Opinions and Writings
Marketplace vultures
I was checking up on a bunch of things tucked away in our storage spaces. Even in proper storage, you can't be sure if they'd hold up no thanks to the heat and humidity. Somewhere underneath old boxes, I chanced upon the kid's foldable stroller. We were meaning to...
Day 142: Prepping for virtual preschool
We bit the bullet and enrolled The Kid to preschool. She's starting school next week. Partly, there's that parental fear that she will be left behind if she doesn't enroll this year. Partly, we're just looking for new activities for her to do. Before COVID, she's used...
Day 6: Supply run 1
Day 6 ng coronavirus quarantine. Unang beses lumabas mula nang mag-lockdown. Supply run. Full battle gear. Naka-mahabang manggas, pantalon, baseball cap, mask, salamin at gwantes. May de-spray na alcohol bottle sa bulsa. Bago makalabas ng subdivision, may pila ang...
Wala bang warranty ang 2020?
Matindi talaga ang dagok ng 2020 sa ating lahat. Patung-patong na takot ang dala nito. Kaya kahit paano ay maiintindihan mo kung bakit napaka-irational ng mga tao ngayon. Hindi naman sa dapat ay pabayaan na lang nating maghari ang takot pero kung dadaanan mo nga naman...
On panic, buying, and COVID-19
Ayan na po ang COVID-19. Padami na nang padami ang naitatalang mga kaso. At nagsimula nang maalarma ang sambayanang Pilipino. Ugali namin sa bahay na may at least two-weeks supply ng mga bagay-bagay. Hindi uso sa akin yung kapag naghanap ako ng bagay ay sasabihin sa...
Amping up the hobby
I've been fiddling with photography for over a decade now. For the most part, I had been shooting casually, taking snapshots of friends, food, and places. As for events, I only covered my old company's parties and family gatherings. I've experimented with a few other...
A gaijin in the wild
It's almost a year since but I still fondly look back at our Japan trip. I've always been a fan of Japanese food, history, rock music, and anime so Japan had been a must-visit for me. So when the family decided that we're all going to visit my sis-in-law in Osaka, I...
Boxing the fatness away
Weight loss has always seemed to be a Sisyphean task for me. We have a family history of obesity so darn genetics for giving me the fat gene. And having been obese in my younger years, my fat cells just want to swell up whenever I succeed in getting trim. My constant...
Onward to 2019
So I've been remiss writing end-of-year recaps for a couple of year now in this long-forgotten blog. It's 2019 and we're almost closing out the 2010's. I'm in my mid-30s now. I'm almost legitimately qualified to have my mid-life crisis even if I'm not sure I've even...