Category: Blog
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The first few chapters of Katabasis felt like walking through an unfamiliar terrain; I wasn’t sure I’d find my footing. But I did. And after four days of reading in broken intervals, I finished it. My friend Amira recommended it to me last year, after I’d finished her 1st book recommendation in dark academia: Ninth…
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I patted myself on my back, yelling “Congratulations” out into the open, as if celebrating with a team. Celebrations in remote work feel lonely and empty, even when the group chats are loud with celebratory notifications. We were always crunching the hours to beat the deadline—shuffling between data gathering and writing, between data analysis and…
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While I was still living in Metro Manila, I kept myself abreast of the latest news and even spent hours binge-watching Senate hearings, or making them white noise as I worked at home (and sometimes in the lab too), as if they were television dramas. The governing powers just feel so close in the metro,…
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When I was in the metro, enjoying the things I haven’t tried at home—because there weren’t shops that offer them before—made me long for the day when I could share them with my family, especially my sister. Now that I’m back home—and local businesses are getting bolder and more creative with their products post-pandemic, just…
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I used to write words that rhymeLike singing songs in your headBut then I stopped suddenlyWriting things with harmonyThen one day I came acrossOther’s work of poetryAnd I recalled that I wasOnce having fun doing thisSo here I am hoping thatWriting one would lead me toWriting more and more of thisBut for now I’ll end…
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After spending days working at my laptop, I thought of a diversion: idle games. Yes, I may be in my 30s, but playing digital games is part of my growing up, so…. I have already tried being out in the sun and reading books, but this time I wanted to be visually stimulated. First, I…