by Shirley | Apr 9, 2025 | A Day in the Life
It’s been a while ever since I’ve written here and definitely, I love being back to this hobby of mine that I have cultivated since I was a college student. Blogging (I mean, writing on an online journal, not so much with that of documenting one’s...
by Shirley | Dec 31, 2024 | A Day in the Life
Welcome to my new blog at the onset of 2025. Honestly, I am celebrating right now without much of the hype and fanfare except the resolve to spend time praying: not because I do not wish to be overrun by holiday glee but more of harbouring an inner desire to look back...
by Shirley | Feb 21, 2016 | A Day in the Life
Recently I had the chance to view one of Anderson Cooper’s 360 Specials entitled “Being Thirteen: Inside the Secret World of Teens”. What followed after I clicked on the “play” button on the video itself shocked me: teenagers in middle...
by Shirley | Feb 9, 2016 | A Day in the Life
God willing, my hours tomorrow would be filled with such joy and placidity yet again as I embark on a trip to my second alma mater, the University of the Philippines Diliman, so as I may meet with my adviser on my plans for the upcoming semesters—apart from this...
by Shirley | Feb 5, 2016 | A Day in the Life
Just today, I have mentioned something on my Facebook wall regarding how Beethoven’s music has been helping me recover from wallowing in pain after that entirely cathartic and overly emotional relationship breakup I had September of last year and still have the...
by Shirley | Feb 1, 2016 | A Day in the Life, Quotable
Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak Whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it break. —William Shakespeare, “Macbeth”