Year: 2025
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We booked a pet transport service to help us bring Novo from Manila to Davao. It took 17 days for Novo to finally arrive home due to various reasons, including delays in airline booking confirmation, expiration of pet transport documents, and offloading. The whole ordeal must have stressed him out, since he lost weight. But…
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I had a dream I had a dream, and in it, my husband said we should find a pearl. But then, after some contemplation, he said, “Why not let’s look for an oyster, and perhaps we’d find more pearls than we could ever have than just by looking for THAT ONE PEARL.” We thought about…
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There was a night when I thought about what family actually meant. It wasn’t about obligation; it was about showing up to lift a member when they are struggling without waiting for them to cry for help. Being in a family means you are willing to carry a load that’s not even yours to carry…
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For two days, I’ve sat in conference halls listening to academics share their research findings—one presentation of data and models after another—and I can’t help but wonder how we can make our work pique others’ interest without losing them in all the jargon. Are academic conferences supposed to be technical all the time? Or can…
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When the “name it and claim it” sermon ended, I felt that familiar knot in my stomach again. Something about speaking prosperity into existence felt eerily familiar—like something I’d seen before, but wrapped in different packaging. When I was young, my sister and I watched The Secret when it aired on cable TV. It was…
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Late-night musings #31
2–3 minutesI was trying to remember the quote that tells about how forgetting the past condemns one to repeat it. After an online search, the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy was correct to say that the quote is often inaccurately quoted, just like I did. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” The…
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In my sleep-deprived moments, I struggle to think deeply and clearly. There’s a thin cloud that warps my thoughts and keeps me from recalling things I want to remember during conversations or at work. At times, a colleague would say something, and I would ask them to repeat it a couple of times before I…
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