North Luzon Monitor

North Luzon

Author name: Leslie Dulfo

In-Between Lucid Intervals

Mental Health and Addiction

Trigger Warning: Should any thoughts or opinions trigger you, contact a mental health professional. For immediate attention like violence and self-injury involved, go to Baguio General Hospital Medical Center (BGHMC) or for less urgent matters, schedule appointments through text, call or the konsulta app for Baguio residents. Also, you can call 911 (also for Baguio …

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The Portrayal of Sisa

It’s women’s month, so I say “Great thanks to the people who have empowered fellow women, including my mom.” Indeed, there are many things to sacrifice for women even when it comes to mental health. I often define this sacrifice by stay home moms who think of breakfast, lunch and dinner time. They get worried …

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Are you an imposter?

Are you an imposter? Are you a copycat? What really is an imposter? Dig dive, do you want to be an imposter? Moreover, what is Imposter Syndrome? Questions. Questions? Questions! My friends used to say that it is a feeling of not being enough. It is the lack of confidence, when in fact you have …

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Humor is a Friend

I think that humor has its perks. My friend always does. The need to be serious at all times is not an antidote itself but the laughter that sounds loud or too loud! I remember that I have been unfeeling and robotic to a sense. Remember that I once said, I did ziplines without shouting …

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Inside-out, Outside-in

People say that boats are shaped as it is so that water will not get in to sink it. Basically, it’s not the water around it that sinks the boat but the water that goes inside it. Coffee spilt is not because of outside factors but because naturally, there is coffee inside the cup. Ironically, …

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Affirmations

Have you tried talking to yourself in front of the mirror and affirming you’re brave? Have you heard that infinite voice telling you that something joyful and exciting will happen? Have you captured that self of yours where you smile at yourself and felt at peace with yourself too? Sometimes, you do. Sometimes, you don’t! …

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Watches

Hey, Christmas time is here and time is fleeting. Soon, it will be a new year to have high hopes and dreams! Have you made plans at all? More so, have you made plans to implement anything at all Lately, a friend paraded his new watch given by a “balikbayan” aunt. It was heavy and …

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Books

When did you last read a book? How many books have you read lately? Name their titles. What genre were they? Note what you learned from them. Sometimes, I think that printed books are antiques so much that ebooks are the way to go especially in this digital age or even an AI dominated world. …

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Tables

A lot of times tables are laid flat surfaces either low-lying or a bit elevated? Considering a person like me who is five feet tall, then a typical table would limit myself to at least less than a half of my height when standing. If the table exceeds at least 2 feet and 6 inches …

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Computers

I wonder how they made computers with those chips and now known microchips. I wonder how such ideas can start from the MsDos during my time (been a while right) to the Windows or Apple application today. Seriously, I thought windows were for houses! Meanwhile apples are fruits – the ones which William Tell arrows …

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