by: France It is evident in our society that poverty is one of the major quandaries ravaging our country and its people. Poverty is a state in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials to enjoy a minimum standard of life and well-being that's considered acceptable in society. More than 26 million Filipinos remain poor with almost half, or...

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by: FranceYour smile makes me cringe that I can’t sleepYour eye makes me insane that I cut myself so deepWhy do we live?Why do we give?Why believe?Why do we need to live in order to give to what we believe?I am hatedI am lovedI still keep longing for love that I cannot haveI keep searchingAnd what I search is what I haveAnd what...

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by: Rommaine As a curious teenager, there will be days that you will feel the urge to try different things in life. It may lead you to the right or wrong path. I’ve tried several things that resulted in failure and lost of hope. There are days when all I can see is darkness and all I can hear is raging voices. There’s...

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by: Rommaine Hindi mapawi ang mga ngiti saaking labi noong panahon na aking nalaman na kami ng aking pamilya ay pupunta sa Pangasinan: ang lugar at ang tahanan na laging bukas at handang tumanggap saaming lahat.  Sobrang bilis ng tibok ng puso ko sa sobrang kagalakan. Ako’y nagagalak, dahil sa wakas ay akin na ulit makikita ang mga Pinsan ko at mga Tituhin...

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by: Rommaine As a graduating student, I cannot stop myself from reminiscing every moment that me and my friends have shared inside and outside of St. Edward integrated school. The non-stop jokes and the learnings we’ve shared for almost 10 months. I found a place where I can be myself.. A place where I can express my true emotions and to be the...

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by: Genesis "Nag-iinarte lang iyan" "Sus. Kulang lang yan sa pansin"      Habang abala ang lahat na paligayahin ang mga sarili, mag-isa mong tinatakpan ang tainga mula sa ingay sa labas. Ganoon rin ay tinakpan mo ang iyong mga labi upang masigurado na hindi ka na makakapagbitaw ng ngiti.       Paunti-unti ay nakulong ka sa sarili mong takot at ang...

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''Flirty'', ''Bitchy'', ''Slut'', ''Whore'', ''Hoe'' In modern culture, if a woman is having sex with multiple partners she is called a slut but in our world today, sexual experience is not criteria to be called by that way. This word has a lot of meanings that come with a variety of negative connotations. The term is used to degrade and belittle women for...

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