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I am Jan Michael Yip, a renal nurse by profession and a freelance writer in between duties. I took up Psychology in college to better understand people and to try and figure out what makes all of us tick. That helped a bit but people in general are still

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Writing a journal and thoughts on writing: 13 of 25

I Came, I Saw, I Wrote I perceive writing as a trustworthy friend who is always ready to sit down with me and listen without judging. It has a relaxing and soothing effect on me that rivals any kind of relaxation therapy that I have experienced. I think most people feel the same way too because of the number of personal blog...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Cell phones: 3 of 5

Me Sans My Treo It's been more than four months since my trusty Treo 600 bit the dust. Funny how I went through the 5 Stages of Grief over something that's not even alive. After the charger fried the unit's motherboard (says several "technicians"), I tried to resuscitate it by using another charger. Even as I felt the back o...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My early school days: 10 of 15

I have been trying to learn Mandarin my whole life and also I have been miserably failing. I remember cringing in fear when afternoon Chinese classes are about to begin back when I was in grade school. It was hard not to go into terrorized mode when you had no inkling as to how to go about surviving the whole afternoon. The ...
Society & Lifestyle > Asian Culture Commentary: Philippine culture and politics: 4 of 5

The Circus that is Philippine Politics Some loud and very obnoxious noise woke me the other day. It was some politician's desperate attempt to get voters attention so that he would be known and remembered come election day. They were of course using nasty and unpleasant jingles coupled with cheesy lines that even the most cr...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Mutterings of a jobless twenty-something: 4 of 4

It's been almost six months since I decided to quit my customer service job and focus on getting my act together as a nursing professional. So for the last 160 days or so, I was at home bumming around trying to finish some PSP game or I was bouncing from one hospital to another trying to get the latest "word" if hospital A (...
Travel > Asia Travel Diaries Travel experiences: Mindanao, Philippines: 2 of 2

Manila to CDO: A 3-Day Road Trip Almost 1400 km on land and who knows how many nautical miles, this was a trip that I thought would never happen. Road trips are economically and physically taxing and being the perennial homebody that I am, I'd rather catch a few z's, kick some alien butt on my PSP, see a nice movie in the co...