jessa

Everyday Stories, Lived

Media

  • Looking for an app that can turn your voice recordings into shareable videos?

    Now that you’re nodding, Jupitrr can help you promote your content faster and easier. I’ve used it and it’s so easy to use. What’s more? It’s FREE! Go check it out. And here’s a sample of my recording in Jupitrr, from my latest podcast episode in Life After School. Read more


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  • They look like real people

    We consume media and allow it to tell us what truth means. But seeing the truth through its lens isn’t as truthful as we hoped. Admit it or not, we Google for almost everything. And in this way, we allow Google to define truth. We have trained ourselves to trust the first result we get from… Read more


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  • Music enthralls, music captivates

    I never really learned how to appreciate classical music before. Perhaps I was never exposed to it nor met people who dived deeper into the art. But today, I won’t be turning back. Listening to Filipino artists play guitar, piano, and cello opened me to a whole new world of music. They don’t play music… Read more


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  • “Be careful what you put out there”

    You’ve probably heard about the saying, “The best place to hide a dead body is page two of Google.” Actually, when I read that from this book, it made me grin. Why? Because I seldom go to page 2, unless page 1 did not satisfy me at all (which is rare). How often do you… Read more


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  • The problem isn’t the tech?

    There have been so many times when I keep thinking about the bad habits I acquired through the years. What kind, you ask? The practices that bother me are primarily about how I relate with my phone. It feels like an itch I couldn’t scratch. As if there’s something wrong, but I cannot figure it… Read more


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  • How do you spend your time?

    How often do you begin your day? How do you spend it and end it with your hands almost and always groping around for your devices? Just as their creators envisioned a world where devices help us make the most of our day by taking away the things that consume most of our time, we… Read more


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  • Stuck with so many choices

    Something feels wrong. Very wrong. As I was thinking about what to do next, or perhaps, how to best make use of my time, I paused. Not that I have to, but it seemed the right thing to do at the time. I wondered why I always felt I needed to hurry to do the… Read more


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