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A Spy Story
It was the third day since I arrived home from university, the first time I've been home in years. It was good to be home and away from the endless amount of work for my courses. And, I thought it would be like old times--hanging out with my friends for the few weeks that I am home before I finished the rest of my term. Well, I was wrong since life doesn't stop since I finally came home. I texted everyone I know to hang out, but they were either busy, out of town or at work. After hours of going through an embarrassing amount of videos and photos on Instagram and TikTok, I finally dragged myse...
Galápagos
After years and years of fangirling over nature documentaries, volunteering at the local wildlife sanctuaries, and a zoology degree later I realized I needed a bigger change. And that change was a trip farther than I had ever gone before, solo that is. Freshly out of undergrad, I made the best decision of my life: to go volunteer abroad on the Galápagos Islands, with none other than my favorite animal, giant tortoises.I set up this grand adventure, with some strategic travel planning, to make my way over to one of the smaller inhabited islands, Isla Isabela, at this amazing breeding center for...
Borrowed Time
Ordinarily, the smiling couples, small crowds of laughing families and touring strangers would have looked twice at James as he shuffled hurriedly down the broad sidewalk in an awkward half run. The partly sunny day had become completely overcast with threatening grey clouds so that everyone rationally assumed he had been trying to reach his destination before the incoming downpour. In reality, James was praying the rain would provide the distraction and cover that he needed desperately. He was currently being pursued by two of his old clients Hiram and Francis Arnold who he had owed a substan...
closed mind is bliss
The beauty of having someone to decide every little thing for you while you grow up becomes prejudicial in the city of Landow. Although Maressa may contest it, her life has been more than four times threatened by circumstances. There’s four core types of deciders in 2050, Landow: Conditioners, Logisticals, Knee-jerkers and Maximisers.A Maximiser works their brain by exhausting every possible outcome linking any consequencwww.onedoor.cce – good or bad, to their decision. In fewer words, Maressa catalogues them as overthinkers.A Knee-jerker uses a system of decision-making that bases itself on luck; they’ve i...