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Cause, Effect and Ripple Effects
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Cause, Effect and Ripple Effects

April 14, 2020May 1, 2020 Anne J.

If you are like some (many?) of us, you would have felt “not good enough” at some point in your life. Inadequacy issues will be nothing new to you. You and I am in the same boat as numerous others. Writing about feelings of inadequacy is old news, too. The more we entertain the thoughts…… Continue reading Cause, Effect and Ripple Effects

A Different Month
A writer, a life, a city · Thoughts

A Different Month

April 12, 2020April 19, 2020 Anne J.Leave a comment

https://youtu.be/fmnR5Fp014U It’s a good summary of the first month from Patient Zero (5th of March) to the first few days of April when we were already in lockdown; watch it. Watching this, seeing and being reminded of how others live during this tough time, I feel a little guilty for the spoiled brat moment I…… Continue reading A Different Month

Temporary
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Temporary

April 4, 2020April 19, 2020 Anne J.15 Comments

“The new, albeit temporary, normal,” I wrote.I am hopeful. I believe this is temporary. There will be a permanent “new normal” where we will find ourselves on the other side of Covid-19. It’s not what we have now, but it might have some aspects of this new-but-temporary normal, integrated to the old normal. Part of…… Continue reading Temporary

It’s always about purpose
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It’s always about purpose

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Anne J.

How often do you contemplate the purpose of your existence? Do you know your purpose? Or, do you at least have a feeling that you know why you are here on earth? Have you ever considered the possibility of your purpose being as simple as living a life that you could fondly replay in your…… Continue reading It’s always about purpose

Religion and Humanity
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Religion and Humanity

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Anne J.Leave a comment

Originally posted on Crossroads and Conquests:
On the road to enlightenment, when we sometimes think that we have arrived, that we are home and that we know for sure, we realize that we are not quite there yet. We are merely getting closer to where we are meant to be. We concur and acknowledge that…

A pause in time
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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

Passing thoughts…
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Passing thoughts…

August 12, 2019September 19, 2019 Anne J.6 Comments

What bothers you about people? Do bad people upset you? I don’t mean criminal bad or pure evil bad. That’s pretty obvious. I mean nasty, spiteful, inconsiderate, self-centred otherwise would-have-been-good people. With my guards down, bad people get to me. They get under my skin and I just want to crawl out so I am…… Continue reading Passing thoughts…

“E” is for Evita
A to Z Challenge 2019 · Thoughts

“E” is for Evita

April 8, 2019 Anne J.6 Comments

This is my entry for “E” for the A to Z Challenge. I love Evita! Surely, most people know of Evita: the person, María Eva Duarte de Perón, who lived a short life from the May 7, 1919 to July 26, 1952, and the musical: theatre and movie, the latter with Madonna and Antonio Banderas.…… Continue reading “E” is for Evita

“C” is for Crazy Rich Asians
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“C” is for Crazy Rich Asians

April 5, 2019April 8, 2019 Anne J.6 Comments

This is my entry for “C” for the A to Z Challenge. Last year, Crazy Rich Asians (CRA) saw many Asians going to the cinema to watch a movie more than once. Mothers and daughters went together. The ones who have seen the movie and absolutely loved it took other family members and friends to…… Continue reading “C” is for Crazy Rich Asians

Of Men and Moon
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Of Men and Moon

March 21, 2019March 22, 2019 Anne J.8 Comments

Note: As with legal contracts, reference to “men” also refers to “women”. (Is that patriarchal or has it not hidden meaning? Legal documents tend to be long and we simply make some effort to shorten them.) In South Africa, at two minutes before midnight a little over twelve hours ago (at the time of writing)—23:58…… Continue reading Of Men and Moon

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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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