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Does Happiness Really Have To Be Expensive?

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Standard Starbucks coffee is at 180php. A pair of Sperry shoes is at around 3,000php. A buffet dinner at Vikings is 900php. A theme-park day tour is around 800php-950php. Latest flagship smartphones now are at 60,000php-80,000php. Bring at least 25,000php in a mall, then you can have a shopping spree. Once you dive into these, you can consider yourself to be happy. But what is the essence of true happiness? Is it spending that much and indulging in such ecstasies and then go back to drown in your real world of secret enemies, unending tasks at work, a bossy manager, or even unsatisfied orgasms? Try doing the following simple stuff and see if you need to spend a fortune to be happy:                     ITEM                                                                    COST Enjoying your traditional 3-in-1 coffee                         8.00php Walking on the beach barefoot                                           0.00php Buying your kid cotton candy outside Ocean Park   10.00php L
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The Theory of Reciprocation

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" Colombiazoned ", " ghosting ", " catfished " - terms that have a common denominator being very related to "expectation/s". You know, those times you expected it was you but it was someone else, or it was for you but it was for someone else, or it was really for you but ended up for someone else. Sighs! Tragedy. Disaster. Yes, in your feelings. To get away with it, try the "Theory of Reciprocation" . In basic mathematics, a reciprocal is simply one of a pair of numbers that, when multiplied together, equal 1. But if you have to look at it closely, it's basically an inverted form of a certain fraction. LOL (sorry for being so stupid in mathematics). Anyway, this theory simply tells you to invert something. Invert your expectation. Way back in college, Philosophy classes are so tedious. My classmates really studied hard and memorized a certain philosopher, a certain philosophical idea, and a certain era in philosophy. Like all your h
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What Makes Us Silent

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The noise of this world has blinded our perspective and appreciation of silence. We ought to be comfortable with the hustles and bustles and conundrums of the society. However, silence takes a different call on us. It may be a call of serenity, indifference, or simply, fear. SERENITY . Repeating your mantra and withdrawing to a simple void makes someone calm and peaceful. Then, one enjoys the silence around him and releases the negativity within. When this happens, you achieve a sense of happiness, fulfillment, and content. It is your main volition that drives you to silence in order to achieve serenity. This being said, silence is your friend. INDIFFERENCE . The flux around you moves matter. It drives everyone and everything in mobility. However, sometimes, you just don't want to take part how the universe moves daily. You prefer to sit at the sidelines and look at an empty space as if you are thinking - even if you're not thinking at all. You thought you were peaceful but a p
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My Own Wave

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I have been on Blogger since 2010. Phwew, that was quite a time. But by then, I was just a moderator of a school paper, pretty much bringing our school paper to an online platform. I appreciate how quick, active, and engaged my student writers were way back then. But getting an audience is too challenging. Even our own students from the school didn't access the blog-spot for several reasons. First, they're not interested at all. Second, they don't have accessibility getting online - smartphones way back then aren't that smart. Third, internet connectivity in Camiguin is way too old school - dragging and slow. So, those blogging days didn't really turned out fine. Add caption Now, I taught a Journalism Course 14 kms away from my town. There, I encouraged students to also bring their articles online. They suggested that we don't create a different name but align the blog's name to the college paper - Masibas. And so we did. They upload their articles but same
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