I have had an emotional day, and it's barely 1 PM. Over class today, we talked about climate affect, how emotions are political, and how we can together start thinking of envisioning a better world. Often thinking about the world ending can be paralysing -- often I find myself on the other end of questions… Continue reading Hope persisting
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Kota: Tips and Tricks (and Stuff I Wish I’d Known)
To the Filipino hiker, Mt. Kinabalu isn't as hard the way conventional Filipino mountains are hard. Where Filipino mountains rely on natural trails (a root becomes a step, a branch, your foothold), Mt. Kinabalu is 80% stairs. This means the best way to train for Kota is not exactly to run hills, or to climb… Continue reading Kota: Tips and Tricks (and Stuff I Wish I’d Known)
Off to save the world
Moana, the new Disney protagonist, is the curly-haired, dark-skinned daughter of the chieftain of one of the islands in the middle of the Pacific. And over the course of the past two weeks, I've had people approach me and tell me I remind them so much of the character. To which I reply with a… Continue reading Off to save the world
Tide/high
This is the part, you've got to say all that you're feeling, feeling Packing a bag, we're leaving tonight when everyone's sleeping, sleeping Let's run away I'll run away with you P H O T O D U M P
The world is our playground and we will always be home
You found me Where will we go from here I swear I belong This is where I belong Where do we go from here? Keep me It was the second night of the usual vacation festivities -- intoxicated bodies in swimwear, hair tousled by the breeze, the smell of salt clinging to our… Continue reading The world is our playground and we will always be home
Subterranean
The thing I like best about science is the fact of its humility. Sometimes it tells you things: big things, small things, medium things, and then, when pressed for explanation, it says, "But no one knows why this is so." My favourite manifestation of this is that trivia about ducks. Apparently, according to that magazine… Continue reading Subterranean
REBEL: EDSA at 30
People spent yesterday in various ways -- some stayed at home and read up on the events that gave us back our democracy, others went outside and retraced the steps taken by quiet heroes, a few went away to unwind, and many still did not do anything out of the ordinary. Last night, armed with… Continue reading REBEL: EDSA at 30
Philippine Travels #8: Getting Lost and Getting There (and updates!)
My roommate and I have always been huge fans of never really making plans. One morning you'd see us just witnessing the sunrise from the nest we have made in the condo, and the next you'll just learn that we're already at the other side of the metro, a bus conductor wedged between us two… Continue reading Philippine Travels #8: Getting Lost and Getting There (and updates!)
Philippine Travels # 7: Myopia
And should I face disillusionment or disenchantment in law school, I would just have to lean back and remove my glasses -- and figure out which things I would have to focus on at this very moment.
Of perpetual finds 