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The first time: Canyoneering in Badian, Cebu
When was the last time you did something for the first time? For people my age, it’s not a question answered lightly. At this age, people have typically been working for almost a decade. We’ve set routines, gone through the early quarter life crisis (hitting 25 and thinking it was a big deal), and thinking we know what we want. It now takes some convincing to take us out of our comfort zones, and as this age is also the beginning of when we feel the body slowing down, it’s also the time when we think we should slow down in life as well. Recently I crossed off a lot…
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What makes me happy? My rabbits do.
Lately I’ve been thinking about happiness. What makes people happy, what keeps them smiling day to day even through unconquerable pain and suffering, or grit through the small, frustrating things of the MRT always being full, or your hair smelling like fried chicken after a good lunch at a wings place. Joy. It’s so elusive to so many people, who complain about every little thing and forget about what comes their way. I know I’m lucky. The two things that make me smile every day can be summed up in the photo below: Chunky (left) and Chester (right). Our two bunnies that are so weird, but so cute I can’t even…
