Does work from home drive me insane? What a rhetorical question. It’s been two years and the Philippines is still not fully going back to face-to-face classes. We’re still on Zoom University. I was watching an episode of the new season of Queer Eye entitled ‘A Night to Remember’ and as someone working in the … Read more
most progressive aka most rockstar thing’ that has happened to Catholic Church. But today I was taken aback by his statement.
Hey it’s me again! Here are my scrambled thoughts on Steve’s come back and Blue’s Clues, Zedd and EDM, and Lily Collin’s outfits in Emily in Paris. MY BLUE’S CLUES MEMORIES 8th of September, rainy morning. I was in the car with my sister after her second dose of vaccine. We were ordering takeaway breakfast … Read more
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on the impact of getting my COVID vaccine, feeling nostalgic with Christina Aguilera songs, and trying to look back how typhoon season in the Philippines changed over the years. I GOT MY COVID VACCINE! NOW WHAT? I’ve been vaccinated with Moderna vaccine for quite a while. It has made me less … Read more
I’m back with my usual rambling on my boring daily life this pandemic! This time, I will try to compare Zoom and Google Meet, vent more about GCQ and the more becoming nonsensical quarantine classifications in the Philippines, and a little bit about my mental health. ZOOM VS. GOOGLE MEET Hmmm, where to begin the … Read more
I hope whoever reads this will not get sick and tired of me talking about Money Heist yet! As of writing, I am at Part 3, and sadly, I’m not sure if I still like it since the heist at the Royal Mint of Spain is over (and Oslo, Moscow, and Berlin are gone huhu!). … Read more
As I have been sharing in my past few blogs, I have been working on NOT working on a weekend, therefore I would try to pursue some hobbies, creative projects, self-care, and other extra-curricular activities. This Saturday, I worked on two things: (1) editing my past street photos, specifically my Tokyo photos, and (2) desperately … Read more
It’s Friday! A meeting got cancelled, but I still had one in the afternoon and it went really great. I surely miss talking to people in general (aside from my family, which I was with for quite some time already), and it was quite a refreshing discussion. I can’t believe I’m not dreading on a … Read more
I had three classes today, and I cleaned my room here in Batangas. I was also able to catch up on a few self-care habits such as skin care and proper diet. Yay! Some days I really feel like shit, but some days I have energy to catch up with life. DEPRESSION, A WORD THAT … Read more
It’s the first day of another month! Cue ‘September’ by Earth Wind and Fire! (cliche alert!) BER MONTH You know the first thing I did today upon waking up? I played the song ‘Christmas in our Hearts’ by Jose Mari Chan in full volume, followed by Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. … Read more
Even before I majored in Politics and got obsessed with history, culture, anthropology, and the arts, among others, I have been visiting museums since time immemorial because I feel intelligent about it. We all have our experiences going to museums for educational trips in school, but my most memorable one was when our high school … Read more
Cover photo was from a random Valentine’s Day class photo in another university I used to teach in because doing screenshots for class photos over Zoom for my recent classes has always been a depressing idea to me. As a preliminary assignment before discussing the different forms of Political Art that exists in Southeast Asia … Read more
This term, I have a regular teaching load (12 units) plus one special class. This was actually fewer than my heaviest term ever where I had 15 units of regular teaching load and 2 special classes. I’m starting to develop a horrible sleep hygiene because it’s taking me a lot of time to prepare for … Read more
I’ve been studying political realism over and over again since I first read Sun Tzu’s Art of War for my International Relations class in college, until I went to grad school, and eventually when I joined the academia, there will always be at least one undergraduate class I’m handling where I have to reiterate the … Read more
The more I feel like I’m trying to save myself from getting hurt, the more I actually feel hurt. First of all, weather check! It’s that time of the year, and I’m opening my window because I loooove the rainy days and the sound of the rain. Which reminds me, Phyllis and I share a … Read more