TADHANA - (n.) translates to "fate" or "destiny" in the Filipino language.
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Sovereign University, one of Canada's most prestigious of education centers, is now the second - or third, rather - home to Sienna Jandog, who is currently taking her maste...
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TADHANA
Sovereign University, one of Canada's most prestigious of education centers, is now the second - or third, rather - home to Sienna Jandog, who is currently taking her masters in economics; going to the same school is one of her best friends, Sonia Ferrando, who is also taking a masters course, but in accounting. Life away from their motherland, the Philippines, is hard to adjust to, as the culture of their new home is a drastic, upside-down change, although they do have another best friend, James Kan Luang, helping them along the way.
Everyone had their lives planned, success within their grasps, soon to be represented by a piece of paper known as a diploma. However, it seems that their journey towards this success would be far, far from mundane, with surprises awaiting them in the future ahead - one being... somewhat familiar.
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Content Warning for Chapters Ahead: Mentions and depictions of emotional ab*se, slight and censored swearing. Although not all chapters contain these, please be advised!
Language/s Used: English, Filipino
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Preface:
Publishing TADHANA after months of work and writing feels surreal; in the most honest analogy, it's like giving birth to a baby, a weird way to describe publishing an original story, but it sure is an unfiltered one.
This book is going to be the first original story that I would actually finish, and that's saying something after scraping oh so many ideas of romcom stories for readers to indulge in. Had Wattpad not been a digital platform, perhaps I would have heaps of papers of failed works in my room by now. However, as I write this, I'm pretty sure that "TADHANA" would not be joining that pile.
And it is, with pleasure, that I introduce all of you to this, a fruit of feelings, words, and all-nighters.
Thank you to two of my friends - Prisma and KnownKhloweh - for helping me write this book! They have written and created parts of this book that have helped me accomplish several chapters, and - as of the day of this book's publication - work towards creating and completing this! I will always be thankful to the two of you for this, and for being the IRL James and Sonia for me; I hope that I could do justice for you both, and for the rest of the people who have inspired TADHANA's main cast.
Thank you to my other friends for appreciating and checking out the beloved characters of this book, and to some, for being inspirations for them. Outside of TADHANA, you're all inspirations to a lot of people - including myself! I also hope that TADHANA could help us understand one another more, through this sweet, emotional, and rollercoaster-like book.
Thank you to the person that, in a way, unknowingly helped me make this book in the first place. Hopefully, he's not reading this, but this little author would gladly thank him nonetheless. You're a wonderful and amazing person. I also hope that maybe, just maybe, I could also show you this book; in the future, of course.
And of course, thank you to all of you, readers, for checking out this book. May the story of Sienna, Sonia, James, and the rest, be an inspiration for you to find and maybe even create your own TADHANA.
