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Grace Padua

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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THE QUEST

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In Asia during the ancient times there were many kingdoms ruled by their rulers which they call a king or an emperor. Along the Pacific Ocean when the galleon trade was navigating the route to the West Shenshing Dynasty set up its kingdom along the ocean. It brought many ships to its shipyard from other countries to bring their goods and exchange its own products like tea , china ware, and livestock. The kingdom collected a certain amount from the merchants making their own profits to maintain their business. The kingdom of Shenshing tr...

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THE MASTER PLANNER

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These days there are many arguments how people can succeed in life. For many they strive put all their efforts in one goal and if they fail it seems to them it is the end of their world. Others will continue even if they failed many times until they succeed. To be ambitious is like a spinning wheel that working for that goal is unstoppable. How about a person who is stricken with an illness will she have a chance to become successful? Even her relatives are doubtful withdrawing all their support. Only his father is the one who is giving a...

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UNIDENTIFIED

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A banquet is taking place at a plush hotel The Grand Pink Pearl Hotel in the heart of the City of Pearl Divers to celebrate it's tenth anniversary. Many young businessmen are present and Elsie a young intern in Hotel Management approach them to ask what they need and offers them some drinks. The male waiter who is in-charge of their table took their orders. When their orders arrived they invited the Elsie at their table to join them. Elsie accepted their invitation as a sign of courtesy to these bigshots She wants them to be regular...

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THE TREE OF LIFE

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In a village where the center of activity lies at the old Christian church where young minds are early introduce to the life of becoming a priest and upon his commission to serve in the parish in his entire life. Young boys who chooses to become a priest inspired by their parents to have their support along the way to follow their chosen vocation. How much does it take and how long will a young boy get started to this career path in life? It depends when a boy gets the support of his parents and send him to a religious school then right aw...

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ILLEGAL TAKEOVER

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There is a meeting of the board of the biggest casino situated at the reclaimed land 5 kilometers and extended up to 10 kilometers going to the middle of the bay along the seashore of Samarak Bay and housed the Samarak Mega Casino catering 20 million customers in the metropolitan city. Cornelio who is the President presented a blueprint for the casino expansion of real estate holdings which is a tower of condominiums and offices and big box stores. It will make the Contessa Family to become richer .Two brothers let their eldest sons man...

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NEW WORLD IS COMING

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Christians all over the world are told to listen to a broadcast about a prophesy of a new kingdom to be installed by God to end the suffering and pain experienced by all inhabitants on earth due to the continuous negligence of humans to follow the commandments of God the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. His commandments is also constantly reminded during the Holy Mass by the priest sermons by the pastors and commentators. Touching issues like observing Sabbath Day attending church on a Sabbath day which is Saturday in which most churches h...

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GOD'S SECRETS

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Humanity belongs to the spiritual and physical domain based on ancient religious beliefs handed down to generations. It is believed that the world was created by a supernatural being called God who is invisible powerful and omnipotent. He was the creator of the Universe and His works were written by scribes after the world civilization was develop and the Bible was written to reveal himself. The Bible is the history of how the world was created by Him that the Universe was void but through His Words the Universe came into being. In the beg...

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LOVESTRUCK

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What power does a man over a woman has to do with the life that he leads in this world? That only happens after they go through the process of courtship if it happens when there are times love strikes at first sight. Not all relationships starts this way. To follow Christian traditions a man and a woman have to understand what is the love to be develop between a man and a woman in a Christian way. They have to learn God's instruction about the marriage relationship about God's plan. In the Garden of Eden God created Adam first from a han...

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CONFUSED

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To become a writer is quite a big decision to make. Many doubts crops up whether it is a lucrative job to do. Others say it is a passion, a talent as a way to express your thoughts your feelings and a way to communicate to others. It is a desire to past the time to write down your imaginations ,dreams to entertain and give meaning to what is happening and inspire others. As a talent ,it is an automatic natural instinct to describe and show what is happening around putting it in writing about the beauty of nature in color. A means of ...

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IMPRESSED

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Dino reads a reply to his comment on Facebook. "Have we met before? It s Mary whom Dino is referring to. He is telling to her that they were classmates in high school. Then they met again when they went to college. Mary cannot recall thinking that it is too long ago. As they continue their communication she learned Dino lost his wife forty years ago and they had two children who are not living with him. Sometimes Dino confides about his illnesses and Mary responds on how he could treat them. They also talk about spiritual matters on...

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UNINVITED

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Springtime has come. The winter snow has stopped to fall but the cold winds and changing weather still exists from cloudy and rainy days to half day sunshine to April showers occuring in the afternoon. . People doesn;t know what to wear whether the winter coat or the spring coat. Trees are beginning to sprout their spring buds and the ground is becoming green. Soon the spring flowers, flowering shrubs and trees bloom. There is a feeling of refreshed mind and physically there is a renewed energy to anticipate the weather of springtime and ...

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THIS WAY

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It is time to prepare breakfast for her children Kilit and Roy. Neneng wakes them up to get ready for school while cooking. She makes sure to have delicious and nutritious meals to be growing healthy and strong. Breakfast meal is composed of an egg grain cereal with powdered whole milk. She avoids liquid milk hearing that it causes mucus build-up that may cause cold or urinary tract infections. Green vegetables are cooked and mix with chopped bacon to make them tasty like spinach and okra. It is best for children to get used to these ki...

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UNLOCK HIM

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"Please listen to me", Estong holds his wife's hand. "It's my fault. I didn't mean it." "What more can you explain? It's all done. We're finished." Insiang means their livelihood is gone. She learned Estong is suspected to have embezzled money from the company he have worked for more than twenty years. How can they accused him if his excellent performance showed the number of years doing the record of finances and financial data of the company? Can it be that someone in his team wanted his position and destroyed his reputation? That...

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THE OPPOSITE

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Don't you know that male and female are opposite sexes but they totally attract each other? Why? They are created that way. There is an encounter that happened in the Garden of Eden when God created the first human beings to inhabit the whole Earth with all living things completed in seven days. God has created a man and a woman to rule the Earth instead of him. Out of a handful of clay a male has been created. He called him Adam and God breathe into his nostril to become a living soul. He is totally complete being able to run around in...

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INDESCRIBABLE

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Necie wakes up when the sunrays peeped through the window glasses of her bedroom piercing the white colored curtains. She must hurry to get ready for work at the library. She opens her cabinet to choose her working clothes. She picks a pastel color to match her newly bought cream colored bag. Hanging them on her clothes stand she rushes to the bathroom. After a short shower she goes back to her bedroom. Brushing up her short hair and puffing up her face must not take too much time thinking not to miss her bus at the station. Necie is d...

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