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Note: This is part 3 of 8 field notes from a solar home system assessment my team conducted in remote communities in Palawan. Details that could identify the service provider and specific project have been redacted to protect the integrity of the work. The observations and reflections here are my own. The households farthest from…
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Note: This is part 2 of 8 field notes from a solar home system assessment my team conducted in remote communities in Palawan. Details that could identify the service provider and specific project have been redacted to protect the integrity of the work. The observations and reflections here are my own. Not everyone I spoke…
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Note: This is part 1 of 8 field notes from a solar home system assessment my team conducted in remote communities in Palawan. Details that could identify the service provider and specific project have been redacted to protect the integrity of the work. The observations and reflections here are my own. The four households I…
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This fear of feeling like a failure has been nagging at me during the quiet moments of the day, when I am left alone with the voice inside my head. It settles in—uninvited, unhurried—like it knows I won’t chase it away. And then, as if to answer something I hadn’t yet said out loud, I…
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As a party host in a crowd filled with 30s and above, I need to do a lot of convincing to get them to at least have a slice of cake. But with children? All you need to do is convince one, and then like dominoes, they would begin to flock around the cake to…
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It feels like a gnawing from under my skin, pushing my brain to go wild. I just want to pull my skin off from my flesh to make that sick feeling go away, to let pain rule instead. Pain feels better, like meeting an expectation. At least it’s concrete. But waiting and not knowing for…
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The idea of a 16-hour drive sounds fun—when you’re 20 👀. And my body had to remind me that I am way past that. Still, my mind convinced me it was a fun experience because I traveled with my family. The main highlight of our trip was giving our 89-year-old grandpa a surprise visit at…
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