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A pause in time
A writer, a life, a city · Thoughts

A pause in time

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Anne J.6 Comments

Perhaps, the mundanities of daily life are killing my dreams, erasing the vision in my head. Every day, this world, where I don’t belong, sucks me in. My passion wears away. I am a rock, eroding. My fire is extinguished and my spirit dies a little each time. >>> It’s exhausting! Am I weakening? Am…… Continue reading A pause in time

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Fate and self-doubt

September 7, 2017March 18, 2018 Anne J.3 Comments

Of the subjects, let me first tackle self-doubt. Mine! Fate shall follow. Or, maybe they are intertwined. Who knows? Not me. Self-doubt I don’t think I know much. I can’t even bloody write a good short story with only 1,500 words. You judge for yourself. You can even vote for my short story if you…… Continue reading Fate and self-doubt

Finding Passion In Life
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Finding Passion In Life

November 19, 2016November 19, 2016 Anne J.4 Comments

Originally posted on Jay Colby:
How many people have told you, “Follow your passion,” “Find your passion,”  “Pursue your passion” or “Find a job that you would do for free”. Yet in many cases “passion” is often a concept that is difficult to explain, hard to find and impossible to measure. It’s something that’s unique…

Living Passionately, graceful or not
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Living Passionately, graceful or not

October 1, 2016October 1, 2016 Anne J.4 Comments

I have not written or posted any blog according to the daily prompt but today seems to fit perfectly with what I had wanted to post, being living passionately. It prompted me to ask if grace correlates to passion. Am I graceful as I live my life of passion? Perhaps, not. More often, passion goes…… Continue reading Living Passionately, graceful or not

Time, Passion, Priorities
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Time, Passion, Priorities

July 13, 2016July 13, 2016 Anne J.10 Comments

Passing time Spending time Killing time Time speeding by… Two weeks have passed since my last post and it feels like I have been deprived of the great stuff life is made of especially when it happened immediately after connecting with some really wonderful people here. I have missed the interaction with all of you,…… Continue reading Time, Passion, Priorities

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I'm a Philippine island girl in Africa, a Filipino-South African. A mad banana woman that I am, I live "la vida loca". The banana part isn’t only because I'm Anna (Banana) but because an old boyfriend had observed that although Asian (yellow on the outside) I'm very much Caucasian in my way of thinking (white in the inside) and my actions, too. It's a rather accurate observation. I am that liberal-thinking and modern-acting Filipino... I remain my tragic-comedic self with a day job in slightly more serious field of Finance, Business Operations and Corporate Affairs.

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Where birds roam

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Cape Town for a weekend

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“H” is for “happens”…

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We went Christmas decorations shopping. It was fun! If only I had a budget for this... maybe next year. 😜😛 We did pick up a few things to make our home more Christmassy. 😀
Beautiful and bright! I love both. The decorations around me are adding to the Christmas cheers. It's almost done. Nativity scene, although small, has been added. There was a change of position as well. There are lights now, too. There are a couple more of lights to add then it's complete. But, nothing beats Montecasino's decorations. They seem to have added more. I suppose they're done.
It helps to look back at the wonderful memories of past events. We embraced the cold weather in New York. This wasn't exactly the snow day we wanted; Jeslyn said it's just rain. We still enjoyed it. It was darned cold for us who are used to the South African climate but we liked it a lot. We felt at home in New York. Missing the USA this year's December holidays... no fun 😧☹😑. At least, the current cool (although not quite cold) temperature of Joburg due to a week-long rain fools me into thinking we're not gonna be celebrating a summery Christmas... until the heatwave comes back. Haha!
Life is good when you indulge in the yummy! @ohmycake_sa #frenchmacarons #macarons #treats #delicious #yummy
Just because... Because I can. It's not Friday anymore where I am but it still is in the USA. 😜😁 #fbf #flashbackfriday #flashback #lookingback #reminiscing #tenyearsago #tenyears If only each year didn't equal to a kilogram...
#Champagne and #chocolates = #happiness = #gratitude. You've gotta love the #holidayseason. Thanks a billion, Andries! You are the best! Mwah! I have found a "home" for the #gift / #treat. Yay!
Did Christmas come early? Kind of... 🤩😍 Hubby owed me an anniversary present 😜 and I liked the shoes so much that when I decided--instantly, without hesitation--that I was gifting my self a pair, for Christmas 😝, I convinced hubby to buy the other pair for me for our anniversary last month. Not that its it's necessary but it's a wonderful and loving gesture. ❤😁🥰 Thank you so much, liefie! But, since I'm Filipino, and we believe that we shouldn't give shoes, or anything we step on, as gifts, I paid him R50 for the one pair. They are no Jimmy Choo but they are beautiful and they look fab on me, I think 😆, so they are good enough. 😉😄 And they are #madeinBrazil. I do like 'em Brazilians. 😃 #shoes #shoeloveaffair #Werner #Brazilianshoes #Socratishoes #Socrati #iloveshoes
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎄... at home. 😁 Yes, we have started decorating. We are going to be home this Christmas. We need the look and feel, in the heat of summer. #Christmas2019 #Christmas #christmasdecorations
More colors, more lights; Christmas 🎄 holidays, Merry and bright 🎉✨ Loving Monte's Christmas feels #Christmas #Christmas2019 #christmasdecorations
For the sake of your love of a good life, enjoy the treats! The new #Baglios at #Montecasino is now open. #Yay! #happiness #treats #yummy #lifeisgood (I still don't know where to look. One day, I will take better selfies. 😝😂
For the sake of your love of a good life, enjoy the treats! The new #Baglios at #Montecasino is now open. #Yay! #happiness #treats #yummy #lifeisgood
For the sake of your love of a good life, enjoy the treats! The new #Baglios at #Montecasino is now open. #Yay! #happiness #treats #yummy #lifeisgood
🎼It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎵 🎶Everywhere you go🎼 🎼Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again🎵 🎶With candy canes and silver lanes aglow🎼 We will not have ☃️⛄, but there will be lots of 🎄🎄 around. #Christmas2019 #christmasdecorations #christmascheers #yuletide2019 #Christmas #yuletide #holidays #montecasino
🎼It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎵 🎶Everywhere you go🎼 🎼Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again🎵 🎶With candy canes and silver lanes aglow🎼 We will not have ☃️⛄, but there will be lots of 🎄🎄 around. #Christmas2019 #christmasdecorations #christmascheers #yuletide2019 #Christmas #yuletide #holidays #montecasino
🎼It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎵 🎶Everywhere you go🎼 🎼Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again🎵 🎶With candy canes and silver lanes aglow🎼 We will not have ☃️⛄, but there will be lots of 🎄🎄 around. #Christmas2019 #christmasdecorations #christmascheers #yuletide2019 #Christmas #yuletide #holidays #montecasino

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