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Perhaps once in your life, you experienced wanting something so bad. You are very much willing to do anything just to have that most coveted thing of yours. But what if, the thing that you want seems so hard to achieve? It's absolutely frustrating when you want something bad enough, but it feels like everything around you is conspiring against you. At what point in your life can you say that, "Okay, I've done enough."? And then you stop trying. When you want something bad enough, you are willing to give your all just to have it. You will push yourself further beyond your limits only to prove to yourself, or even to other people how badly you want it. We sometimes want to test our capabilities until how much we are willing to endure just to get it.  We tend to want something because we know that we will be happy once we have it. We are willing to go the extra mile only to put up a good fight. That in the end, we wouldn't have any regrets. We wouldn't let the ch

Poemsia is a story about Verity Wolf. A teenage girl who had been given the opportunity to somehow achieve one of her dreams in life, but it does not merely focus on that. It also shows many facets like the importance of family, friendship and a significant other. If you happened to read Lang Leav's other novel which is Sad Girls, Poemsia is far different from it. Poemsia is way lighter compared to it.  I loved how this book does not center in a simple love story. I can somehow relate to Verity in terms of whether pursuing her dream or to simply settle with the life that she was accustomed to. Because that's the reality of life, that in order to achieve your dreams you have to be willing to sacrifice something. Sometimes there is a price that you need to pay in order to achieve your lifelong dream. There's this one poem (a personal favorite), also from one of Lang Leav's books which is Love Looks Pretty On You that says,   “Now that you have it all, do you ever wish you

It's the weekend. A thrill of excitement was all over me. Finally, after more than two years I will be going home. Home i.e., the place where I was born, where I first scraped my knee, the place where I used to play jackstones even before I eat breakfast, where I met my first bestfriend and most importantly where I spent the happiest days of my childhood playing with my cousins. Due to the pandemic I wasn't able to visit the place for two years and two months.  A laid-back kind of place in an island. People living there, especially the elderly, usually wake up before the break of dawn. You will be awaken with the sound of the broom while someone is sweeping their yard so early in the morning. There is no stable water supply, so we need to get water from the water pump. Power interruption also occur every once in a while.  The travel going home usually takes almost two hours from where we are now residing. We left a little past 5:00 in the morning and arrived at almost 7:00. It

It's amazing how words have a powerful way of penetrating to our heart. There's this saying that goes like this, "The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words."  Others would probably agree that it's better to be hurt physically than emotionally. Because if you've been hurt physically, the wounds will gonna heal eventually. There's a bandage that you can use to stop the bleeding. Sometimes it would leave scars, but that's it. Unlike when you've been hurt emotionally. It would leave no visible scar, but your heart is bleeding to death without knowing when it's gonna stop. You know it will, but you don't have any idea about the when.  When I was a kid I used to be fat. I would hear my classmates back then telling my other classmates that I was a pig. But I was glad that I wasn't the only fat kid back then. Of course, I felt so embarrassed everytime I hear them say that. In a way, it lowe

What if social media didn't exist? Are you still going to book that trip even though you know you don't have to take an aesthetic photo of the place? Because where are you going to post those? Remember, there's no social media. There is no doubt how social media is continuously affecting the life of most people. If social media wasn't a thing, life is probably a lot simpler.  People would have less comparison when it comes to who has more or has less. There would be no platform to post anyone's issues and insecurities. No place for anyone to post their achievements and accomplishments. There would be no basis when it comes to who has more likers and who has none.  If social media didn't exist, life would be more peaceful. There would be less hate or drama because there would be no avenue to share mean comments, unsolicited advice or unwanted opinion. People will be more considerate when it comes to giving feedback to others because there would be no room for the