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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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It’s incredible how you can remember so little about your childhood the more you advance in years. It felt like the new ones had overwritten the old, but it also felt that the old memories went further into the deepest recess of our minds. But for the few memories we remember, we look back at…
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I thought I didn’t have much stuff until one day, traveling back to the metro forced me to pack most of them. So how should one pack? First, you have to check what you already have. Then, it would help if you sorted through the basics, the essentials, and the fluff. Well, you must leave…
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