Grace Padua

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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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 their household. Clemens apply rules he heard from others that annoyed Emily. Their children are in their formative years who ...

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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 through the labor unions seeking higher pay and better working conditions. Some companies had chosen to close knowing they cou...

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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 of friends and then a rumor circulated that Marisa was dating his boyfriend that's why she left her. Ellen and Marisa did...

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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 you imagine a tiny village where there was an only one rice and corn mill where people brought sacks of their newly harves...

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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 was a boatload of shushi. Shushi was the favorite food of Jess the eldest in the family who is 18 years old. How many time...

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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 circular tank draw out the materials to be pick and here Conchita infront of the conveyor was ready for picking. She was weari...

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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 uprooted from Malacanang Palace to Hawaii in 1986. Don't you remember Imelda Marcos the First Lady and her famous shoes thousa...

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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 their English lessons looking for resources to help them in their reading lessons. One of her pupils cannot read at all sta...

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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 first impression in their comment was that my English writing was weird. Why? I write my story in complete sentences, simple...

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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 our province of my former country the Philippines. First I would summarized why I got the position of Teacher-in-Charge of ...

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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 herself that someone she met on social media for more than a year is what she is expecting to greet her again. They are com...

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“DOUBLE JOB DOUBLE PAY” by Grace Padua

The lure of currency rate is a determining factor for many workers to leave their country to find a greener pasture to support their families. A doctor by profession landed at the airport in North America with all hopes and dreams to get a better pay and practice his specialization in heart surgery. With that in mind when he tried to send his application to the hospitals in the area he was wondering why no one is answering or accepting his application. One time he took a taxi instead of a public transportation to follow up his application an...

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“EARLY CHILDHOOD SPIRITUAL CONNECTION” by Grace Padua

I grew up in a household of showing the pious worship of a sacred deity. On Sunday my mother lighted a candle and let it burn the whole day after saying her silent prayer infront of the statue of a Man carrying a cross. I was carried with that tradition to follow it and learned to say the Lord's prayer. Little by little I'm already counting the beads of the rosary saying the repeated lines asking some intercession to the mother of Jesus Christ. Our religious practice was very strong. My mother leads the whole community to show their strong ...

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“FACING DOUBLE STANDARDS” by Grace Padua

Can you imagine the athmosphere when dealing with people in a wide variety of execution but complicated simple task? How could it be done? My first day assignment was at the machinery to pick up materials from a running belt like you see at the grocery stores, the only difference is to pick materials coming from a big turning container to grind recycling materials throwing or dropping. them at big square steel bins infront of the belt could be intriguing. While thinking it is that easy to fill up that bin. In my mind as a neophyte, a n...

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“FREEDOM IS ELUSIVE” by Grace Padua

Oh me, I can't believe the sun is up and here I'm looking up the ceiling although I hear the noise of my breeding chickens alarming me that time for them to be fed. My consciousness with my blood half sleep not flowing normally to let my body move to sit and standup. I know I was in a deep slumber last night taking me into a strange world. It had a picture vividly painted with beautiful scenery. What scenery you may guest? Scenery of a flowing river and the deafening silence could mean a proximity to nature. Nature is the real handiwork of ...

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