In history, colonizers always saw land as an expansion of what was already existing. For the early settlers, if there were any, it would be a land grab. It's amazing how an asset that is flat, empty and altogether supposedly worthless could be worth more with the right hands to take care of it. So …
While having a lone breakfast near the house the TV was open for everyone's entertainment. As far as I know it was pretty common for local carinderias (eateries) to have this kind of leeway to customer patience, but what I find quite different that morning, was the educational children's shows. The television drew my attention …
Once, I passed by my hometown and stared at the rented apartment that used to be my family's. A door, two windows out front and rusty gates. Not much has changed except for the empty garage, empty balcony, and the landlord and strangers leaving the house with smiles on their faces. What used to be my home is …
Every time I go home from classes this always catches my eye. Where did the concept of love come from? Did it pre-exist? Or was it some social construct we created? To me the questions boiled down to this: Do we care? Do we want to know? Point is, it's there and existing. It's there …
Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab? I assume the purpose of this prompt is to talk what is important to you. But in moments of a real fire, you don't really think about things like that. As with Sherlock Holmes, mothers bring …
When a TV is on, we can't resist but watch it. It was fun when I was a kid, going home to watch your favorite cartoons or watch soap operas with your mom. It's an everyday occurrence. But somehow the whole experience deteriorated when TV started to become garbage. I was always asked if I …
During my college freshman year, I calculated the time I expect to graduate. I thought of my classes to take, my requirements, minimum amount in the university, etc. And the estimate was April 2015. Back then, graduation happened in April, but due to some university changes, June 2015 is now the most possible estimate, which …
This starting January my father gave me one of those free planners that you get from the office. Normally (or around maybe 2 years ago when I had a craze for planners) I would be excited. But my reaction was a little underwhelming. I didn't start thinking about writing in it until I actually had …
As with recent debate in the local government and universities about improving our education system, I was graced (or rather, cursed) with a four-month vacation. Yes, it has been 4 months since I last saw a majority of schoolmates. One would think that I would be well rested after this sufficient amount of full sleeps …
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