Borj

Who's ready for Monday?
Looking for a proxy at work 🙃 chariz

Annyeong! How's your weekend going?

As always, I reflected on what I've been feeling and how I've been doing since I came to Indonesia.

I usually eat alone at work and always at the apartment.

I take a walk at night or jog alone.

I visit bookshops alone.

I go to malls alone.

I'm content with how things are, and I am intentionally choosing to live like this here. I realized there is just deep level of peace and joy merged together when you can spend your free time however you want, especially when there is just so little left outside working hours and mandatory daily routines.

I don't have to say or feel sorry when I can't make it to an eat out or day trip.

I don't have to explain things so others won't misunderstand what I've just said because I don't even talk about my opinions anymore.

I just let things flow around me. I have to because time has stopped moving in my own world. I just have to feel the world outside enough to feel that I am still alive. More than enough to know the world is moving, so I should as well.

It's not a big problem when I step out of my apartment. I just have to blend in and let the world move then pretend to move with the world.

But I can't escape the reality whenever I hit the bed on a Friday night and wake up on a Saturday without work to do. That's when I feel the big gap between my world and the one outside.

Doing the laundry and cooking have become my pretend plays on days like this. Normal people would of course do their laundry and cook then eat when they get hungry.

This is how I survive every weekend.

Speaking of which, I made spaghetti today with ground chicken and chicken sausages AND WITH CHICKEN-FLAVORED SPAGHETTI SAUCE! My favorite thing in Indonesia!
Let's eat and be normal! 😅 🍽

To those who keep questioning their life choices and keep asking if they are on the right path, here's a quotation I want to share with you.

Have a good weekend!

Who's cutting onions, A'TIN?
SB19's Simula at Wakas album is out now!
I have to say, Wakas hits different especially this Pablo's part:

"Di ba para kang t*nga
Kung isasalba mo pa rin ang wala na
Alam kong ubos ka na"

Listen to the full album here:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nT7g1WEcZQfhxUTpBHhkaAo5W7eOusKB4&si=NERXOGCO6nYVwOhe

Our two-week vacation is coming to an end, and I am starting to feel a little anxious about having to work again. Yes, even teaching, the thing I loved doing, is now making me feel that way.

I'm still trying to shift my mindset and focus on the things I still love. I've been spending these days watching, listening to music, working out (walking/jogging), and the one I love the most ---- reading.

Finding an original copy of an English book that is actually written in English is extra challenging here. With great effort (because I'd rather stay in my room than going out), I went to the big mall near our place and found a bookstore that sells what I'm looking for.

I've been eyeing on this book since I was in the Philippines and as if the universe was telling me now is the right time I read this, I bought and finished reading it.

Truly enough, I needed this now. To me, this is one of the books that heal a soul. It felt like a friend who silently hands you a cup of tea during a chilly night and just sits silently beside you, letting you know of their warm presence without overwhelming you with it.

I took a picture of my favorite chapter and lines from the book. That chapter "A Life Surrounded by Good People" specifically had me bawling. I may be having sh*tty days now and I've been very weak emotionally and mentally, but I'm also surrounded by good people (well not physically since they're miles away), so I think I can also look forward to a day when I can finally say I'm at peace and happy, right?

I didn't know this post would be this long, sorry! ✌ But if you're still reading, I hope you have a peaceful night. 💜

Love,
Borj

BTW, are there ARMY here especially those who took literature classes with me?

Any literary concept you remember from this song? 🤭 BTS didn't change and still call out people who disrespect them, and we love them for it. 😂

No one? Okay. Let me just share this badass here.

Evening!

TL;DR: No more page deactivation. Problem solved(?)

It's me again. I'm here to tell you that I won't deactivate the page anymore. I know I owe you some explanation, so here it is:

My personal FB account has been getting attacked by a hacker. I set-up the two-step verification long ago because of it, but even with this, my account was still hacked recently while I was busy teaching. I checked my FB and Messenger and saw notifications that my account was locked by Facebook because of it. I couldn't open my account and couldn't message anyone.

I thought of creating a new Facebook account and planned to delete/deactivate the FB account associated to this page, hence the post last time.

BUT why would I delete the account that I've been using since 2010, right? What about the Facebook Memories I'm not gonna see anymore? Yeah I just post sometimes so FB can remind me of the event years later. And no I really didn't want to start over.

I tried doing something to secure my FB account better, and I think I can continue using it now, so no more page deactivation. 🙂

I'm also going to post more often in the coming days. 😊

Page deactivation soon.

Hi again! I will deactivate or unpublish this page soon. Been contemplating about this for a while now, and I've decided to finally do it.

If you're still here and reading this, thank you very much for staying. Whether you're here simply because I've been your former teacher or instructor or you're a curious English language learner, thank you for showing support and interest on what I share online.

This page may seem very small, but I treasure this so much as one of the reasons why I made this was to connect with my students and through this, I was able to share my thoughts and opinions on matters that concern education and literature. Sometimes, all I wanted was to let it out here and doing so helped me a lot.

I'm making this post to show my gratitude to each one of you and to say that I'm still breathing. 😅 At least you won't have to wonder what has happened if one day you notice that this page doesn't exist anymore.

I am deactivating or unpublishing this page (I'll decide later), but I just made a Facebook account which posts I will open to public and will accept friend requests from all of you. If in case I manage to still make videos, this is also the account that I'm gonna be using to share them. If you want to stay connected, you may add me here: Rose Ann Borja.

P. S. If the sun isn't shining in your own little world these days, I hope you still "keep swimming" regardless, as Dory tells Nemo's father.

Love,

Miss Borj

Hi! How's life?

I woke up earlier than usual today and decided to check out the pool area since I've only been there at night, and I'm glad I did. Life has not been very kind to me, but at least I found a new reading spot!

Sorry about the random update. My emotional and mental stability is just as unpredictable as my social media postings. I hope all is well on your end.

👋 How's everybody doing? Busy with your loved ones, eh? HVD!

Just sharing this photo of me taken on 7th February 2026 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Checking as well if you're still here because I know how inconsistent I am when it comes to social media posting. 🙃

Stories to be shared in the coming days! 😊 Have a happy weekend! 💜

"Mata sa langit, paa sa lupa"