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The Inevitable Finiteness of Life: My Personal Reflections And Challenges In Our First Months In Vietnam   Last month, I celebrated my 37th birthday, which puts me closer to the end of a human’s average lifespan than the beginning of it.  And I am terrified more...

29 November 2004 was a rainy day. I know because there were no classes then in UST. But I was in school.Too quiet when there are no classes, but always a busy part of the school when there areFor the second year in a row, I was selected to be among the pool of...

The race for the 2022 Presidential elections is officially on. There are a lot of people who filed their candidacy, but there are true contenders in the race. In my effort to justify which one I would choose, I looked at each of the candidates, and why I think they...

I wasn’t much of a reader growing up, but I would see my sister reading her Sweet Valley High (SVH) books and wondered how she could enjoy books without pictures. Once, she had a Halloween SVH story which I got intrigued by because it’s not as girly as her other book....

When Vino learned to talk, we would sometimes ask him random questions to better understand his thoughts. One time, we asked him if he wanted a baby brother or a baby sister. He would always answer “no, just only Vino.” Recently, that changed. He would now say he...

I don’t get a lot of sleep at night, and it’s mostly by choice. I always try to maximize the hours of the day, so I usually multitask during the day, and play, read, or watch stuff on my phone during the night. It’s stupid, but I do this because I’m afraid of sleeping...