Category: personal
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Are you there, God?
It has been sweltering in the Philippines. I thought it was just an unusually hot summer, up until I found myself near faint in the heat in my own apartment. I headed out to seek refuge in an air-con mall, something I rarely do, but when that got out old I decided to brave the…
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[Writing Meme] Day 4: Your Favorite Book
I was a funny kid. I was more enamored by a list of banned books than I was by any best seller or recommended library list. Harriet the Spy caught my eye on a list of banned books in one of those almanacs. I was intrigued about the story of the spunky young kid who…
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A Scene from a Cot
My mother’s been in the hospital for the last few days to monitor her anemia. It’s nothing too serious, as she still has enough strength to nag me about the little things. On her second day she asked me to look for her flash disc – “it’s somewhere among the sheets!” When people tell me…
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February Updates: A Netbook and Events
The No Excuses Netbook Since the demise of Archangel, I’ve been in the market for a new laptop. I am a huge Mac fan, but the price is well out of my league for now. All I really needed was a machine to write with and give presentations on. After a few months of canvassing,…
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Searching for Close-to-Authentic Nasi Goreng in Manila
It was Indonesia that made me a foodie. I never realized how many tastes, textures, and flavors there were until I bit into a nasi goreng special. Cooking Master Boy, an anime, described certain flavor fusions to be like “A tornado in my mouth!” I first laughed at the horrible metaphor until I actually realized…