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A few months before 2020,   I bet  everyone  of us has already laid out plans for the coming year.  Given quite a number of long weekends, w e already have a good idea for our vacation plans, how will we utilize our work leaves and where will we go during our holidays. Then enter 2020.  January proved to be not a good start of the year. There were volcanoes erupting, celebrities dying and yes of course Covid-19  pandemic . Covid-19  pandemic  which is caused by the Coronavirus  resulted for  most of  us to be locked  down in the comforts of our own homes. Employees were advised to work from home and stay away from the public to contain the spread of the virus. Unfortunately for some, their livelihood was taken away because working from home is not feasible and their company has no means to sustain the workforce. Experts say that the world will be going to a period of depression and many more jobs will be inevitably ...

Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood


Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

I love them. I hate them. I love them. I hate them. These are thoughts only a person with a sister understands, or in my case a bunch of sisters!

Do you have a sister? Me, I have five!

Let me tell you something about me. I am the youngest of 7 siblings. We are 6 girls and a boy. Being the youngest of the siblings I can tell you that the youngest is not always the spoiled and favourite one.

Flash back 30 years ago, circa 1980s during my childhood days, I was the one who was always ask to buy this and to do that. In short, I was the default errand boy or in my case errand girl. I was obedient to my elder sisters (for sure my sisters will object and say “Really?”), they may disagree, but I did what I knew was right.

It’s true that you can choose your friends but not your family. My sisters are my true friends and my worst enemies I have ever had but I love them so much despite our differences and I won’t trade them for anything in this world.

When we were kids, I was the clumsiest, “lampa” among all the Cezar girls. I was always the one who got many wounds and kept on getting hurt. My sisters were always there to help me up and treat my wounds. But before they would treat my wounds, they would first scare the hell out of me by saying something would come out my wounds and because they were elder, I was stupid to believe in whatever they were telling me. But my sisters are always there for me! They were my pillars whenever a storm came into my life. I knew I can face any trials I will encounter because I have them at my back. I’m not afraid because I know, come hell or high waters they will always be there.
My sisters were really strict with me! Even stricter than my mother. It’s like living with so many mothers inside the house. But because of that, I grew up being a mature and responsible person. I knew how to discipline myself whenever necessary. They were the best role model any sister could ask for.

My sisters are the strongest group of women I know. I grew up watching them.  I’ve seen their struggles, I’ve seen them in pain and I’ve seen them in their lowest points. For all the hardships that had happened to them, I witnessed how they have managed to get up, recover and move on with their lives. They were the reason why I was a strong woman growing up. They were the one who thought me how to stand up on my own two feet. I am the woman I am now because of them.

These are some things that a person with a sister would understand:
1. Missing clothes
2. You have craziest nickname for each other.
3. What you own, everyone owns
4. You will always have company
5. There is always the “Blame Game”
6.  Fights get physical
7. Growing up was a competition
8. There is definitely hierarchy in age
9. You promise not to talk to them forever when you had a fight, an hour later you are already sharing an ice cream
10. You automatically have a best friend for eternity
11. You have this unbreakable bond with your sisters forever!


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