Nicholette's Blogs
Thoughts, Travels, and Things in Between
I'm Nic, a writer, storyteller, and student of the craft based in the UAE. I majored in linguistics and literature in college, preparing myself for a lifelong career in the academe, only to retire from teaching a year and a half later. Now I live and breathe creativity, perfecting my craft as a writer and editor, pursuing my master's degree in development communication, and blogging part-time about my travels, thoughts and things in between.
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Thousands of years before Cairo became the capital of Egypt, there was Luxor (or Thebes, for all you history buffs out there).
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It’s been almost a month since I woke up to the sound of a Messenger notification early on a Sunday morning.
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I was pretty close to shelling out USD110 (plus taxes) on Ebay last week. The latest object of fixation? A set of 20 hardbound books – the complete collection of The Royal Diaries Series.
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One of my earliest posts on this blog was dedicated to The 1975. It was early 2015.
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I moved to a Catholic co-ed school in the 5th grade. Before that, I spent 6 years in a Catholic all-girls school, so the new co-ed school was relatively “liberal”.
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My husband and I spent our overdue honeymoon in the Philippines last February. For me, it was my first balikbayan visit after 3 long years abroad.
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After 6 years of working for 3 different companies, I’ve come to the conclusion that office gossip is the one thing that all companies have in common, be it in the academic, corporate or creative environment.
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When I received an invitation to join a Catholic Retreat last November, I had just paid my credit card bill in full, nearly maxed out from the previous month’s purchase of 2 round tickets to the Philippines.
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Legend has it that the world freezes over in the winter, because the daughter of the Goddess of Harvest must descend to the Underworld.