“Siblings are forever teammates, your most trusted ally. Someone who would stand up for you when no close friends would” said my late grandma {paraphrase mine} when my 7-year old self complained about having too many sisters and brothers. I've protested here and there but I always knew she was right. We’re 8 by the way. Before me are 5 older sisters and...

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Twenty-two years ago, I can clearly remember feeling very frightened at the thought that the world was ending. “Are we going to die?” my 6-year old self asked my Pa on the evening Typhoon Diding (international name, Yunya) produced heavy rains that prompted significant flooding at the time the Mount Pinatubo erupted. “No” he replied while he led us, kids, to take refuge in the washing...

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