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8 15 ‘25 — my college for lifers

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8 1 ‘25 — kape bale for the last time. huhu! k.b. is defo one of those places na it’s not about the place it’s about who you’re with

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7 30 ‘25 — no ‘cause what do you mean i’d never get to experience angeles like this ever again? really channelled ichigo ichie this past week ‘cause i’m meeting all my friends before i leave for college. i’m so glad na i’d get to start somewhere fresh and new talaga. i honestly wouldn’t know what i’d feel if i stayed here. life would feel so stagnant non and i’d feel stuck

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7 28 ‘25 — sorry hindi kami nag paalam. lumakas kasi ulit audacity namin. Hagahahahha!

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7 16 ‘25 — passenger princesses ni nish

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7 16 ‘25 — malamig ang pussy!

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7 8 ‘25 — poppin’ cookin’ warriors! aka: unsolicited visitors ni nishie berry pie hahsgahHaha

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7 8 ‘25 — onicha with my favorites ! i love you guys beyond compare

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To be an empath is to be in constant awe of the depth to which the people around you are capable of. 

I have recently parted ways with a warm friend of mine because he made a mistake that I think is conventionally and rightfully deemed as unforgivable. Those who stick with people who commit serious blunders like that are almost always labeled as ‘enablers’. But how is it that I know I didn’t enable him? I was quick to confront him, quick to call him out. And yet, I wonder: does staying his friend still make me one?

It wasn’t until people found out about the things he was doing that I started to question the choices I had made. Wholeheartedly, I believed what I was doing was right and just. To stay with a friend even after committing a serious mistake. I saw myself as a compassionate and righteous friend. I knew my truth. I knew the things he did were not at all moral in any way. But I also knew that he wasn’t grounded; he didn’t know how to be. Which is not in any way, shape, or form an excuse to do bad things to yourself or to others, but still, I could not help but empathize. I chose to show up for him, not his actions. Like most of society, he was just a victim of his circumstances.

But all of that compassion, sense of integrity, and self-awareness crumbled at the feet of those around us. I fell victim to what the people around me thought. They were quick to judge and ridicule him, rightfully so. What he did was wrong. There is no arguing that. But I think the part of why it was so easy for me to understand him was because I witnessed the emotional depth he was capable of. I saw the layers of his soul. Most importantly, I saw him trying. Even then, I couldn’t ridicule the reactions of our peers who were quick to condemn because I know it’s easier than asking why. 

And so, my mind rests on the question: Should he be defined by his mistakes? No. He shouldn’t. We learn from our mistakes and thus, we are defined by the lessons it has taught us, the values they have instilled in us, and the principles we choose and cherish. Maybe we aren’t defined by the worst things we’ve done but by the truths we choose to carry forward from them.

No love is quiet. Trying is the loudest way we learn to love ourselves.

I'll hold you saying, "I'll do better, bro" against you. Hahahaha!

I’ll always be in awe of you. I’ll always cheer you on. I’ll always wish you well. I’m sorry I couldn’t stay. 

Sincerely,

the cheek we touch with our index finger

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6 30 ‘25 — ticnap notnac isnamilihc

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6 25 ‘25 — isn’t it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?

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6 25 ‘25 — books! i’m currently reading ‘the marks of an educated man’ by albert edward wiggam, D. Sc. it’s really gooooood! i really like ‘yung naging discussion tungkol sa three great heritages of education :) i hope i don’t ditch this book in the middle of reading it like what i did to the ones that came before it. Hahaha!

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12 25 ‘12 — i totally forgot abouuut thiiis. nagpalipad pala kami ng lantern non. living the rapunzel dream istg fr

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6 20 '25 — the pink sticky note that says "have the time of you life" holds special and cannot be defined feelings because i don't know whether to be pissed off because kulang ng r or should i just write an r don pero kasi binigay sakin yan so feel ko if inalter ko siya parang it would mar the authenticity of the note but like 'you life?' gawt damn

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6 13 ‘25 — I’ve made so many memories in these halls. I’ve met some truly wonderful souls because of this school. Who I am now is a reflection of those memories and the people I’ve crossed paths with here. I’ll always be grateful for everything I got to experience in this place. Definitely one of those ‘it’s about the company, not the place’ kind of places if you catch my drift. I’ll miss lingering in the corridors and walking past sa room ng mga crushes ko hehe. I still don’t like NU tho jehejejejehehe. also, sobrang perfect timing nung pag papa-sign ng clearance, boi because syempre diba pumasok pasok kami don sa offices tapos sa lahat ng offices na pinasukan namin sobrang tagal naming tumambay kasi hinihintay namin yung sign and bro ang ano lang kasi parang yun yung way ng universe na ipa savor samin yung nu pero brah fACK that school.

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6 12 ‘25 — grabeng sponty yan. ngl, pag beach talaga sobrang miss ko na yung coron yung nasa daan ka pa lang you can already smell the scent of the ocean. uh! also, i need to go back sa pagbabasa kasi i keep losing touch sa mga libro ko ngl dawg ion even know where half of my books are anymore kasi i be reading them sa isang part ng bahay namin and I leave them there and I keep forgetting to get back to them atsaka may bad(??) ion know if it’s bad pero may habit ako na may ista-start akong libro pero i won’t read it through like legit ang rami kong librong sinimulan tapos kapag patapos na siya hindi ko na siya tatapusin kasi ayoko yung feeling na ganon hindi ko rin alam brew hahahhahwhahahah.

and favorite part ko sa trip na to is when i walked so far from doon sa pinagstastayhan namin umabot ako sa may ledge na bato bato na pwede mong upuan and it was so windy non and I was alone nakaupo lang ako don and beneath me was the ocean and i was listening to music it was sooooooooooooooo anooooooo. it felt so good. naalala ko yung sinabi ni sir. ben na “perhaps being amongst nature feels so calming and restful because it makes us feel how small and insignificant we actually are. This puts our human ego to rest, always having to carry the burden of supposedly being the most intelligent, most important, and most consequential species on earth. It can feel like a sigh of relief, or more fittingly "a breath of fresh air" to see something so beautiful and so grand without the weight of human pride telling us "We built this, we made this, this is the product of our genius - of our superior creativity!" And that for once we become just like the trees; all we have to do is to breathe and to be.” liiiiiiiikkkeeeeee bro sobrang shot of espresso coded ni sir. ben i love that guy fr

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6 11 ‘25 — unit of resistance: ohms

wala talagang makakatalo sa pag y-yearn ni izzo dana ang funny niya talaga pati mga story sa ig niya. Hahahahahaha! #felt bro ebarg and here I THOUGHT malala na ‘yung sa’kin. Anw, natatawa rin ako kasi nung break kaming tatlo ni aaliyah pati prince naghahanap kami ng room na matatambayan and there was this one room na WASNT even our room pero there was this guy na nakaupo don and bro we were waiting by the door tapos nahiya ata siya kaya umalis siya tangina wala talaga kaming hiya. Tapos ang funny rin ng conversation namin don sa room na yon like brah kung san san kami umaabot kung kanino-kanino kaming sex life (in a non judgemental way!!!!! i think you can live yo sex life however you see fit. #AintNoShameInYoGame as long as safe sex go lang) umabot. Hahahaha! with demo pa it was so funny but also #SexEducation. We were literally switching from brainrots to intellectuals sa iisang conversation