<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:11:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@proteancreator/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[One Rainy Side-venture in Intramuros]]></title><description><![CDATA[I never expected to write about anywhere else aside from my inner world while being in the university. 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But while I'm here in Luzon, might as well talk about the other places I've visited, and that includes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@proteancreator/one-rainy-side-venture-in-intramuros</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@proteancreator/one-rainy-side-venture-in-intramuros</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[proteancreator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:50:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJufzE1ddWtqrfjebjGUCYX52HYazWDB7aHqQKLsq6cgTLzgBeKSF7QFMkV5G879BXugwnZQBqdHgDiCjhhNAPfCqwSf218JF2tdgAM6R4Vbd6GfJUiwyn2Kxxv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Talk About Our 'Multo' (Ghosts)]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I am half inclined to think we are all ghosts…it is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers that exists again in us, but all sorts of old dead ideas and all kinds of old dead beliefs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@proteancreator/lets-talk-about-our-multo-ghosts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-126152/@proteancreator/lets-talk-about-our-multo-ghosts</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-126152]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[proteancreator]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNho1d5owNvLc9kLkZETgqoQLu9zcBbNBbDDEp9W4DbuZJufzE1ddWtqrfjebjGUCYX52GuYajNshkNdtJtKrrMqCFn759y15u8dWCp1nqYsvtaJ3hq7mn1cVkAnLYcVpYfUdGey12GR15hyvz2AF3Bd8LCWYYRZfVhXtmL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Planting Herbs on the Family Patio]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few months ago, one of my church leaders gifted me a couple of seedlings. 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