Fifteen by Emmy Song

so this is how life passes at fifteen: we wake up to the violent moon, breaking window panes and shredding plastic blinds. our bodies are sandbags holding back the Mississippi, stripping off clothes that wrap like peeling wallpaper around our skin, pounding beaten sneakers on icy sidewalks that reflect the sky. our days are clockwork— […]

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First Steps

Everyone will no doubt go through challenges in their life, and these can be hard to overcome. No matter how hard you try, you may feel like nothing will help or that, even when you try your best, you can’t see any difference. However, the most important parts of overcoming challenges are usually the first […]

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Dream

It’s 2 a.m., you are sitting at your desk, sipping your third black coffee and wondering what all did you do wrong to deserve such hatred from your very own parents. What if you are just destined to be stuck at a place where you no longer want to be? Maybe life is all about trying […]

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The Beauty of Optimism

In April of this year, I resigned from my job at a prestigious international school here in the Philippines to pursue my dream of working in the media industry. It was scary because I was effectively starting over again. Nevertheless, I sent applications to different companies with hopes of hearing from them the soonest. I heard back […]

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