Finding joy in disconnection

Last Thursday, my telco’s data service was abruptly cut, and the dreaded spectre of spending a disconnected weekend plagued my thoughts. My office’s admin manager was on top of things, but the response from the telco provider remained the same despite our “pangungulit”: system error, working on it, wait for reconnection. The implications of a disconnected couple of days haunted

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Note to Self

For decades, and even centuries, students, journalists, and authors, stuffed notebook after notebook with lectures, interviews, accounts, narratives and whatnot. Everyone had to find someplace to keep them until at some point, they would have to throw them all out. The result: tons of personal and professional history poured down the drain. But since the emergence of laptops and cellphones,

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Beads and Beyond

In the past, as today, men, women, and children adorned themselves with beads. In tribal cultures still, certain beads are often worn from birth until death and then are buried with their owner for the afterlife. Abrasion due to daily wear alters the surface features of beads, and if they are buried for long the effects of corrosion can further

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Hot on your paper trail

Think about this: Some things are only true and valid if they are rendered in black and white. A piece of paper can mean the world. Each home (or household) comes with its set of documents — such as papers to prove ownership (title) and to protect (insurance). You may liken these documents to the four walls of your home.

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