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jessa

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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • Overcoming giants

    Sometimes, I can’t believe I am already 30. This age seems like a dream, something I used to long for even before I truly understood what growing up means—I just want to be old and have autonomy over my life (freeeedom!!!). But getting to 30 was a process—facing giants along the way—making me realize that… Read more

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  • Rediscovering a new browser experience with SigmaOS

    Last year, I started using Mastodon after Twitter (now X) stopped supporting WordPress integration. Since I still wanted my blog posts shared across platforms aside from Facebook, I created an account on Mastodon and started to learn the basics about the Fediverse—but I didn’t really go deep. Knowing how to work around the tech was… Read more

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  • Fixed viewpoints

    A year ago, a friend gave us a printout of an art piece framed in cardboard, which I leaned against the wall on top of a desk drawer. And for a year, I kept telling myself how abstract that art was because, until now, I still don’t understand it. Isn’t there some art that takes… Read more

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  • Our tendency to procrastinate on meaningful activities

    How much information can I still absorb before becoming saturated? Or is procrastination an indicator that I have been consuming trivial matters? Because if I have been taking in information that are valuable and beneficial, shouldn’t they move me to take action for a cause? How many miles could my fingers still scroll before I… Read more

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  • Climate action: from the individual to the corporate

    Looking back, I remember how we were to live by the reuse, reduce, and recycle campaign as a kid. However, as I grew up, I learned many untold stories about how not all plastics are created equal so not all plastics can be recycled. After reading a seven-year-old article as part of my Learning for… Read more

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  • Try things out

    What’s the antidote for “I don’t know what to do?” Try things out. Staying in a place of not knowing what to do is indeed a dark place to be. One memory I had was when I had a hint of where I should be going for my research idea, but I didn’t know how… Read more

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  • Late-night musings #22

    When my husband agreed to let the stray cat—who chose us as his furr-ever home two weeks ago—live with us, our daily routine changed. Instead of feeling transient since I lived in the metro, having a cat in our marriage home made me feel grounded—the same feeling I have towards my childhood home. And I… Read more

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