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  • i don’t hate indigenous peoples, but i never learned to love them either

    i don’t hate indigenous peoples, but i never learned to love them either

      an essay on the absent narratives of indigenous peoples in the philippines, by jari The plight of indigenous peoples (IPs) against the reality of ethnic cleansing is a battlecry some people are willing to take to its bitter end [1][2]. Since the inception of nation-states as we know them, indigenous peoples have been fighting…

  • I’ll keep writing.

    Poetry from last week. Late night inspirations: friends in love, moments with Mr. Phantom, social anxieties. In vague chronological order. i i stripped myself of all regrets and sterilized my life of guilt the world lacks the strength to hold me i am a ghost in my own city ii if you are a monster,…

  • my mum and i just bought PHP9000 ($200) worth of groceries in one go. for a month or so. we’re a family of five. do we really need this much stuff. and then afterwards we were like, we need to be more frugal, so we ended up eating dinner at jollibee’s. (meals are worth PHP150/$3…

  • weekend study breaks and sister dates

    weekend study breaks and sister dates

    We were driving around Manila (last week) and stumbled upon this. … Museum of the Filipino People National Museum of the Philippines Agrifina Circle, Rizal Park, Manila (x) Ifugao House | A Section of the Berlin Wall | Garing: The Philippines at the Crossroads of the Ivory Trade | The San Diego: A Homecoming Exhibit…

  • TEDxUPM: (More) ideas worth sharing

    . There were a lot of reasons why I shouldn’t have gone to TEDxUPM: I should go study for NMAT, prepare for our thesis proposal, maybe do the other three hundred things in my deliverables. I was even minutes fresh from debate tryouts when I got to TEDxUPM (on time, by the way). But the four hours…

  • Word Vomit: inspire me?

  • a daily dose of nothing

    Every couple of months, my personal life plunges into a state of economic crisis. I become entirely dependent on the state of my perpetually dwindling bank account, the goodwill of my generous friends, and the continued availability of my piggy bank funds. For one to two weeks I relearn life lessons on handling money the…

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  • Art Process: Lettering

    Art Process: Lettering

    I recently learned the difference between typography, lettering and calligraphy. I tried to actively do some lettering (which involves drawing the words rather than just writing them artistically using continuous strokes), and then (for some reason) I decided to share my process. If done continuously, this whole thing could, at most, take just one to…

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