Does the fluctuation in the market affect your mood? Does knowing that your holdings have plummeted keep you awake at night? Do you get paralyzed, even frozen, during this crypto winter? Well you are not alone. However, there are things that I would like to share here that can give…

Bootstrapping my first IRL meetup in the Philippines — In August 2022, NEAR Protocol and Octopus Network decided to sponsor a groundbreaking flagship meet-up event in the Philippines — TICTALK 101. As a NEAR representative and the Octopus Network Ambassador to the Philippines, I was the logical choice to project manage the event and excitedly agreed — but then…

Pro-Creation Finally: Immutability! Eureka! This blockchain feature is almost deified by enthusiasts. This is because we don’t have to question data integrity anymore. We don’t need to argue anymore about which entry was canonical. Some of these debates represent hundreds of billions, if not a trillion or more, of dollars…

J: Good day, Mate! How are you today? D: Good! And you? J: I’m alright! Good to have a cup of coffee on a Chooseday morning, ain’t it? D: Yeah; good to have a cup of coffee over a conversation like this. Been looking forward to meeting you this week…

Trans Plant I’m driving uphill to Antipolo. It’s fascinating to see cyclists pedaling their way upward. There are areas where the incline is so steep that it seems almost impossible to move an inch on a bicycle. How do they do it? Sheer grit? Quad power? Beats me, but somehow…

Intermittent Fast-food The act of resorting to fast-food only when necessary. I can’t believe I’m eating at Chowking this afternoon. I miscalculated my satiety period. Okay, so I shall just choose the macro that could satiate me for the next 3 hours or so. I’ll be home by then anyways…

FLOSSophy I’m very tired. It’s been a big day. Fulfilled, but just tired. I can barely lift my eyelids from sleepiness. Now I have to go through this ritual of dental care before I sleep. It’s so ritualistic I might as well establish a religion out of it, some sort…

Deepend Dent Observing people getting on and off the train, it’s fascinating how people try to kill time while onboard. I can’t blame them. Many of them may have just spent 8 hours of their day from work, mostly working for BPOs (Business Process Outsourcing). We locally call them call…

Rainwreck All good! Put on my favorite shorts; they’re unbelievable: knee length, not too tight, not too lose. Slip on my favorite plain black tee shirt: breathable. All good. And then the rain came — unannounced. Good thing I was already on the train. I did not have a trainwreck…