Category: Life
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the opportunity is out there
the opportunity is out there; you just have to take it. Several people have asked me: Why AIESEC? Why Exchange? And sometimes I answer that it’s because I want to change my life and the life of others. I want to put myself in a different world, even if it’s just for one summer. I…
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On Ken
THE MOST FAKE THING ABOUT KEN IS NOT THAT HE’S PLASTIC. IT’S THAT HE’S “STRAIGHT.” Screenshot from http://fckh8-tees.tumblr.com/post/67279559310 Not all of our social constructs —like gender roles— are entirely digested and understood by even my most “enlightened” university friends (and not even by family). Here in the Philippines, being a male homosexual is almost always…
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On Marriage
Some days, why. Others, why not? Marriage, 1 a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a…
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i feel wild and eighteen
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Our African Wedding – Imgur
Our African Wedding – Imgur. But please, the pretty. Life update studying Bio 116 still (though obviously I’m on an extended study break); I’ve updated my cv here in WordPress (apparently I made it more christmas-like?); meanwhile I’ve been flooding my own twitter dashboard thing since no one is even online :( ; listening to One Direction’s Midnight Memories album,…
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Goodnight, everyone!
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Mormon Church: Dark Skin a Sign of God’s Curse No Longer
Originally posted on AwayPoint: As of Friday, December 6, the Mormon Church has officially renounced the doctrine that brown skin is a punishment from God. In the Book of Mormon, (not the musical but the actual sacred text) dark skin is a sign of God’s curse, while white skin is a sign of his blessing.…
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#excite #art #hopeful
(1) Correction: you can also paint. This canvas has been waiting for me for a very long time now. I’m positively itching to fill it up. :) /hello room again, i have missed you/
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Let’s Talk About the Me and You
Highschool, St. Scholastica’s College Manila. Home of women leaders, social activists and articulate speaker. Set the stage. The commute home from school is long. I have to ride the LRT, a handful of jeepneys and tricycles. Time and time again, I’ve seen the same beggar on the flight of stairs going up to the LRT.…
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