Category: Reorientation

  • Of “end-to-end” tea magic and life musings

    It seems long ago now, but a work trip to Kenya to host the African Roundtable on the Theology of Generosity and Fundraising only happened in February. I even made a little post on LinkedIn about it, just to commemorate the moment. I’ve noticed that my skill in documenting/commemorating has declined, but it’s a habit…

  • Of a song, in the meantime

    I’ve been going through the book of Psalms lately through Community Bible Study. (Psalm 19 being my new favorite Psalm, but so much is bare and heart-wrenching.) While reading the material, I’ve soft music playing in the background. And the first one playing from my Spotify playlist is the one below: Without knowing when, my…

  • Of living

    [Written October 2015] When you mean well, but you only serve to annoy the person you originally wanted to encourage. Sometimes I really have to ask myself, “Why do you even try? Not only did you shoot yourself in the foot (which is normal, you do that a lot), BUT at the expense of someone you…

  • Of slippery months, two languages meeting, and patient enduring

    In my endeavor to write (for myself, for the craft, for the future), I need to come face-to-face with an uncomfy truth: that certain months, like June, will feel like slippery fish. How are we now in its last week? Didn’t the month just start? To be fair, I’ve been living in the future without…

  • Hello, Philippines! Hello, world!

    Hello, Philippines! Hello, world!

    I’m back. It’s been years, so you’ll have to excuse this now 30-something who quit “writing publicly” because it just took too much cognitive load and energy. The years have come and gone and come and gone again, and I’m glad that I’m still here, hopefully with a greater sense of “who the hell cares”…