Saturday slog

Saturday slog

Being a football parent has been quite taxing. I’m lucky enough to have the flexibility to duck out during the week to fetch my daughter after practice—which happens twice a week, assuming the schedule actually holds. But considering how fickle the school calendar can...
Leaky faucet

Leaky faucet

Given all the kid’s extracurriculars, having even just one of the weekends free for just rest has been rare. Today should’ve been one of those days. Tomorrow, the kid’s got a karate tournament to go to. So just one day to relax. But no....
Consequences of cheapskating

Consequences of cheapskating

We’re almost into the homestretch of another school year for the kid. By next year, she’ll be allowed to bring a mobile phone to school. In a couple more years, she’ll be needing her own laptop. It just so happened that the hand-me-down phones that I’ve been using...
Yakiniku peasant

Yakiniku peasant

Napadayo kami sa MOA nitong huli dahil sa football tournament ni Bulilit. Minsan lang naman kami mapadpad doon kaya sinundan na rin namin ng libot. Natiyempuhan naming hindi mahaba ang pila sa Yakiniku King. Matagal na rin kaming hindi nakapagya-yakiniku kaya...
Black hole sun

Black hole sun

So maybe I should take what the (Meta) algorithm has been feeding me as omen. Over the past month, I’ve being shown rants from Samsung owners groups about the dreaded screen issues like lines running vertically across their phones and dead pixels that sprout and...