I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
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Destiny. Do you believe in destiny? Do you think that there is someone out of the billions of humans alive who is predestined for you, like it’s already written in the stars, and all you need to do is watch and wait for the perfect time to present itself at…
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Reports are overwhelming today that an internet doomsday could happen on Monday when servers shut down due to the malicious software, aka Alureon malware, which have been attacking millions of computers around the world. According to blogs, when rogue servers will shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Monday, about…
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Today, I came across a poster for the Brookings Summer Arts Festival, which will take place next weekend. This annual July event transforms Brookings Pioneer Park into a vibrant space filled with art displays, diverse food options, antiques, and entertainment (of course). It’s one of the biggest art events in…
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Who else will it be but The Philippines! In a recent report from ComScore and 247wallst, the Philippines has been named as the Social Media Capital of the World, ranking the South-East Asian country as the top market for Facebook with 92.9 percent of its online population visiting Facebook.com in…
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I found these very interesting links about the declining number of American PhD degree holders. It seems like Americans do not need PhD degrees anymore. Is this why America is luring foreigners into taking graduate studies? Hundreds of foreign students, if not thousands, come to the U.S. every year and…
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Accept it Filipinos, our country, The Philippines, is not the happiest country in the world. It never has been. According to the latest report from the Happy Planet Index (HPI), the Philippines scored 52.4 and ranked #25 of all the 151 countries analyzed. The index was based on these three…
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I do not know exactly who wrote this poem about brokenness and betrayal of trust. While browsing my little booklet that I’ve been keeping for a decade now, I realized that I actually copied this poem from an airline magazine on my way to the Philippines from the Netherlands. The…
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Here I am, taking the seat at the corner, the only elevated area of the coffee shop. I never take this seat unless nothing else is available. I always have this unusual feeling when elevated, like being stared at (although I do not possess the charming looks people would want to even take a glance at), jeered at (I’m thinking too much), and pestered by rowdy and vicious juveniles (alright, let me jog my memory — crumpled.
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