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Merry Christmas, my dear lovelies! 
          
          I hope you are all celebrating the Christmas with joy and love together with your families and loved ones. 
          
          God bless you all always. Amping mo kanunay. 
          

Instead of hating someone because they got the happiness and success that they deserved, why don't we try to focus on finding our own happiness and success too? 
          
          Genuinely speaking, we cannot achieve the ultimate goal if we are too busy focusing on other people. Hating and being jealous with them will not lead us to the good. Mas lalo lang tayo mata-trap sa sarili nating galit, selfishness, at greed. Mas lalo lang maco-corrupt ang utak natin. 
          
          All I can say is that we can control our own jealousy, as well as our hate, anger, greed, and lust toward ourselves and others.

We are already stepping out of our own cave slowly. 
          Let us continue to spread light to those people who are still inside their cave. 
          
          One at a time, justice will be preserved. 
          One at a time, accountability will be served. 
          
          We will not stop until it's done. 
          

Thank you for being brave. 

Kung may kaklase kayong may social anxiety at siya ang reporter sa klase ninyo, please don't laugh at them. Please, don't make fun of their weaknesses. I am a part of them. Hindi madali ang tumayo sa harapan at magsalita. Ang hirap maging ganito, pero sinusubukan ko lahat ng makakaya ko para malabanan ko ito. 
          
          I was disappointed when my sister told me about his classmate who has social anxiety, and some of her classmates makes fun of it. Imagine, college students still laugh and make fun of someone who has social anxiety. I was quite worried about it. 

Marami ang nagsasabi na talagang grabe na ang mga kabataan ngayon. Sinasabi nila na noon, tuloy pa rin ang klase sa kabila ng anumang kalamidad. Sa kabilang banda, sinasabi rin nila na mas mahina ang mental health ng mga kabataan ngayon kumpara sa kanila noon. Maarte, mahina, reklamador—ilan lamang iyan sa mga masasakit na salitang ibinabato nila sa mga kabataang katulad ko.
          
          I just want to say that comparing generations and speaking negatively will not lead to national progress. You may have borne your struggles the strongest, but that does not mean it applies to everyone. Right now, it is a good thing we have the freedom to speak and to fight for our rights. This is unlike before, when there was a stigma in discussing such issues of great importance.
          
          And no, we are not overreacting. We speak and fight, and that is what helps our world to grow. I hope that even if you cannot understand us, kindness will still prevail in the words you utter.
          
          We speak not for weakness, but for reform. The world needs speakers of realization, not followers of silence.
          

Good morning, lovelies! 
          
          Let us all be safe from the upcoming typhoon. Maging handa po tayo sa anumang oras, at huwag natin kalimutan ang magdasal palagi. I know for sure, God will save us from this calamity. 
          

Anger? Of course it's needed. When burning up, there's a reason. 
          It might just be history, that changes the world too. 
          But this is not anger, but feces. 
          What is anger you know? 
          Pretending it's anger and killing real anger. A lot of people, with no number to get tired of. 
          You're not only killing me. We're used to stepping on poop. 
          I get angry at the pent-up anger towards evil. 
          
          BTS - UGH! 

Never judge a person based on what you have seen and on what he or she has shown to you. Hindi natin alam ang lahat ng pinagdadaanan nila sa kabila ng lahat ng pinapakita at nakikita natin sa kanila. Kagaya ko ay hindi ko rin alam ang lahat ng tungkol sa ‘yo, at ganoon na rin kayo sa akin. I might act like the world is as gentle as the wind, or I am as tough as the stone, but you will never know deeply inside—on what I am holding for so long. It was just easy for us to bully a person, humiliate, or even cancel them because when we think of it, we will never be in the same position as them, so we will never experience it—hindi natin iyon mararanasan, at wala tayo sa kanilang posisyon para masaktan. Those are not true. We are deceived by our own ignorance. 
          
          I hope we will learn how to be kind and gentle to others. Sa ganiyang mga paraan lamang maiisip ng isang tao na nirerespeto natin siya at handa tayong makinig sa pagkakamali niya at sa mga bagay na nais niyang baguhin para sa atin at para sa sariling pagkamit ng kabutihan. 
          
          May we never be the reason for their pain, struggles, and death. 
          

I Stand Against Corruption. 
          
          As a writer and a philosophy student, it was hard to remain silent in times of this situation; it was hard to keep my eyes blind to the shadows of lies and from the ignorance I found in darkness. Corruption has been one of the greatest problems our country is facing. If we are not going to voice out, if we ourselves are not going to participate in this situation, this problem will never die. And by that, evil people are still going to serve and feed us with their fake words and actions that go against their true principles. 
          
          I see the result of corruption. I see it from the news and from the people around me, especially from my family. My mom had to work even when she’s not feeling well because one absence leads to cutting off from her salary as an office clerk. On the other hand, my father is a pedicab driver, and he also works even when he is not feeling well. My older brother, at the same time, also had to work overtime and even on weekends to increase his salary a bit. They worked hardly and decently—only to find out that these corrupt and criminal government officials were the ones that were not. What made me furious is that they stole the money from the tax the people worked hard to earn. 
          
          I stand against corruption because I believe every evil individual should be held accountable for their wrongdoings and face the proper consequences, including imprisonment when necessary. Allowing them to be free from the punishment could lead to normalization that it is okay to steal, it is okay to hurt people, it is okay to kill people. This normalization leads to suffering, especially to us as ordinary citizens. We should not be blind to the things we already knew and seen. We should not be voiceless, especially when calling out these corrupt individuals. We should stand together in this.