Oddly Memo

“𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫,” 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭, “𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬—” They were friends. They were each other's confidants but there was never any talk of love. Newt is also a shy person and likes to hide his shyness by using irony as his safety mechanism. At twenty, he joined the military, and Catharine found somebody else. It was only about a week before the wedding that he finally dared to talk to her to get to know what she felt for him.

Love is a Fallacy is a somewhat romantic-comedy-drama that involves three young people with the girl in the middle of it all. Their names are as follows: let's call him Chadwick (the main character with no name), Poly, and Petey.

The Republic of the Philippines is no stranger to setting the highest standards for everything let alone their standards for choosing a Leader— except that their standards had taken a different turn resulting in last week's 2022 national and local elections.

Weight of Four Generations by Milena Naef Society dictates a lot about everything. The things we do, what to expect, what to remember, and things to look forward to. I get that most if not all, came from a place of love and worry. But I can't help but feel like these beliefs are the very ones holding us back from living in the present.

Once there was a Quail that got away from the Lord's orders. He was the most mischievous one from the group of a thousand birds crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Like the prodigal son, he was, he never listens to his mother and always manages to wander away from the group.

Black Ink poetry has been around for years but I just only stumbled upon it quiet recently. It made me realize the beauty if combining mediums I am very much familiar with. Art and literature has been my source of comfort. For my medium, I borrowed a page from L.M. Montgomery's book titled Anne of Green Gables . The title speaks for itself.  

I've always been that person who liked to go above and beyond in everything. School? Check. Friendships? Double-check! Personal goals? Most definitely! It's a quality I treasure so much that I forgot how much toll it put on me. At a very young age, I seem to work myself to the bone like an adult. Now, I would prefer to be that young again and do immature, foolish things.

Growing up in a bigger family with my sisters hasn't always been the best. It can be bearable once you learn how to handle things from the get-go. From sudden outbursts to feelings of love and hate --- anything can happen. Which is why you have to learn how to take care of yourself earlier on.