Month: October 2025

  • Last 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…

  • You have full access to this post because you’re a paid subscriber. Thank you! 🤍 Welcome to The Menace Bulletin! It’s where you’ll find a curated collection of little discoveries, interesting tidbits, and all sorts of odd curiosities. THE GOODS Cool people and things I stumbled upon. Micro library I discovered this last July nung…

  • 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…

  • You have full access to this post because you’re a paid subscriber. Thank you! 🤍 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…

  • 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…

  • You have full access to this post because you’re a paid subscriber. Thank you! 🤍 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.…

  • 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…

  • You have full access to this post because you’re a paid subscriber. Thank you! 🤍 1. 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…

  • You have full access to this post because you’re a paid subscriber. Thank you! 🤍 Hello Panda 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…