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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • Late-night musings #4

    Revisiting some short poems I wrote eight years ago makes me think about how much I changed. Some parts of me remained, but some I’ve learned to let go or perhaps suppress because they are not needed anymore. Yet, those same parts have helped me become who I am today and write the things I Read more

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  • “What’s good to eat?”

    In the middle of a task, half of my mind shifts away by asking, “What’s good to eat?” while trying to escape the other half, which tries to focus and be in the flow. That was last year. And a year before that, and before that, too. Okay, I might be in an unhealthy cycle, and you Read more

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  • The business people

    Over a short period of spending time with business people, I began to realize how different they organize and plan their days compared with employed professionals like me. Whereas we (the employees) think of 8-to-5 working hours every day as the only opportunity to make money (of course, except the freelancers who work on top Read more

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  • Late-night musings #3

    Thought about tricking my mind into thinking that the day was still long just by being on the wheels all day. But the sun can’t hold up, and the moon can’t wait. Read more

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  • Building habits

    Have you ever thought about building habits this year? If yes, I just read from a journal article on the psychology of habit that you could create a set of habits as you pursue a goal. Given that everyday habits develop as people go about pursuing life goals, habit formation is closely intertwined with goal Read more

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  • First new year as …

    Sure, we have different stories to tell about all our firsts. Still, we often retell them through rose-tinted lenses, always beautiful and romantic. We always find joy in our firsts: first time to hold hands, first time to embrace, and first time to kiss. For me, today is my first time spending the new year Read more

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  • The transformation of an old coal power plant

    These days, I keep thinking about coal power plants and what they’d become once they were decommissioned. The thought has been running around my head for some time now following the COP28 agreements about transitioning away from fossil fuels. In the Philippines, there has already been a moratorium on new coal power plants (which is Read more

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