When I smile at you, it's real. Not politeness. Not habit. It means I'm genuinely happy.
Read MorePhilippines or Germany, easy system or hard one — young people everywhere face the same problem. You have to get moving.
Read MoreChristmas has this strange quality of making things both lighter and heavier at the same time.
Read MoreMy German colleagues regularly ask me how the Philippines reacts to Germany's current problems. My answer is always the same: What problems do you mean, exactly?
Read MoreEveryone recharges differently. Sometimes you only realize it after the small misunderstandings have already happened.
Read MoreGermany gives you structure. The Philippines gives you belonging. I need both.
Read MoreNot because truth has stopped mattering to me — but because I've learned where it belongs.
Read MoreIt's not just the language, but the way you talk to each other, interact with each other.
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