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9-11
The doctors told me that was the day my first son was due, and I was so excited because I could tell people that he was born on 9-11 because it was a huge emergency. Fortunately, he came late because later that day would be forever remembered as the anniversary of the terror attacks. The…
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New Slate
So I have moved on to work at a private school, leaving behind my pension in exchange for a new slate. Not long after leaving, my union finally won their demands for a fair contact. After almost three long years of my wage not moving its great to know that will change for my union…
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Who’s Marcie?
Happy Fourth! I started my new job this week, and I am loving it! My new team is hilarious and I need that. They welcomed me and made me feel at home before I even started. The only negative thing, which is actually huge, is that my director got hit by a truck. Luckily, he…
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The Farewell Speech I Never Gave
There were no special announcements when I left my place of work, one that I dedicated seven and a half years to. The people who gave those announcements did not believe I was worth the trouble, yet one of the ladies from the business area got one and she had not even been there for…
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The Invisible Condition
“Why am I so Brainwashed?”, She thought. The Catholic had been conditioned to prey to the existence of an invisible God. “Why am I such a Brainwashed Catholic?” Thoughts came from the beyond and transfigured into prayers translated from beyond the aether and the divine. The Brainwashed Catholic prayed for change in Upper Management.…
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Empathy or No Empathy
“This very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” Selective empathy is on the rise. Fritz Breithaupt, in his book, “The Dark Sides of Empathy”, explores one’s ability to empathize with others as also a…
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Equality Not Here
There has been no advancement after more than seven years in this dismal place. The boss-man continues to discriminate, claiming that if there is a time where I do advance then he would have to advance one of my male coworkers as well or it will not be “equal”. Equality? Equality does not always equate…
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Happy 100th Birthday, Inay!
We call my grandmother Inay (mother in Tagalog). She is a century old today! Here is a poem I wrote for her several years ago: it’s a hard place being her and being alive between the river and the rock crying raw across the wavy years and smiling too it’s hard to grow as ripe…
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UC Problems Continue
Although my visit to the Philippines pushed me a little out of my comfort zone by forcing me to viscerally experience the conditional differences between a third world country and my first world life, my first world problems still awaited me back home. I still hold onto the gratitude that I am in a good…
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Trip Highlights
Here are the highlights to my ten day trip to the Philippines. First, we arrived in Manila where the traffic is like no other! The rules there are interpreted as just a matter of suggestion. Even crossing the street in some places seem like you’re playing with Life & Death. In Manila, we were able to…