Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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Wasting your time in meetings?
Landing my first job fresh from undergrad opened me to a world of work full of meetings. Yes, that’s right. Meetings. You can hear the sigh there, somewhere. It was exciting at first, especially the sumptuous food during and after the meetings. But eventually, it became a chore. Meetings, for me, became all one and… Read more
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It’s one thing to say that the rules must change
Another when you need to do the work and cause actual change. As I revisited existing regulations for microgrids in the Philippines, I never realized how much work you have to put in to tell lawmakers what must change. As a matter of fact, you don’t tell regulators what it is in front of their… Read more
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We used to be young then, and we didn’t bother
But when the rain first began to fall, we didn’t see the bigger picture. We didn’t even want to. The bigger picture was for our parents to worry about. We were sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and focused on more exciting things, like how many days were left before school let out. And Spring Formal and our… Read more
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To the people who inspire
People can definitely tell you how practicing can help you better, and it will hit you differently. “You need more practice” vs. “You’ll get better with practice.” And every time, I feel like the former ends up like an annoyance–that your lack of ability is to blame. Meanwhile, I find the latter more encouraging and… Read more
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Angry? Should you vent out?
We’ve been taught that venting out is good, that it’s essential to let it out every once in a while. Because what happens when we don’t? We might explode. But should we vent out every time we feel like it because we’re angry? From Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work.: The results consistently find that those… Read more
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What if you did it anyway?
You were about to raise your hand, but then when your perspective seemed to zoom out, allowing you to see how small you are in the crowd, you started to doubt about raising your hand. What was it that I was about to say? Does it even matter? Nah, I’ll pass. I might be wrong… Read more
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What it felt like to be an Asian in the crowd
I’ve been dreaming about becoming global. And that also means that I’ll be interacting with people from different backgrounds and cultures. It’s actually easier to do that behind your keyboards. Allowing people worldwide to see your face as you see theirs (online) is a whole new level of interaction. I realized I am not that… Read more
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