Eleven Minutes by Paolo Coelho

The title “Eleven Minutes” (a novel written by Paolo Coelho) refers to what the author’s main character Maria finds out about the sexual act: it takes only eleven minutes on average to finish but people are just so obsessed with it. This is a book seemingly about sex, and all the good and bad associated [...]

The Self-Esteem Issues

It seems like no matter what I do I’m never happy with myself no matter what. *Why am I not as pretty and appealing as the other girls? *Why am I too thin? *Why don’t I have big breasts and butt? *Why can’t I look like that? *Why can’t I speak as good as them? [...]

The Concept of Loss

I’ve been trying to write a good poem, but the words won’t come out. It’s like grief lodges this huge obstruction into the opening in which my creativity escapes through. Long before, I used to write poems easily especially for my dad, or out of hatred and frustration, but now, it’s been too difficult. I [...]

Discover Yourself

Everyone around me seems to be completely oblivious to their own being.   Everyone around me seems to rely on everyone else to decide who they are, what they like, and what their existence means.  And it’s these very people who irritate me beyond anything else.  The current theory is that the human mind is a [...]