Joana's Writings

Lately I’ve been thinking… of new things to do as life lately has been repetitive, i want to do something new even though I have so many things that I should do 😅. I’m thinking of what to write about as well as I’ve been a little uninspired these past couple of days. Lately I’ve been feeling… a little anxious as I started job hunting again, I decided that this year I will adapt to the “new…

There Is Rape Because There Are Rapists

Disclaimer: This post contains a sensitive topic and profanity not suitable for younger readers Another important discussion is being tackled right now especially here in the Philippines as comments as to why women get raped is because of the way they dress or act. Rape is a never ending discussion and right now it’s being brought up because of an alleged “rape-slay” case of a flight attendant,…

Photo via Canva It’s all painted in white, everything is clear.Colorful painted walls suddenly disappeared,along with the calmness of her mind and heartcomes with the emptiness of her vision and art. Plants bloom after being watered down by rain,too long under the sun, now she misses the pain.Grew a garden in this once unkempt landscape,built up a fence around it, now she wants to escape. She…

It’s Hard To Lose Weight If You Are A Filipino

Photo credits to Chatelaine Losing weight is one of the most set New Year’s Resolution. After all those celebration and holidays, and eating all those food, a lot of people are still on their holiday weight. But for Filipinos losing weight is a lot more difficult not because we’re lazy or unmotivated but for these different factors. Rice is the staple food of Filipinos, it’s one of the best…

Sorry, I’ve been MIA and I should really probably stop saying sorry for being away but I have been addicted to a video game again lol. Does anyone play House Flipper here? 😄 Anyways, I just reread my annual end of the year post last year END OF THE DECADE and I realized that I had a whiplash from 2020. I had a great 2019, it was really great like I said the year 2019 was very kind to me and I…

Photo via Canva If I was five I would have asked you for a toybut I grew up fast and never believed in you.If I ever did I would have asked you for joya thing that was stolen and I never knew. When I was ten I had a Christmas wish,no one ever knew, I thought you did.Other kids would never had it on their listbut I didn’t grew up as a normal kid. That was fourteen years agoand I still have that…

Photo via Canva Mixed sensation building up from the inside,never letting it out and trying so hard to hidethe sign of weakness coming from within.Stone face, ungrateful tone that I didn’t mean. I’m catching up to my core who’s miles aheadbut everyone perceives that I’m hostile instead.Terrified to cause a scene but wanting to be seen.Afraid to be too loud but wanting someone to listen. I have…

Photo via Canva The scars from the pastare still covered up with plasters,and time didn’t do its job to healthe wound from the disastersthat I had hoped would disappearbut it’s a chip on my shouldersI can’t brush off, and its claws cling.Stitches are open and the pain lingers. For more poetry click here To view blog series done on this site click: FEATURED COLLECTIONSDiscover new blogs to…

Spirits of Christmas – Flickering Lanterns

Photo via Pinterest It’s the happiest time of the year, this one corner house is where everyone goes, where every holidays the lanterns hang by the door are greeting guests with its luminous presence and brightest colors. Beyond the lights and cheerful decorations, behind the smiles and niceties is a family living a double life where darkness lies. Full of bruises and scars, trying very hard to…

Let’s Talk About Taylor Swift’s Escapism That is Evermore

Taylor Swift did it again, she dropped another surprised album last December 11, 2020 at midnight called Evermore, the sister album to a prior surprised album Folklore released 5 months ago. But before we get into Taylor’s 9th studio album, let us praise her escapism during this terrible year, this year we could have chosen to do anything that we want other than our jobs, and we could choose to…

Photo via Canva The feeling of falling when looking deeply into someone else’s eyes. The electromagnetic wave that it sends throughout our body that kind of makes us feel nervous. Smiling from ear to ear until our jaws hurt because this feeling is what we crave for, it’s what we watch on our screens, it’s what we wait for. The cliché of love, it’s what we want to feel and have, even if sometimes…

Taylor Swift’s Willow Music Video Theory

So, Taylor Swift is really saving the year 2020 and just dropped another album besides to her prior album that she dropped less than 5 months ago. Evermore is apparently the sister album of Folklore, besides the album she also dropped a single with a music video at the same time titled Willow. I thought I could make this blog post into one with the whole reaction/review on the entire album but I…

Photo via Canva I was always the first one in line,for a prize I didn’t even need to tryNow, I’m suddenly left behind.I’m back in the corner of a roomtrying to keep my head downand rushing to get out soon,watching the hands of the clockslowly turn to the time I can leaveit feels like years, I feel so stuck.I often go back to these moments,the glory days of my care free life,the memories and what…

Lost Writings | 11 – The Dash

THE DASH When I go to the cemetery I see all these tombstones with names written on them and also written on them are these two dates that seem so important and these two dates represent the day of their birth and the day of their death but in the middle of it is this dash that represents their whole life living it. This line represents their whole existence and looking at it makes me wonder of…

Why Do I Have Friends?

Photo via Canva I’m sitting here in my chair in front of my computer, and I’m suddenly thinking of why I have friends. Seriously, why do I have friends? If you met me, I don’t have the friendliest face in the world. I’m not going to be the first one who will initiate a conversation, I’m going to smile but I won’t be the first one who will say something. I can also be the most boring person at…

Spirits of Christmas – Mr. Fine the Pine Tree

Photo via Canva It’s the Christmas season and the Christmas tree farm is very alive with all new great pine trees in line. It’s that time of the year again Pines, people are going to see you and choose one or two of you to take back to their homes, they’re going to decorate you with the finest ornaments and you will be in your greatest shape for all your Christmas’ lifetime. They’re going to…

Photo via commaful December is my favorite month, it’s weird because most people usually has their birth month as their favorite month, I also love my birth month which is August because of the comfort I find in the rainy season but December is different, it’s a happy month. We all celebrate it around the world, with all the parties, the chaotic Christmas shopping, and just the whole festive…