The only card game I know is Pusoy Dos. I only learned how to play this game when I was 17 years old. Up until then, I didn't even know how to shuffle a full deck of playing cards. It was summer and my friends and I were bored and broke in our own homes. Left… Continue reading This Glorious Nothingness
I change subjects approximately 8 times in 1 minute. I know this because some friends from work used to keep track of my topic shifts. A typical monologue from me would sound somewhat like this: "So my cat Moxie escaped from the living room last night and we were so freaked out OMIGOD. I mean,… Continue reading Of Bright Lights and Empty Spaces: Thoughts of the Perpetually Anxious
When I was twenty-five years old, I discovered that my friends were saying things about me behind my back. My roommate let slip that former co-workers had “issues” with the way I was “so vocal on social media”. I’d be lying if I tell you that it didn’t sting, because it did. I was dealing… Continue reading Blanket Apologies of An Overposter
In college, a well-meaning male friend told me that I was boring. He phrased it in this manner: "See, this is the problem with you. You're too --- museum-y. You like going to museums, crafting, and school. In my mind there are only two kinds of women: those looking for love, and those looking for… Continue reading In Defense of the Nerd
Of course the banana looks fake. We shot a plastic banana. (2008) We spent too many frames on the kangkong. (2017) Per Client, we need to cut the part with the baby. The baby is not on-brand. (2009) Okay, we can give you access to the fan page. But we can't give you access… Continue reading Things I Have Said In Meetings That Make No Sense To The Outside World – Part 1
February 2002 - In a cramped university office The faculty adviser was getting irritated. I'm not sure if it's because I came to the advisement session in white Birkenstocks and a sarong as a skirt. The summer was fast approaching. At the beginning of freshman year, my parents had let me choose my own major.… Continue reading On Getting What You Wished For (Part 2)
The Brief: New York Cheesecake What I Submitted: New York Cheesecake with a Raspberry Coulis Client: (unresponsive) Client: Great! Let's make award-winning cheesecake. Client: (silently hands me Cheez Whiz and graham crackers) Client: I need it tomorrow ha.
June 2008 My uncle had already warned me about the city. On my first night, he pulled up a map on his computer. He explained the grid to me. "This is where you will go. I'm sorry I cannot take you there myself." I nodded calmly, silently overwhelmed by the task at hand. Before… Continue reading Bottle Me Up #1: Arrival
It was 839am when I awoke this morning. I rolled over, grabbed my phone, checked my email, then spent the next hour working while lying down. Ten years ago, I would have been ecstatic. Flashbacks are necessary at this point. June 2005 The alarm blares at exactly 6am, and I wake up overwhelmed with dread.… Continue reading On Getting What You Wished For
Full disclosure: I almost named this blog "Matutulog Ka Pa Ba, Ate?" I was reading Damn Good Advice by George Lois* the other day whilst plaintively nibbling on a cookie and it hit me: when was the last time I actually wrote something other than a social media update? A few years ago, I had… Continue reading What Am I Doing Up?
Chos And The City 