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Never the favorite, always forgotten. You are the best in everything, and yet, you are still number 2, option B,…
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Every vote counts
Never again will I fail my country like this. I often pinpoint 2022 as the year I began to care…
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I cannot say goodbye to you in Filipino because I fear it will be the last time we see each…
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Learning to slow down
For most of my life, I believed that being busy meant being successful. In college, I wore my packed schedule…
