“There’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.” ― Stephen King New findings from the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Science’s Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (UPD-CS IESM) indicate that the Philippines may face more potent and damaging typhoons…
CULTURE & SOCIETY
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An AI-powered Baybayin Translator is being Developed by UP Mathematicians
Here’s an exciting news for language, communications, and history enthusiasts out there. For those people who have been wanting to learn Baybayin like me but don’t have enough time, I guess a smart, AI-powered translator can help us bit by bit. A group of Filipino mathematicians has recently achieved a…
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5 Steps to a Successful Event-Planning in the Digital Era
Like in other aspects of society, 2020, the start of the pandemic year, accelerated a revolution in the event industry. Since the pandemic has limited each person’s movement, event organizers had to be more strategic in their work. They had no choice but to switch to the digital medium. From…
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I Miss Having Strong Political Opinions
Despite saying goodbye to my radical sensibilities in 2018, it was during this year that I have truly learned to be pragmatic. I believe being one is a great way to balance out my thoughts and perception of the world. Sometimes, however, I still miss having strong political opinions. Being…
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My Top 5 Distractions and How I Deal with Them
Never in the entire course of history have we ever discussed more distractions than today. We are living in an era of distractions, and it just keeps getting worse by the day. In this blog post, I’ll write about my top 5 distractions and how I deal with them. I…
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Good Vibrations 101: Count your Blessings
Welcome to my first Good Vibrations series of blogs. This time, I’ll be sharing why you should count your blessings. Last year, I blogged about promising to do 5 things that would serve as a motivation for my life in general. These five are very simple, but (quite frankly,) difficult…
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How are Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong Kong Coping up with COVID-19?
The adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic are already recognizable for most of my readers and for myself, but it doesn’t mean that we have a deep understanding of each of its repercussions to all the people in the world. In Hong Kong, where approximately 210,000 Filipinos are working, there is…
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A Friendly Reminder: Don’t Take Anything For Granted.
Don’t take anything for granted. Don’t take anyone for granted. It’s cliché, but with every life cycle, we forget to remember the great people and things that happen to us–until adversity strikes our lives. For the past two months, I’ve recently had a lot of breakdowns (like that of Jaclyn…
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Pedicab, Gaijin, Taken By Cars, DJ mon of TeamManila, and The Diegos GIG
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SvWUFd8mzo&w=320&h=266] Pedicab, Gaijin, Taken By Cars, DJ mon of TeamManila, and The Diegos will stop by Davao for their Excursion Tour this February 18, 2012, 7pm. It will be held at the new Davao indie music scene destination, Sa’Less Bar. Tickets are now available for P250 each. You can contact…