Charm In Ink

  After almost a year, we met again. We saw each other. You’ve changed a lot — I told you that. You said I still looked the same. We had coffee, shared a drink from the same cup, and you agreed to come home with me — to the family that once called you their own. You were there again, and it felt so familiar. So soft. So quietly significant. We talked about life — where we’ve been, how we’ve changed, how the world moved forward even without each other. And maybe because I know you too well, I caught it. That moment when something you said didn’t feel like the truth. I didn’t call it out. I didn’t have to. I knew. Maybe it was a lie. Maybe it was protection — for you, for me, for whatever we still didn’t have the words for. But here’s what I do know: That night could have been the start of something new… or it could’ve been the closure I didn’t know I was waiting for. I love you. That much I’m sure of. God knows how much I love you — even after everything. But maybe what we sh...

Back in high school, the majority knew me by my real first name "Charmane", now however I am simply known as "Charm". It maybe a simple change in the name people address me by, for me however it is so much more. The change in the name for me symbolized a reinvention of myself and sure enough I was indeed reinvented. It really surprises me how so much has changed all in a span of four months. I did not expect it to be easy and indeed it was not. It has been an interesting first semester but I would not change it for the world. Transitioning from that easy go lucky high school girl, to the now what I think is an independent and more responsible person has not been a walk in the park, it really took a lot. My first semester in UPLB was not at all easy. I still remember the overwhelming feeling I got the first time I knew that I got into UP, that however is nothing compared to the feeling I got when I first set foot into my first class. Turns out I was in for a big ...

Its again the time of the year on which I will again be celebrating my birthday, during this time I try to remember all the things that happened in the past year and how it has impacted my life. Can you believe it?, in just a few short hours I will be turning 15 ,but why the hype? age is just a number isn't  it? Yes age may be just a number but still its exciting to look back at what you have done and what you achieved. In the past year I have experienced so much from achievements to failures, a couple of happy moments,successes, to not so happy moments, and to disa ppointments. It has been an exciting year full of laughter and tears so lets take a look back shall we? April 04, 2011 yes! I turned Fourteen As I turned 14 I entered my Junior year of high school, turns out Junior year would be my most successful year as a student. Rank 1 for 3 consecutive quarters, Deportment Awardee, Countless contest wins, from quiz bees to dramatic monologues and more but all of these achieve...