These past few days, aside from gray skies and occasional sunny days, life has been tough. I have been : tired, sad, frustrated, mad... everything else except happy, satisfied, content. This not being for all aspects of life but to one huge aspect defining life right now - my studies.
Read MoreThey say silence is feedback. No feedback is some sort of feedback. Although unclear and undefined, it is, in a way, a response.
Read MoreThere was a time when I was a little bit younger (just a few years back) when I said to myself, “one day, gagawin kong Cubao ang Paris”. Of course, ceci est une caricature. I was exaggerating, obviously. By economic standards, Cubao is not at all comparable to Paris. Maybe to the chaos of it, yes.
Read More65 days since I came back from a two-month vacation, it has been a rollercoaster ride. One day I’m happy, the next day I’m not.
Read MoreI long to see the midnight sun. It is one of the items in my imaginary bucket list. Oh well, wish granted, almost!
Read MoreSomeone once asked me: Leni, what's there to see in Rouen? That time, I only knew about the cathedral and that this was the place where Joan of Arc was burnt. So I answered: I heard there's this cathedral. His reply: Leni, what French city does not have a cathedral? Point taken. Ten months later, I'm still discovering what my host city has to offer to have better answers if this question ever come up again.
Read MoreI’m on my ninth month here in Rouen and I know I haven’t kept my word when I said I’d write about life here as often as I could.
Read MoreThis trip may have summed up my stay abroad so far.
Read MoreI went to the city center to discover this shop I recently came across to: The Kilo Shop.
Read MoreWe all have those days when we feel unmotivated, confused and alone. Today is one of those days for me.
Read MoreI just had of the most intense group work I ever had in my life.
Read MoreWhat is it to be an adult? When do we have to start acting like one? When do we have to be one? Obviously, I do not have the answers because even I am trying to deny the fact that I am (or have to be) one now.
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