Category: Life

  • 4AM Thoughts (on Intersectional Representation)

    I have no idea where this all came from last night, but it was a stimulating self-directed discussion nevertheless. But waking up 6 hours after my last 4AM comment, I still have the same questions. I feel conscious now. Should I check my privilege? Do we have the right to feel insulted and to go…

  • Third year Biology + BS Org work = a lot of moments reluctantly executed in the dark of the night. In the future I would like some sleep, food and time in the spa.  Look at that mess (the backdrop, not my face. I think). 

  • You know the words. The baby’s a bastard, you’re a whore. But there’s no word for the man who doesn’t come back. -Polly to Ada, Peaky Blinders E02 xx

  • Current Events :)

    It pays to be informed. In a move critics call “policing femininity,” recent rule changes by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the governing body of track and field, state that for a woman to compete, her testosterone must not exceed the male threshold. If it does, she must have surgery or receive hormone…

  • Heyyy Greeting Cards!

    I like making cards for various occasions. (And I can be persuaded take commissions!)

  • Life Update #84733

    My life is full of updates. I honestly cannot find the will or the time to write anything more than reactions or five-line poetry. I can’t even write a proper blog post, which is unfortunate. My life is actually really interesting and intense right now. I just don’t want to write about it. I am…

  • this week, in open letters to the world

    Read under the cut :)

  • Response: U.P. is so iba na

    Originally posted on Sankage Steno: Like I was in the University of the Philippines kanina in Diliman, and I noticed that my Alma Mater is so iba na. It has changed talaga, like a total makeover! Gosh. And I’m not talking about the bagong structures ha or the monorail that was made paandar here and…

  • … I don’t remember much about my dad anymore. But when I watch old videos and look at how he interacts with me, all I could see is the fond look in his eyes, every moment lined with a lot of love and maybe a little exasperation at my kid self. I feel it against…