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ROLLER COASTER RIDE

Yay! Manila Up celebrated its 8th year Anniversary. I remembered the first
time, Sonia Bermejo mentioned her plan about publishing a magazine,
I thought how brave she was to embark to another horizon. I was ecstatic
to be part of it.

What Manila Up meant to me? As we grow older, life becomes more
complicated. The more challenges we faced, we metamorphosed into a
being with beautiful colors, writing for Manila Up flashed one shade of
attractive colors in me. I was able to convey my deepest thoughts, beliefs
that I prayed and hope to enlighten the readers too.

My life in the United Kingdom is a roller coaster ride, sometimes scary
by GILDA PINEDA DIONELA and sometimes full of fun. I am an engineer (should I use was since I do
KINGDOM not practice it anymore but no, it is who I am). Engineers are normally not
ADVENTURE passionate about words or telling a story but Manila Up opened the door
for me to discover I can tell a story.

That is one of the visions of Manila Up for the reader to enjoy the roller
coaster ride of their life. There is more than the scary part.

Eight years and counting!!!
Congratulations to all of us!!!

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