Have you been told 'try to fill in other people's shoes' to understand them more?
Empathy is when you genuinely feel for what others are going through and see things from their perspective. It is simply asking “What would you feel if you were in that person’s shoes?”
Thoughts on the Before trilogy
If you happen to be looking for something laidback to binge-watch on a lazy weekend, the Before trilogy may probably interest you. That is if you don’t mind a plot with an intensive script of dialogues mimicking a chance encounter between two people, which is what this trilogy was good at. Not to mention the realistic acting of Hawke and Delpy and the nine-year gap of each movie release — all to capture the stages of maturity and physical appearances needed for each movie.
For World Teacher's Day, my teacher deserves the spotlight albeit now in her eternal repose...
Development Communication (DevCom) was not my first course of choice. I wanted to take Information Technology (IT), although a teacher in high school suggested to take DevCom since I planned to study at Visayas State University. I was handling our school publication then, perhaps she saw me as fitting for the course. When I went for enrollment, IT was not offered, only computer science. I thought of enrolling in Biology (since I believed I had a knack for memorization 😅) but that chat with my high school teacher convinced me to enroll in DevCom instead.
Young, passionate, and hopeful. But I found myself in a place where I struggled to find my purpose.
The hills are alive with the sound of music...
For my 30th Birthday, I did a 4-day tour of Austria. The greatest travel that I have done so far to pay tribute to my 3 decades of existence.
I didn't normally meet people who were fond of Filipino culture while I was studying in Belgium. My workmate at my part-time job was a rare one. I really enjoyed my stay there.
I had a workmate in his 60s who always came to me and shared how fond he was of Filipinos and our culture. He said he visited Phil in 2007 but never came back since. But he considers it his most memorable trip ever. He couldn’t stop blabbering whenever he would share anything Filipino. “Filipinized” might be an appropriate term to describe this fondness.
I found myself helpless on a bus when a drunk man sat on an empty seat beside me. In a country where people care less, good samaritans still exist.
I took a Flixbus from Amsterdam to Ghent. There was a vacant seat next to me because the bus was two-seaters. The bus made a stop in Rotterdam, and new passengers went in. I usually put things on vacant seats, but this time, I didn’t. I was high from last night’s party, so I was sleeping. Then, a drunk guy suddenly stopped by me, eyeing for empty seats, and spotted the one beside me.
