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A Pocketful of Nostalgia

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As 21-year-old, while past events are still vivid inside my head; while some of my childhood euphoric and melancholic moments are still as fresh as my mind could remember, I want to write everything down here regardless if it's worth sharing or not.  For the sake of my memories being preserved in the system, before they fall into oblivion, as I am on its precipice already, anyway.          I. First Memory I believe the first memory I could recollect was during my mom's 3rd labor, the birth of my 2nd sibling, on that delightful day of January 17th year 2002. As 4 years old at that time, I remember waking up being grumpy, whilst my younger brother, Rj, was still sleeping beside me. I immediately looked for my mom because that's what all kids do when they wake-up sad and feel like crying, they wanna hear the comforting voices of their mommies. But when I realized my mom was not there, I got out of the bed, walked right out of the dark bedroom, and saw my Aun

Morning thoughts: It's been 5 months!

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Hi! How are you guys doing?  I would like to inform anyone curious or interested that I  have been working on this new company for 5 months already. Woah, I actually still cannot believe how time could fly this fast. I came here in UAE on February 21, 2019, and just as when I thought I could get a little bit of time to wander around this diverse city of Abu Dhabi, I immediately got hired and started my work the following day, and life has never been the same since.  Everything was really surprising at first. There were plenty of times when I asked myself  "Did I really sign-up for this?". I am grateful for getting this job, I really am. But it wasn't just the way  I expected it to be: Literally working in an office with my mom, We literally work for the same boss, except that she's in a different and stable company. A station so minimalistic, that I don't need to put many accessories on it because the tablespace is only allocated for the laptop, notebooks a