Life
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Five years ago, I started this blog
Five years ago, I told the voices in my head, the naysayers, that shipping the work precedes building an audience. I was able to blog daily for two years and have tried to stick to it (but failed) in the years that followed. I could list all my reasons (or excuses) but I would rather Read more
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Letter no. 49
Dear reader from the future, Whenever provinces and cities get flooded in the Philippines, I always think about anthropogenic climate change. But there’s another problem that originates from human activity: greed. As the government poured out billions for adaptation efforts, bad actors found ways to steal what should have protected us from rising waters. But Read more
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The uncomfortable zone
Not yet knowing how to do things feels uncomfortable. Learning something new is where self-doubt rings loud as you pretend to know what you’re doing, even when you don’t. At least not yet. My body always groans when I drag it into learning new things or relearning things I have forgotten. It feels the drag and complains and protests and resists change. My Read more
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“Malicious lies can wound”
Who then is telling the truth? This question haunts me still, even after learning how “malicious lies can wound” in my free speech class. But the real education came from living it. I remember the pathological liar who taught me my first brutal lesson years ago. They would always say the right words to your Read more
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To give and not take
It’s easy to wake up every day thinking only about ourselves as the center of our universe. It’s easy to constantly put ourselves as the main character even when it is not our story and not even about us. As set by default, we think only about our welfare and benefits. What takes effort is Read more
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