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08/07/2026

I think, I need matcha. 🥹

03/07/2026

Not every feeling of being attacked begins with an actual attack. Sometimes, it begins the moment accountability interrupts the story we have chosen to tell ourselves.

Human nature compels us to protect more than our physical well-being. We protect our reputation, our dignity, our sense of belonging, and the image we hope others hold of us. These needs are deeply rooted within us. They shape how we interpret conflict, criticism, and even the truth itself.

When those parts of our identity feel threatened, the mind instinctively searches for safety. It reframes discomfort as injustice, correction as condemnation, and accountability as persecution. Not because the facts have changed, but because accepting them requires confronting a version of ourselves we would rather not see.

That is why evidence can feel like aggression. Clarification can sound like accusation. A simple request for accountability can be experienced as a personal attack.

Yet there is a profound distinction between being harmed and being held accountable.

One seeks to diminish a person.

The other seeks to uphold truth.

Feelings are real. They deserve acknowledgment, compassion, and respect. But feelings, no matter how deeply experienced, are not always reliable indicators of reality. They tell us how an event was perceived and not necessarily what actually occurred.

Truth does not become cruelty simply because it is uncomfortable to hear. Nor does accountability become oppression simply because it challenges the narratives that protect our pride.

Perhaps this is why some conversations quietly drift away from What happened? and toward How did this make me feel? While both questions matter, they are not the same. One seeks understanding; the other seeks validation.

Character is revealed not in the absence of correction, but in our willingness to receive it. Growth begins when we become more committed to discovering the truth than defending the version of ourselves that feels safest.

After all, accountability is not the enemy of dignity. More often than not, it is the path that restores it.

~ art.e

01/07/2026

Who knew we’d be expanding our vocabulary while enjoying good food and drinks at Pretty Bad Concepts? Today’s additions: intermittent, impurities, awe-ral, Descartes, and Ruh-ney. 😂

01/07/2026

badly need a break, again. 😬

30/06/2026

POV: You just finished your 12:50–1:50 class, you’re still sweaty, your voice is barely hanging on, you’ve barely had any sleep, your eyes are noticeably puffy… and then you’re told there’s an interview waiting.

Then you blink… and somehow it’s already Tuesday!
And we love Tuesdays, right? Right. 😂😅

18/06/2026

will definitely curate PMES using this 💅😂

16/06/2026

It’s only the second day of the Instructional Block,
and we’ve already been called for an FGD. 😂

𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨,
𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤. ✨🤞

15/06/2026

It started with laughter, random stories, and questions asked without hesitation.

What I thought would be a casual conversation with my students from Amethyst, Beryl, Emerald, and Quartz slowly became something deeper. They shared some of their “open” secrets and, in return, asked me questions that would have been difficult to answer years ago and somehow feel even harder to answer now.

They asked why I chose to teach. Why I became a teacher. And, over and over again, why I chose to teach English.

I laughed and told them that when I was their age, English was one of the subjects I struggled with the most. There was a time when even a simple line like “you take me for granted” would have left me completely confused.

There were many other questions, but my answers seemed to return to the same thought.

People often tell us that 𝘢 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦.

What they rarely remember is the line that comes next.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦.

So, since it was my turn to share, I completed the whole quote.

Not because I claim to be good at many things, but because life has taught me not to be afraid of learning things I do not yet know. To try. To fail. To start over. To be curious enough to become more than I was yesterday.

And maybe that is why I teach.

xoxo,
Art.E 🫶

13/06/2026

People often ask what we talk about, as if conversations eventually run out. But ours never do.

We talk about the people we are becoming, the dreams we quietly carry, the lives we hope to build, and the parts of ourselves we are still learning to understand.

We speak of things we love, things we wish to change, and sometimes, of completely random things that somehow lead us back to who we are.

And if familiarity breeds contempt, then we must be the exception—because the more we know of each other, the more reasons we find to stay, listen, and wonder. 🫶

(or baka wala lang kaming choice?) 😂

xoxo,
Art.E

12/06/2026

128 years later, we are still here—hoping, striving, and believing.

In a country that is beautiful yet unfinished, patriotism remains choosing to care, choosing to stay, and choosing to dream.

Happy 128th Philippine Independence Day. 🇵🇭

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