Grace Padua

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“THE TASTE OF FOOD CULTURE” by Grace Padua

Rosana had migrated to the West from the East. She had a hard time adjusting what food she had to buy at the grocery store when she wanted her food she had used to eat before. Where can she find the kind of freshly gathered tropical fruits gathered mostly from backyard gardens planted by the homeowner? She remembered how self-sufficient was her family pertaining to food household needs. His father had a parcel of land where he tended his small garden of fruits and vegetables. Their banana grove planted at one corner of their fruits and vege...

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“RUN AWAY” by Grace Padua

Man is describe that he is in power if he is holding a high position working in a prestigious company receiving all sorts of favors when ii is offered to him. This man is holding an executive position to manage many people under him. They call him Sir Pip, in short for Petronilo. Being an Operations Manager there are all kinds of reports on top of his table he has to attend to. His foremost agenda is to spread the Word of God to those people under him bearing in mind that he would not abuse the power he has on his hands so he picked the mem...

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“THE SECRET CHAMBER” by Grace Padua

At an early age Agapita was an early follower of Jesus when her mother brought her to Sunday school. What was injected to her memory is the presence of an unseen Deity who can oversee everything that happens to everyone in their everyday lfe. outside of herself of her own thinking she was led to a secret world where she had laid a foundation of her beliefs but the most ntriguing part was the opposite practice of her mother to venerate the statue of Jesus while their teacher at Sunday School Mrs. Fernanda Poles doesn't show any replica of Jes...

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“BARBIT MAGICAL P0WERS” by Grace Padua

One summer day Polly decided to go out to the fields and play. Yes to play to spend time with nature. He thought he might see some moving creatures and small creatures creeping in the thick foliage of tall grasses and not only that he wanted to bring home what would be his playmate. He is tracking down a trail used by the villagers to go to the forest but he may not reach that far. The field was openwide to look what is there to bring home if he has the luck to capture it by hand. Maybe it is a laying wild duck or a bird hatching their eg...

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“The Ambush Bride” by Grace Padua

Many people in their community where Mary Jane lives doesn't believe she is going to be married soon. Even Mary Jane herself don' t know why. She wanted to runaway. Why is she afraid to get marry? There are may reasons , maybe thousands of them. First and foremost is that the man she is going to marry come from a notorious family belonging to a clan they call themselves being powerful claiming they control the peace and order in the community contrary to that, one of the family belonging to that clan are not actually peacemakers but trou...

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“THE TEACHER AND THE LEARNER” by Grace Padua

The world is full of knowledge. this can be acquired by going to study in a school where a teacher was trained to impart knowledge to students. It is the formative years when a child starts to learn about his/her surroundings inside the classroom. How will a teacher introduce herself to the learner? This is an enormous task since the child coming from a household who has no background but only their experience when they entered their first grade level too, most likely parents don't recall it anymore and the first encounter of a child t...

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“THE CLASH OF DESTINY AND CHOICE IN HUMANS” by Grace Padua

No one knows the origin of life which is shrouded in mystery. An individual trying to trace the beginning may lead to the outgrowth of his beliefs influenced by those people around him either to follow them or follow himself. An individual with strong family ties as he grows embrace the traditions and practice based on this family religious practices. Take for example the origin of human existence by a Creator God, this belief is expounded many centuries by scholars, historians and religious leaders. Here we can find religious fanatics, rel...

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“PRODUCTION GOAL” by Grace Padua

There are many kinds of factories managed by big companies. Managers are at hand to keep watch on the production of products and see to it that workers meet production goals. Who are the people inside the company responsible to set production goals? Who are going to produce the products? How will they be able to meet the product standards, how much to be produce? Here is a factory worker who has worked in three different companies wherein he didn't get any promotion at all but collaborated with the high company officials. Macario applied the...

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“THE CHURCH WANDERER” by Grace Padua

What is your purpose in life? Where does life leading you through?. By this time you would have reached what you wanted in life but look at you, are you enjoying the fruits of your labor? How come? You have everything now , a nice looking guy you are living with and have four children who have their own family and here you are brooding what has gone wrong with your life. Is it that you got confused of the doctrines you have followed but didn't find the peace and happiness you were looking for? Let's begin when you were able to convince you...

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“BRAND NAME FASHION” by Grace Padua

What would you say if your co-workers noticed that you are wearing the most expensive and fashionable outfits? Let me say this. Maybe you would noy believe me of what I'm going to say but in the long run the truth will convince you as I'm trying to tell you where these outfits came from. Almost everybody know that in North America clothing that are foiund in thrift stores are the old fashion ones as they were used already for a long time and people bring them to thrift stores. Some organizations collect old clothes or you can call them se...

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“BIRTHDAY FLOWER” by Grace Padua

There are beautiful things the naked eye can see about nature. We want to symbolize our feelings of love and what is that beautiful thing carrying the message of love are grown in beautiful gardens planted by the human hands which we call a flower. Many flowers grown are now sold in the market in stores and flower shops. Flowers are beautiful to give for a birthday celebrant and James is on his way to buy a flower for her girlfriend Cynthia. James wanted to surprise Cynthia that he didn't mention to her about his gft to her on her bir...

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“SILENT SPEAKER” by Grace Padua

She wondered why she received an unexpected message saying "Speak Out". What does he mean? Christy on this occasion gathered her emotions why she received this message from Anthony, whom she met online belonging to a religious group different from her. "Come on" , Anthony said to her., "Sign in with my group." Christy refused. I don't know their religious practices besides I';ve been raised by my parents where their words are rules to follow not to talk back but follow what they say. For example her Mom Eloisa who is a teacher imposed...

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“MONEYBACK” by Grace Padua

Can you tell the distance between Asia and America? I bet you can give a rough guess when buying a ticket for a visit to that Asian country you haven't gone before but you are eager to meet someone you have met online to see her in person. Maybe many stories have already been told of their own story how they met the most wonderful lass a lady of their dream. Here is Philip a truck driver in North America plying his cargo truck to deliver newly packed vegetables and fruits from California to Canada. It is not as as easy to say that it could...

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“THE SPY CAT” by Grace Padua

How long did man has an animal companion, a furry friend given an assignment to be a guard at home, a pet to be cuddled to give instructions what this pet is going to do? There are two pets commonly cared of in the household a dog or cat. Some people say these two pets are the worst enemies seldom are they friends. So in one household a Police Investigator, his name is Sgt. Polly didn't choose a dog to go with him in his investigations but he chose to bring a white cat with him named Micah. Yes, Micah is a white cat. She can be cuddled very...

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“FAMILY DYNASTY” by Grace Padua

How can we accept your boyfriend? He does not belong to our ancestry? Cho Ming Lee blurted to his daughter, Ma Ming Lee is a college student at an exclusive school in a country at the Eastern part of Asia. Ma Ming Lee belongs to the third generation of the Ming Lee family to settle in this country who owns many businesses from real estate to pharmaceutical companies and even a chain of shoe stores. It is heard that the grandfather of Ma Ming Lee started his business in the streets selling shoes modestly to make a living. Originally comin...

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