Ada Zuba

Joined February 2018

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Hi everyone! here to write and when I’m not writing, I’m either looking for Wi-Fi or avoiding real-world responsibilities. Follow along for a mix of sarcasm, random observations, and whatever nonsense comes to mind. "We're all mad here"

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Dear English Degree
Years ago, I decided to pursue an English degree. I had no idea what I wanted to do after this pursuit. The late nights of finishing reading books or the muscles cramps from typing too much or staring at a blank page hoping that words would appear. I thought that I would do something with my education. I knew from the start I did not want to be a teacher.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Journal
Mirror Mirror
Seeing her. For the first time. I think she is beautiful. For the first time I see her quirks and her flaws as stunning. Her medium cut sunset blonde hair which fades into the colour of a gold lion. She is powerful. And I am seeing her for the first time.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Poets
Synthetic
Falling in love is easy. You meet someone and you have a connection and you are in love. It is falling in love with the right person that is hard. You are in a relationship, but something seems…off. You break up and you learn from it. When you find the right person though it is unbelievably easy but finding them is hard. You might be going on date after date and it leads nowhere because you were not meant to be together. I’m not one to believe in soulmates but maybe there are a few right people. So here’s a love poem:
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Humans
Freedom Convoy
Equality. That word has been tossed back and forth constantly over the last few decades. From women wanting to be paid the same as their male co-workers to racial discrimination. We all strive for equality. When I read this challenge about how to be kind to others and inclusivity the word equality immediately popped into my head. How do I treat people equally though? Everyone is different, everyone has a different story and background. That’s when I realized I have been treating everyone equally. Coming from Canada I was proud to be Canadian I highlight the word “was” because of what recently has been happening in Ottawa. Even the United States have been hearing about the truckers standing up against mandated vaccines. Now, I do not want to be biased but the numbers in the pandemic have been dropping. Truckers for the most part have little contact with people as it is. I always believed that people have a right to stand up for what they believe in. The protest started with truckers driving across Canada to be in front of parliament and parking there over night to protest. It was perfectly peaceful with some honking and cheering with shouts of their rights.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in The Swamp
An Eye-Opener
I opened the vocal page as I do any other day and suddenly, this challenge popped up to write about your hometown heroes. Well, here is the thing I never idolized anyone as a child. I never played sports so I did not have a coach to look up to, sure I did swim lessons but not one of those teachers I actually remember. They were women other than maybe one of them? I do not know how that is significant but that is all I can remember. I don't know their names. Sure, I have looked up to my older siblings like any other last born child does. I look up to both my parents, but again that is a little bit boring because most people do. So, I am going to write about a celebrity whom I knew very little about until reading his book "Greenlights". I am talking about Matthew McConaughey, I did not think much about his earlier acting career, but I was compelled to buy his book. I was just on instagram and scrolling through random things until I came across a video that stopped me in my tracks. It was his acceptance of the oscar speech. He says in this speech the thank-yous, but what really caught me was he said "there are three things I look forward to each day, one is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to and lastly is someone to chase" that right there is what made me think "huh...that's compelling" I continued watching he continues to say "thank you to my hero who I chase...me in ten years is my hero" that is what stuck with me and compelled me to get out of my comfy couch and get into my car and drive to the nearest bookstore and buy his book "greenlights". I started reading it on one of my shifts at work and from time to time I would put it down and think about what he wrote. "My hero will always be ten years away" and that's what I believe. Everyday I am trying to be a better person to reach the goal of my hero, but every year I am still going to have ten years until I meet my hero. My hero is future me.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Journal
The Crumbled House
Frank Stund had always hated old Red Junction with its dead grass and empty hills. It was a place where he felt depressed. There were no trees in sight and there was nowhere to go. Red Junction was a trailer park, most neighbors were shouting at each other from dawn till dusk and empty beer cans and liquor bottles decorated the unfenced lawns, children ran around in hand-me-downs and thrift store clothing. Once it was night the streets were dead except for the yelling in the distance and the bark of a rottweiler and pitbull dogs.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Fiction
Things to Skip While Planning A Wedding
While the pandemic was starting up a storm, there were a few brides planning a wedding and since then brides and grooms have realized that there is so much money being wasted. I have been gathering information from youtubers and tiktokers and here is a list of things that are a waste at your wedding.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Marriage
Herba and Doris
Herba looked at the damp rock in her beak and felt happy. This is what Herba was content on doing, she was happy just tossing her rock up and down, she would watch it fall and catch it once more in her beak. It was not the best activity, but it was better than sleeping on a Wednesday afternoon.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Earth
Life of a Hogwarts Owl
I woke up with a start, an owl had been hooting at me. "What are you doing?" I asked as I whirled my head around to face a true owl. His feathers were mostly grey, he had gold specks in it as well. His beak was barely visible with his grey face. He giggled at me with his buddies who were also perched behind me. "We've got new blood here!" he shouted towards me.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Fiction
This Year Has Been A Lot
“Real growth is when you start checking and correcting yourself” I am going to say that this year has been a lot. Most people to me it seems that they have had negative experiences with the pandemic. Don’t get me wrong I also had negative experiences for example losing my aunt to Covid and last I saw her I was 13 or 12 years old and unable to say good bye. This year however, I grew so much in the most positive way. I started a new relationship and he does things for me, which no person ever has; he supports me to reach my goals and makes me a better person. We both recognize our flaws and we are both learning and growing through that. We know each other’s weaknesses and strengths. We are still getting to know each other and it’s been really great. Next, I got rid of the things of my past. I donated clothing and moved on to better things. I still do have a lot of things to get rid of and bit by bit I am doing it. I finally moved out of my parents house. It took a lot of saving money and I’m still learning how to save money while living on my own. I am getting there and I have grown so much because of it. I learned the importance of creating a shopping list for groceries, when to finish eating bananas before they go bad, remembering that I still have that onion in the fridge. I learned that doing laundry is important and that loading the dishwasher is not so bad. These were tiny things, which I was privileged with when loving with my parents. Paying rent on time is also a thing I had to put in my calendar. I am thankful that I have a job that is somewhat related to my career goals. I no longer stress about my career as much. I am still working my way towards my career and learning about it more.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Journal
Sleeping with Shifts
Hello there, I am a front-line worker of Covid-19. Shift work is very difficult to adjust to, you feel tired most days and it can be hard to fall asleep and actually have a restful night's or day's sleep. Usually, we all have a cup of coffee in our hands when on day shifts. I see the staff come in hugging onto their travel mugs like their lives depended on it. I understand the fatigue that you experience, you have been yelled at by patients' families during the day. You took on extra patients when it was not your job, you took another shift because you need the money.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Humans
Never Healed
Do you have any scars? I’m not talking about the emotional scars from a previous relationship or your childhood emotional traumas, but a physical scar. A scar from when you fell out of a tree or when you tripped over a Lego block. This is the story of my physical scar. It started on a hot summer day in the beautiful British Columbia of the campground known as Eliston. We have been going there for years and as always we would be setting up the tent and my dad would be screaming at us while we stood there holding poles. Finally, we had it set up and things would go as usual. Campground fires with marshmallows roasting to a perfect crisp, short hikes up easy mountains, and swims by the beach. That’s what I loved most about camping; it was going down to the beach and swimming for hours and then stuffing my face with salty snacks such as chips and goldfish crackers. We would take down the floaters and fight over them in the water.
By Ada Zuba4 years ago in Confessions

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Dear English Degree

Mirror Mirror

Synthetic

Freedom Convoy

An Eye-Opener

The Crumbled House

Things to Skip While Planning A Wedding

Herba and Doris

Life of a Hogwarts Owl

This Year Has Been A Lot

Sleeping with Shifts

Never Healed

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