About
 |
| January 2017 |
"You mean, these waves of emotions that I have a hard time recognizing and tend to logically justify all the time, I’m going to write about that?” I internally asked myself {Insert smiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes emoji}.
“But?”… I second-guessed yet again.
Then, Nayyirah Waheed’s beautiful words rang in my consciousness, "The thing you’re most afraid to write", it said, “Write that," as though with might, almost challenging me. I pushed my hair back from my face and felt the grown undercut as I ran my hand down my nape.
“Okay”, I finally said.
It will be a struggle to string together straight thoughts, I can tell you that much, but what have I got to lose? So now, I'm here.
I'm Anie, by the way.. I'm a full-time teacher and kids ministry creative director from the island of the sunny Philippines. Born in Pangasinan, bred in Angeles City. I'm passionate about education, authentic learning, child and woman empowerment, ministries, creative thinking and bold advocacy of positive change. I look at my life today and see my work as my current focus. I get to wake up every single day feeling mighty fortunate and thankful for the opportunity to do what I love most... teaching (among other things). Fifteen years in the field and my enchantment with this profession never wanes. I absolutely love every part of it... the good, the bad and all that's in between. Sure, it exhausts me in every possible ways you can imagine but it also makes my heart full, leaving me feeling profoundly alive day after day.
The convoluted drama queen in me brought about the commencement of this blog dating all the way back from college. It houses my opinionated thoughts, mulled-over emotions, nonsensical musings and other whatnots. To this day, Anie Writes Stuff still serves as my out-and-out ventilation about anything that relates to life, my little nook on the internet where I allow my stream-of-consciousness to flow freely, in hope to prompt more creativity and self-expression, perhaps share ideas, create, maybe even spark a conversation(?) and just write my heart out and be able to look back on these waves of emotions - unadulterated, raw and almost naïve - that makes this classic INTP, (who loves to read), Christian feminist (who enjoys solitude), realist (with an optimist heart, armed with matte lipstick, undercut bob, a camera & a dash of sass) human.
Some of favorite things include: mint/green tea in a china teacup, strong coffee in the morning, Hello Kitty, audiobooks, Korean Samgyeopsal, karaoke, sensible conversations, long walks, and taking pictures. You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram.
As always, thanks for being here.
Some of favorite things include: mint/green tea in a china teacup, strong coffee in the morning, Hello Kitty, audiobooks, Korean Samgyeopsal, karaoke, sensible conversations, long walks, and taking pictures. You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram.
As always, thanks for being here.
