Gleniz da MenaceLast night’s dream:
Ang setting ay nasa palengke ako, naglalakad, nang makita ko ang Mommy (my lola) na nagtitinda ng gulay at isda. Except it wasn’t really Mommy. It was Mommy’s hologram projection (the work of AI). She had this pleasant wide smile at suot nya ang kanyang pambahay uniform: daster. Nandun din yung mga co-teachers nya sa bandang likod, nagtitinda at mga naka-daster din. I was aware that the co-teachers are real people and Mommy was just a projection, so lalampasan ko lang dapat.
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I discovered this last July nung maganda pa ang weather at araw-araw pa kong naglalakad. Lumihis ako sa usual walking route ko at nakita ko ‘tong maliit na building. Nung mas nakalapit pa ko, library pala sya!
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Not that any one cares, but I have a funny little PSA:
Dito sa Canada, they spell color as colour, flavor as flavour (they use British spelling more often) at gusto ko syang i-adapt. But I’ve refrained from doing that kasi laking Pilipinas naman ako. Baka sabihin bakit biglang naging ganun yung spelling ko. Kaso gusto kooo! Haha ewan ko, mas maganda lang sya sa paningin ko.
Every time I stick to my usual spelling and see that red dotted underline (courtesy of the spell check tool), one, I get slightly annoyed, and two, nate-tempt akong baguhin pero pinipigilan ko yung sarili ko.
The little PSA is, hindi ko na pipigilan ang sarili ko 😆 I will now spell behavior as behaviour and favorite as favourite. Yun laaaaaaaaaaaang.
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Hello from my cozy little home office. Ang aga kong nagising ngayon (5:30AM) which meant more time to read, journal, and write my 12th Thursday letter. After reading my saved articles (hoping to spark some ideas), hindi ko pa rin alam kung anong isusulat ko today. So binasa ko yung latest entry sa journal ko at meron pala akong ginawang list:
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I wanted to share an article I read about being a good person. The author—drawing from social media standards and contemporary novels—humorously summed it up this way:
First and foremost, a good person possesses a deep understanding of power structures and her relative place in them. She has a sense of humor that never “punches down.” She doesn’t subtweet, buy stuff on Amazon, or fly on too many planes. She has children in order to fend off narcissism—a bad quality—and develop a stake in the future of planet Earth, but she would never presume to judge another woman’s choice. And though she occasionally makes mistakes—cheats on her boyfriend, offends her friends after drinking too much, doesn’t call her mom very often—she admits them. A good person is not perfect (she has read enough not to fall for that trap), but she is self-aware.
Lauren Oyler — For Goodness’ Sake
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It’s time for the quarterly report!
Just like last time, I’ll start with the percentages of our monthly average expenses, then move on to the detailed breakdown of the numbers. Looking at last quarter’s average (left), there were definitely changes.
Again, I’ve highlighted the highest and lowest expense for each month:
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Malapit na kaming mag-isang taon dito sa Calgary, at ang recurring theme pa rin ng conversations namin ni Kenneth ay: “Ang saya at thankful ko na nandito na tayo ngayon.” Hindi pa rin kami maka-move on. The locals may not fully relate, pero sobra sobra ang appreciation namin sa lugar na ‘to. Lalo na si Kenneth. Sya yung mas paulit-ulit about finally being here.
Interestingly, wala naman talaga sa wish list namin na makalipat ng Calgary. We really thought forever na kami sa Winnipeg (we lived there for 6 years). At kung sumagi man sa isip ko ang paglipat, sa Vancouver ko naiisip. Pero since hindi namin kaya ang cost of living sa BC in general, I just file that thought under my daydreams category. Until one day, bigla na lang kaming naging in-sync ni Kenneth at nagtuloy-tuloy na ang proseso ng paglipat namin dito.
Note: Eventually nakapasyal din kami sa BC, at Calgary pa rin talaga ang #1 for us. Oo maganda, pero ang mahal talaga!
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It took me more than a year, but I finally finished The Graveyard Book. When I started reading it, I stopped at 20%, paused for 15 months, picked it up again, then finished it in a week.
Every time I read a Neil Gaiman book, my initial reaction is always, “I don’t get this. This is out of my league.” But I learned that if I just keep going and let myself enter his mysterious world, I would eventually be enchanted by it. I have to keep this in mind whenever I start one of his books again.
I currently have 38 books on my ‘currently reading’ list and maybe that’s just how it is. Maybe each book has its own time and place (The Graveyard Book was gifted to me by my sister last Christmas of 2020!) and I’ll pick them up again when the timing feels right.
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Nung nagta-trabaho pa ko sa Maynila, madalas akong mag-bus mula probinsya namin papuntang Makati. At minsan, may makakatabi ako na may naka-ready syang snacks (4 hrs din kasi ang byahe) tapos maiinggit na lang ako habang sarap na sarap sya sa pagkain ng Hello Panda (minsan Chips Ahoy or Oreos). Nakakainis. Bakit nga ba hindi ko naisip mag-baon? Tamang wishful thinking na lang ako na sana alukin nya ko kahit isang Hello Panda lang. Tapos matatawa lang ako dun sa thought kong yun kasi ang unusual naman na gagawin nya yun. Kahit ako hindi ko yun maiisip gawin kasi parang weird.
Sa dinami-raming beses na sumakay ako ng bus, never nangyare na may nag-alok ng pagkain. Kaya nagulat na lang ako nung nasa flight ako papuntang Winnipeg last month. May nakatabi akong babae (feeling ko mas bata sakin) tapos inalok nya ko nung kinakain nyang sweets! Bumalik yung mga bus memories ko at natuwa ako. Ang thoughtful naman nya! Pero tumanggi ako kasi hindi naman ako gutom (kung Hello Panda pa yun).
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