Grace Padua

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“BLENDING SKIN COLORS” by Grace Padua

What would be said about the origin of people living on Earth maybe described according to their skin colors. Skin colors where many are thriving like Africa where most Black people live because their skin is black. Chinese people who lives in China are known to have yellow skin as being recorded. There are also places in Southeast Asia like Indonesia , Philippines and Malaysia whose skin cover is brown belonging to the...

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“SECRET RESOLUTION” by Grace Padua

How hard to choose or think find a topic because it appears to be a recurring resolution to make changes in one's personal beliefs or having a deity to idolize. Why idolize? Sometimes others call it idolatry when it comes to venerating the character of a God. A god who has the power to institute miracles of healing and providing what a human being needs or a God who can change the character of a person when that person s...

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“MONSTER EAGLE” by Grace Padua

There in the deep of a pristine forest at the tall and high branches where giant Eagles live the Monster Eagle is their king. Monster Eagle is ferocious to protect his kingdom. Once he is perched on a tall giant tree and then use his two eyes like laser beams to find out if there are encroachers inside his kingdom. This very moment all around is quiet with the gentle breeze touching his eagle head moving side by side op...

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“DON'T GET EMOTIONAL” by Grace Padua

What is your feeling when you hear these word's "Don't get emotional' when you are in the midst of your grief watching a funeral video of a loved one? Even you said to him "I'm crying." Still he doesn't show any sympathy at all and not saying anything. This words stuck in my mind until now coming back again and what feeling means. Feeling sad, in a situation to remember a loved one, the memories left that's why you feel ...

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“CAN YOU IMAGINE?” by Grace Padua

Small ideas may grow in gigantic proportions to benefit or may not benefit a person's life. Can you imagine how a husband leads his family using this way of thinking. Clemens and wife Emily has opposing views on how to apply house rules to their four children. While Emily looks differently how to raise her kids Clemens is authoritative and imposing rules to be followed strictly. These has cause daily frictions inside the...

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“CHANGING LABOR LAWS” by Grace Padua

In recent years there were many changes occurred that affected the labor sector wherein workers were in a quandary on how to go on with their jobs because of changing policies on how to get all the benefits a worker can get. Before, upon landing a job was a sure avenue coupled with continuous service would lead to a full retirement. The rolling wave of change catapulted the strikes of workers against the companies thr...

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“DREAM JOB” by Grace Padua

Ellen cleared up her locker in an order that she must leave the premises of the company where she had worked for the last 15 years, a job she loved so much and now she has to go for two reasons. Was she a victim of conspiracy of her co-workers with their supervisor and her boyfriend? The result was then for her to resign stating the report she had submitted was not true Their conflict started when she joined another group...

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“A PILGRIM'S FOOTSTEPS” by Grace Padua

Where I came from can be a question when I arrived at one place and those persons I had first met seem to be wondering why I'm at this place Let me tell you this, I cannot even explain why I arrived here where everything is totally different, to my amazement I don't know what to say. Originally I came from the Far East and my dream was to reach the Northern Hemisphere. But it is a long story before I could come here. Can...

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“FAMILY CELEBRATIONS IN AND OUT” by Grace Padua

Inside a Japanese Restaurant ,Perry brought his family to celebrate his son's i5th year birthday. That was his wish to go to a restaurant to skip cooking at home. The menu was handed to them by the food server and each one of them his wife and three children picked their choice. John the birthday celebrant chose fried noodles with tofu mixed with pork and vegetables, snow peas and thinly sliced carrots. Their main dish...

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“WORKING WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT” by Grace Padua

Marina and Conchita both entered the manufacturing industry since they reached the age of eighteen leaving their parents after graduating from high school. Inside the factory where they worked consisted of different electronic materials to be recycled. Marina was driving a forklift and Conchita was a picker of the materials run by machines with conveyors. Early that morning where Conchita was assigned the big empty cir...

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“Handing Down Power As Political Dynasty” by Grace Padua

I want to introduce myself as the narrator of the past political event that happened in the Philippines electing two highest leaders the President and Vice President. Marta Sarmiento is my name who was born in that South East Asian country living there for forty five years. For that forty five years I witnessed the People Power Revolution that led to the Downfall of President Ferdinand Marcos and his family who were upro...

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“Jump Out Of The Ride to be Free” by Grace Padua

When did you experience a disturbing moment in your life that you have to face rather than turn your back and get away. For months Mrs. Marta Sarmiento heard from her workmates at school about the new principal who arrived few months before and school authorities come to investigate the validity of the reports that she was not welcomed in their school. Marta taught English in the higher grades and her pupils struggle in ...

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“COMPUTER MADNESS” by Grace Padua

Many years ago the power of the computer was not as powerful as of today. It is not used as much as it is today too due to the mechanical and technical application to be done before it could be used. I tried to take lessons with no success at all , but now even without the basic knowledge at all I think I was able to apply by being able to learn it in a practical way. I joined writing groups to express myself and the f...

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“WHOLE COMMUNITY SERVED BY A TEACHER IN CHARGE” by Grace Padua

Looking back to my past in connection to my chosen career I unexpectedly ventured to the accomplishment of activities that was sidelined into my teaching career. First at age 23 when I entered into my teaching career who would believe that I could build a schoolhouse within the period of one year. This is what happened why I landed into that new activity to my newly acquired multi-grade school class in a remote area in ...

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“A DREAM T0 REMEMBER OR TO,FORGET” by Grace Padua

Today is Sunday and Mary Jane is looking out her window feeling refresh having a sound sleep the night before. She thought of her upcoming birthday, she has received three greeters already his brother, his son and her cousin. Nowadays greetings all come from social media and no one must not feel lonely at all. Someone will post on your birthday and that makes you really happy. But Mary Jane has someone nobody knows but ...

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