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Q3 Recap + Happy Anniversary!

I didn’t even realize that my Gleniz da Menace newsletter just turned a year old! I still have my occasional once-or-twice-a-month free posts, but September last year I started making these exclusive posts to help support this ancient blog of mine.

Though I am fairly consistent with my creative output here, I am sluggish in a business sense and find discomfort in promoting this paid newsletter too much. So if you find enjoyment in what I write here, I hope you’ll consider a paid subscription. If you’re wondering if it’s worth it, here’s a note from one of the early subscribers:

I shared this with Kenneth and tried reading the message out loud to him but failed ‘cos I started crying. Thank you for your generous words 🥺

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Maliit na Pulang Speaker

I was connecting to my Bluetooth speaker at nakita ko sa device list yung speaker ng Mommy. My heart sank. Bumalik sakin yung mga days sa ospital na tatanungin ko ang Mommy kung gusto nyang makinig ng music, tapos tatango sya. Papatugtugin ko dun sa maliit na pulang speaker yung mga paborito nyang lumang kanta, o kaya minsan mga piano music. Tatanungin ko sya ng, “Rinig mo Mommy?” kasi nakikipagsabayan sa music yung tunog ng mechanical ventilator nya. Ipi-pwesto ko yung speaker sa may ulunan nya para sure na rinig nya.

Hay sobrang miss kita Mommy 😔

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Jet Lag

It’s 3:30AM at three hours na kong hindi makatulog. Kakabalik lang namin dito sa Canada two days ago at expected ko na yung mga ganitong nights na sira ang tulog ko. Medyo sabog yung utak ko ngayon pero na-miss kong magsulat dito. And I’m typing this on my new laptop! Well, technically hindi sya bago kasi laptop ‘to ng kapatid ko. Nag-switch kami ng gadgets. Nasa kanya na yung iPad Pro ko at nasakin na ngayon yung MacBook Air nya. Sakto kasi gusto ko nang magkaron ng bagong laptop na hindi na kelangan isaksak para lang mabuhay, at si Tricia naman, gusto nya ng iPad para daw madali syang mag-take notes when talking to clients.

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Ramblings #55

I miss you.

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Ramblings #54

Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

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The Menace Bulletin No. 1

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.

First edition is on the house, but I’d probably reserve future ones for paid subscribers *finger heart*

THE GOODS

Cool people and things I stumbled upon.

Steal like an artist

Austin Kleon is one of my favourite artists and I’m happy to see that he has a new podcast guesting! He’s a treasure trove of knowledge about other artists and is just filled with creativity wisdom. I like how he can almost immediately pull up a quote relevant to the topic being discussed and cite his sources at the same time—his most popular book is Steal Like an Artist but he doesn’t neglect to credit the artists he’s “stealing” from. I appreciate that about him. Because what I can’t stand is when people bring up an insight or copy an idea but neglect or forget to mention where they got it from. It doesn’t give the opportunity for curious consumers to explore and dig deep into the source. Well, the worst thing is passing off an idea as their own and that’s just plain sleazy. Not cool.

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Mid-Year Check 2025

Bilis ng panahon. A lot of things happened. Winter turned into spring, tapos ngayon summer na. Met new people, wrote a lot, feelings were felt, tears were shed. There were joys and laughter too—which I badly badly needed. It’s hard to face the second half of the year without feeling a sense of fear. I just really hope our family can take a breather and wala munang mangyari na mabigat.

Each start of the year since 2021, I make a game plan for the upcoming year. I also set a theme. This year’s was:

Make maximum personal impact through simplified effort

This theme’s goal is to prevent myself from being overwhelmed and just gain more clarity. I just want to keep things simple as much as I can. Whether it’s my routine, my clothes, how I eat, or my hobbies. I intend to have more feelings of peace and less anxiety.

So far, the feelings of overwhelm I experienced this year is less than last year, so pakiramdam ko nagagawa ko naman unti-unti.

Now let’s revisit my 2025 goals:

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Q2 Recap

The last few months have been very difficult—it still is—and I continue to maneuver through this extremely tricky feeling called grief. I just want to say thank you to everyone who expressed their sympathies. Whether I managed to give a decent response or not, know that it made the heaviness a little bit bearable.

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Rating My Hobbies

Our lola (I love you!) really made sure na bukod sa academics, marami din dapat kaming extra curricular activities. So bata pa lang ako, na-expose na ko sa iba-ibang hobbies. Kaya yung iba dito, inaral ko involuntarily pero nagustuhan ko rin nung huli. Yung iba naman, sinubukan ko talagang seryosohin as my career.

I will enumerate lahat ng hobbies na pinasok ko and try to rate them. Tapos sa huli, I will pick a top 3 and list kung ano pa yung ibang interesting hobbies na gusto kong i-try.

1. Singing

★★★★★

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Lulutang-Lutang

Nung nagsasalita ang mga kaibigan ng lola ko sa burol nya, nakakatuwang pakinggan yung kasiyahan na binigay nya sa ibang tao. Nakaka-proud na isa ako sa mga apo nya. Ang paulit-ulit na mga salita na nababanggit ay yung words na thoughtful at generous. Hindi ‘to yung basta mag-eenumerate ka lang ng positive words para may masabi lang. Yun na yun talaga ang character ng Mommy.

👵🏼👩🏻

Nung elementary ako, pag binibigyan nya ko ng pera pangmeryenda, pati kaibigan ko meron din. Kahit nasa ibang bansa na ko—may trabaho at may asawa na—one time nung umuwi ako, nagulat ako na may inaabot sya sakin na envelope. Sabi ko nyek, Mommy wag na. Ay sakin daw yun. Kasi hindi na raw ako nakakapag-Pasko at birthday sa Pilipinas kaya hindi na raw nya ko nareregaluhan. Basta hindi sya pumapayag na hindi ko tatanggapin. Nung binilang ko after, 20k! Sobrang dami pang example. Sya ang punong abala pagpapatahi ng costumes at gowns pag may activity ako sa school. Sya rin ang nag-udyok at nag-finance ng piano lessons ko. Isa sya sa number one na tumulong sa mga magulang ko para makapagtapos ako ng Nursing. Kahit yung pagaasikaso namin pagpunta ditong Canada, naka-assist pa rin sya.

Wala talaga kaming masabi. Sobra-sobra ang binigay nya sa aming lahat, na kahit anong attempt namin, hindi namin kayang matumbasan.

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