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  Sundays at Tiffany's

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  The movie is based on James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet’s book with the same title. It has the same concept and idea with a different story. Which is typical of a movie since movies don’t always depend on the books, right? That’s why many either complain or praise the movie depending on...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  The Drive to Wisdom

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  “It’s always like that. You always can’t come with us.” “Why are you like that? It’s only once.” “Don’t you want to have a life?” These were some of the reactions I face every day. At first, I blamed my family for having to hear words like that. I thought it was all abou...
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  Inconsistencies

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  Life always has the best things it can offer lined up at the very back. Good news? It will make us happy. Bad news? You have to get through everything in the line first. Take a mountain climber for example. No one ever made it to the top without experiencing the bottom. When the climber reaches t...
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  Failing "Mission Generation"

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  One of the problems the world has today is failing “Mission Generation.” Kids these days learn, but in a wrong way. Maybe some children see things as normal but really, nothing’s normal when someone’s hurt. Given the fact that many children grew up with loving, supporting parents, or at l...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  When Tables Turn

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  Bullying doesn’t always start with the bully. Sometimes it starts with the victim. A victim with too much pride ruins his own life. He doesn't know but he’s already bullying himself. When it goes out of hand, he brings others to work with an unknown plan that leads to bullying. When tables ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Fun with Words

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  'Twas another boring summer day and I was all alone in the house. Not a mouse squeakin' not a cockroach bugging me. There was a cat though, who mysteriously appeared in our kitchen and was eating the fish. Good thing I was already done with my lunch back then or I'll be having "F...
• Fiction > Romance
  Dear Mr. Perfect

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  Dear Mr. Perfect, Everything has its end but I believe ours doesn’t have one. We’ve known each other for long but now is the only time I’ve really noticed you. We have been together most of the time, smiling and waving to each other in the hallways and talking in class. I remember o...
• Nonfiction > All Nonfiction
  A Writer's Journey - Imagine Characters

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  "When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature." - Ernest Hemingway Do you believe this quote of Hemingway? I do. Well, that's because I do it all the time. Whenever I'm writing a story, the characters aren'...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Halo (Heaven Sent) by Alexandra Adornetto

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  Angels. The creatures made by God to protect and guide humans. Who knew they’d be here on earth, literally? Bethany is an angel. She is sent by Heaven to bring good to earth, together with other angels – Gabriel and Ivy, disguised as humans. She could be considered as the most human from the ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  An Unforgettable Hero

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  The first time I heard it, I thought it must be some mistake. Maybe the real news was added with some false information and started a misunderstood situation. We all know how gossips end. My grandfather is dead. That was what the driver told me. My strong yet delicate grandfather is now making his w...
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  Troy (2004 movie)

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  Troy is an epic movie. It shows how great Homer's story - Iliad - is. The story is about the city of Troy. It won many wars. It lived and remained unconquered by any other cities in Greece. Sparta, one of the cities in Greece, has a king named Agamemnon. He wanted to conquer Troy. And becaus...
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  Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

  

  By Xhenn, Batangas, Philippines

  I was not interested in Greek or anything with fantasy in it but Percy Jackson changed it all. Percy Jackson is a kid that suffers from dyslexia and has a best friend named Grover that walks awkwardly. He thought all these were normal until monsters started attacking him and Gods of Mount Olympus...