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"There was once an old man who woke up at two in the morning every day to stand guard at his house from the inside. He said it was necessary for him to protect his house from burglars.""While his explanation does make sense, he has been losing much-needed sleep. The best thing to do is …

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375 – On A 2023 Q1 Update (Part 3)

We started off March with a trip to Tagaytay in the southern province of Cavite. Dad purchased a new automatic transmission car and he wanted to have it road-tested on the expressway, so off we went. Our original destination was Breakfast at Antonio's, which we first visited in 2013 when Mom was still around. However, …

374 – On A 2023 Q1 Update (Part 2)

February didn’t have many events happening on my end. I did leave the house to undergo my annual physical examination, which had been put on hold for far too long because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While initially optional, our workplace later announced that it would be mandatory in compliance with Philippine occupational safety and health …

373 – On A 2023 Q1 Update (Part 1)

Now that I’ve wrapped up 2022 in four parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4), let’s start the cycle anew by recapping what went on during the first quarter of 2023. On the second day of the new year, the three of us – Dad, younger brother, and yours truly – visited …

367 – On 6 City Pop Tunes

I can't exactly give a textbook definition of city pop, but I can describe how it sounds like. For me and other listeners though, city pop sounds like an evening stroll in a neon-sign filled district in the Japanese capital Tokyo. Textbook definitions describe the genre straight out of the Land of the Rising Sun …