Category: Miscellaneous

Gold!

What a great time to be alive! The Philippines finally bags its first Olympic gold medal courtesy of weightlifter, Hidilyn Diaz!

Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremonies

The Olympic flame was lit, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad is officially open! Here’s a link to the opening ceremonies along with my thoughts.

Tokyo Olympics Coming In!

The Tokyo Olympics is coming in two days! Is it still appropriate to call it the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

LRT2 2021 Fare Matrix

The Light Rail Transit Authority of the Philippines formally released the updated fare matrix for the LRT-2 in line with the opening of the east extension.

PHLPost Strikes Again

Just as I thought that I’d never get to deal with PHLPost again, it turned out that they’re the culprit to my latest debacle.

Back to Square ZERO

The Philippines recently passed the first anniversary of its lockdown earlier this month. Now, a year hence, the situation is at its worst so far.

Before You Dispose Your Masks

I’m sure that you’ve already disposed a lot of face masks by now, but next time you do, please spare some time to cut the ear loops…

Project “Brownout” Resiliency

When typhoon “Ulysses” (Vamco) shut down power and mobile data services in our area, it made me realize how vulnerable we were. We didn’t have a single candle for lighting, and I can’t even send out a text message in case of emergency! That’s when I started this project to improve our resiliency. These are…

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How Potatoes Inspired Me to Cook

As I promised myself during the pandemic, cooking is an essential skill that I should start learning.  But also because of the pandemic, this would have to be done virtually, like many other things.  You’d be surprised to know that potatoes helped me gain confidence to pursue cooking! Learning to cook in the middle of…

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