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July 29, 2025
August is a tough month.
July 29, 2025

Found my old blog and couldn’t login so I’m pasting this here because this is the only post I want to remember.

& suddenly time feels personal

(May 3, 2017)

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July 29, 2025
Hey, Fil-Ams: Please be better. (Review: Jo Koy In His Elements)
June 17, 2020
Hey, Fil-Ams: Please be better. (Review: Jo Koy In His Elements)
June 17, 2020

This is about Jo Koy’s new Netflix special, Jo Koy: In His Elements. 55 minutes of tone-deaf, cultural imperialism.

When you think “Filipino” – do you think adobo, karaoke, breakdancing, hip-hop, and nurses? Cause this show has them all. The Filipino Starter Pack (or to be more precise, the Fil-Am Starter Pack). Is this rude to say out loud?

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June 17, 2020
September 22, 2019
Music On Shuffle
September 22, 2019

God Is An Astronaut generally makes me feel a lot of things--mainly rooted in my love for how stories (or the possibilities of stories) are embedded in their music (which can essentially be said for most of the music I listen to). But there is something about the build-up of this particular track that makes me feel like I could accept this idea of running a really long marathon through a meadow despite knowing that mid-way through my run, a strange creature will pop-up somewhere and give me a heart attack. As a track, it's pleasant; but at the same time there's this weird eerie aura behind it all, like someone will eventually chase me and I'll die while listening to this. But I keep listening to it anyway.

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September 22, 2019
Listen With Me: Behind The Devil's Back
September 22, 2019
Listen With Me: Behind The Devil's Back
September 22, 2019

There is something about the return of an old favourite, a band that took a hiatus at a time when I felt I too needed a hiatus from music. I've been anticipating their return ever since they did a 10-year tour and announced a new album. So this post is mostly me re-listening to Fightstar's latest album 'Behind The Devil's Back' and free-writing as the album plays.

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September 22, 2019
September 21, 2019
I've Moved
September 21, 2019
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September 21, 2019