Category: Blog
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Just a day in at work (first face-to-face work since the pandemic) already required me to walk around the University Campus. Unfortunately, with limited transportation within, I don’t have much choice. But it’s nice to walk around with friends from work and catch up under the enormous trees that wrap around overhead. Being back reminded…
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It was a late night, and I was still outside catching up for work. That means that I have my laptop propped up while doing desktop research. But while I was in the thick of it, a friend squeezed himself in, curiosity bubbling, and asked me why I was using the DuckDuckGo search engine. Of…
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The last time I was here, I packed all my stuff and went home. Now, I’m towing them back again. It never really felt exciting like the first time. It wasn’t even dreadful. But being here means that I am not somewhere else. And that means I’ve said too many goodbyes to the people my…
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After almost two years back in my home, where I spent my childhood, I’ve already built a routine that allowed me to get through the pandemic. Dolly helped me realize that I don’t always have to always work in a rush, that I’d only be able to appreciate what’s around me when I pause and…
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In the Philippines, I don’t hear much about electric vehicles but in Singapore, they aim to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040. This puts gas stations under pressure to change their business models. From IN FOCUS: Singapore’s electric vehicle revolution is coming – does this spell the end for petrol stations?: With most…
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We don’t think about functions failing until they do. It’s because we expect that they continue to do the work they ought to do. And when we are catching up with a deadline, this somewhat unanticipated breakdown becomes a source of unwanted irritation. When troubleshooting, we are compelled to explore what went wrong–which means that…
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Three years ago, I did my master’s thesis examining the causal relationshipbetween energy consumption, economic growth, and CO2 emissions in the Philippines. Employing the Toda and Yamamoto procedure to test the causality between the variables, I found that the country’s economic growth may help reduce CO2 emissions in the long run. However, CO2 reduction may…
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