incomplete fragments on somebody else’s thoughts. A glimpse of what had been. And then after a few years, you will b

I Just Won A Free CareHealth Insurance? Is This a Scam?

It wasn't a long time since nakatanggap ako ng sunod sunod na tawag mula sa sinasabing CareHealth International. At everytime sasabihin nilang nanalo daw ako ng FREE HEALTH INSURANCE. Wala daw ako kailangan gawin kundi pumunta sa branch nila sa San Pablo at pirmahan yung papers. Sound so easy at matutuwa ka dahil sino ba naman ang ayaw ng libre. Pipilitin ka talaga nila para magpunta sa branch nila. Pero ang nakakaalarma ay ang dahilan nila kung paano ka napili eh hindi ka naman sumasali sa kung ano mang pakulo para manalo ng insurance. Tatanungin ka ng ahente sa telepono (which always has a generic name like "Ana Santos" or "Liza Reyes" ) kung meron kang bdo or bpi or whatever bank they would recite tapos kapag umoo ka ay sasabihin nila na nanalo ka dahil affiliated daw sila sa bank na 'yon at doon daw sila namili sa listahan ng mga customers ng banko. This is the most alarming part. Paano naman nila makukuha ang information mo galing sa bangko eh 'di

My First Visit to Tagaytay's People's Park in the Sky

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People's Park in the Sky in Tagaytay City Tagaytay has always been one of the destinations that I wanted to visit ever since, and just a few weeks ago I was finally able to see the place for myself. Tagaytay is a city in the province of Cavite, which is known for its amazing beautiful parks with stunning views of nature. I live in a province just a couple of hours away but I wasn't able to visit. But after a couple of failed plans and attempts, I found myself with a couple of friends of mine in one of Tagaytay's most popular parks, People's Park in the Sky . The view on the way up To be honest, there's nothing much to do in this place but what makes it amazing is the gorgeous view that would make you feel like you are on top of the world, something that you would instantly notice as soon as you arrive at the entrance. Before you can enter the premises, you are expected to pay a 30php entrance fee. And then, you can either walk your way up to the mansion