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Why we like fast food
Yes, living alone is expensive (and lonely, too). And for a time, I just embraced living the dorm life. What do I mean? You know, where we just order everything we’d like to eat because it’s way easier than preparing a meal for one? Fast food makes our life more convenient, especially when we are Read more
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Buying time
If you think you can trade in real money later so you can get more minutes of sleep now, not because you lack sleep but because you are too lazy to wake up just yet, you may have a lot of extra money to spend. But isn’t it a path to poverty? What do you Read more
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Differences between different groups of humans
When I was younger and detached from the rest of the world (because the internet was only a thing for the wealthy back then), I dreamed about talking to different people worldwide. Now, it is my reality. How? By continually seeking to be part of global communities where we share common goals in life (like Read more
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What would the energy transition look like in the Philippines ten years from now?
This is my imagined story of what it would look like in the Philippine energy landscape ten years into the future (as submitted to the ENCLUDE Academy energy safari assignment). In 2032, Filipinos can now apply for government and bank loans to help finance their homes’ solar PV installations and energy storage acquisition. Financing requirements Read more
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Mature people
If you are somebody who leaves all kinds of leftovers in the sink, who do you think would clean it up? Do you think that by just leaving it, and you find it clean the next day, it magically cleaned itself up? And do you think you won’t have a stinky sink if you continue Read more
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Where our money goes
It’s funny how we convince ourselves to give into buying stuff because we deserve it, that we’ve earned it. That the hard work we’ve put into it should be paid back, so we pay ourselves with more stuff (and perhaps more food than we generally consume). But did you forget that our hard work was Read more
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Is being helpless something you learn?
You might say that your circumstances have shaped you and made you who you are today. Well, it would’ve been inspiring if you meant it that way. But if who you are today meant seeing yourself as having no power to change your circumstance, you might see yourself helpless and a victim of it. But Read more
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