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Meeting Jesus Halfway
I was listening to the Black Eyed Peas’ “Meet Me Halfway,” which was much better than I remember. I listen to them pretty regularly, but this somehow slipped my mind. I’m glad I rediscovered…
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Games I Have Been Playing
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Have been on absolute rampage playing AAA games these past few months. Started with Death Stranding 2, which I enjoyed, in the broadest sense, but did not like…
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Botulism
I ate some bad chicken, and I was wondering if I was going to die of botulism. My clone went into my room to find the Neosporin because Sugar had scratched him while he…
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Helping Juno Move
At Juno’s house we were helping with putting things in boxes, either to be sold or to be moved, because they were moving to Apayao in the Cordillera region. Despite their best attempts Juno’s…
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Mystery of the Universe
Nowadays, I spent my time playing games, doing nothing at all. My life is a total waste. I do nothing but consume. I consume food. I consume video games media. I consume social media.…
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Intramuros
MY MOTHER—THE BEST I NEVER HAD—INTRAMUROS—BALUT—MANILA CATHEDRAL My mother, despite her faults, which I occasionally find myself despising, truly despising as one would the faults of one’s worst enemies, is a good, loving person.…
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RE: The Future
THE PAULINE LETTERS—WINGS PLACE—THE SCIENCE MUSEUM—A BABY “A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.”—Proverbs 13:25 I found this verse. The way it was written seemed…
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Chinese New Year, 2026, Part 1
My psychiatrist Dr. Taluntunan-Guyavera, who I called Dr. Tal, sat across from me in his office, and he smiled. Sometimes, we run out of things to talk about, and I think keeping quiet was…
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Valentine’s Day, 2026
For Valentine’s Day we decided to go as a group, even if neither of us were couples, except for Danny who (displeasing me greatly) brought his lover, a woman he met at the office…
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IKEA
Today, I went to the IKEA in Metro Manila. I was surprised to hear that it was the largest in the country. “Larger than Sweden?” I asked Emily. And she said yes, and I…
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a dream
been dreaming of a very specific chinese restaurant recently. located in a small tenement in a very large, dirty building in the very guts of manila. there are multiple floors, and you can climb…
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Cloned, Part 1
My friend Elmer is something of a genius. Like me he prefers to stay inside and read, but an important distinction between us is that he is an engineering genius. He has made his…