Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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Can you tell me what I should do next?
I was so accustomed to being told what to do that I’ve forgotten how to make decisions on my own. It’s not that I do this intentionally. Waiting for instructions about what to do next always feels comfortable and familiar, and my mind keeps going back to this default setting. When other people inadvertently make… Read more
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Steady drumbeat
Writing here daily, at least that’s what I intended since I started this blog, requires a conscious decision to be here every day. To type in the words I would have instead kept in my head, pile up, and become waste the next day. Writing here daily can get mundane and boring, at least when… Read more
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Thinking brain on the drain
Been thinking about discipline lately, mostly because I feel like I am losing grasp of it, especially in moments when I surrender my autonomy to mindless media consumption as if saying to the tech, “Here are all my human capabilities, take them down to the drain.“ These days, lacking discipline means losing control over what… Read more
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Imaginary walls and non-existent boundaries
Assumptions kept me from seeing what was possible, as they dictated non-existent boundaries. The moment I decided to explore the edges, I discovered no harm in crossing over the imaginary wall I had built. Like me, I guess there are times when you do not try to do something new just because you assume you… Read more
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Access to opportunities
As I was talking with a friend recently, we both recalled the time when we wondered about accessing academic publication opportunities during our master’s studies because we both graduated from universities that did not make it easily accessible to us. Neither of us even knew where to begin. We never had any idea that academic… Read more
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The stories we tell ourselves
I recall traveling through the same streets I’d walked my entire life and feeling like something was calling me beyond the familiar roads of my small city. I used to tell myself that I was made for something more, bound to do greater things, and destined to leave my small city and become a global… Read more
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“Stuck generation”
We know what we want. And we want to live comfortably. However, comfort often comes at a price. In the Philippines, a flood-free area with a peaceful neighborhood is expensive, which adds to the total cost of living. Maintaining our well-being also requires money, such as an occasional treat to a body spa or a… Read more
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