How To Get Rich (without getting lucky)
By: Naval Ravikant Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy. Understand that ethical wealth creation is possible. If you secretly despise…
Dr. Jordan Peterson’s 42 Rules for Life. The origins to his book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Tell the truth… or at least don’t lie Do not do things that you hate Act so that you can tell the truth about how you act Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient If you have to choose, be the one who does…
Et Tu Prof?
John Nery asked: “What is our clear, nonnegotiable, overriding objective?” this is after recognizing the fact that the country is suffering from a “fog of normalization.” And I couldn’t disagree more. Early this morning, I learned that a U.P. Professor friend of mine, an Anti-Marcos…
Juno Reyes Has Much To Learn About God And Christianity
(Image from Rappler) I’ve been contemplating whether to respond to Juno Reyes, a fourth-year communication student at Ateneo de Manila University and a LifeStyle and Entertainment intern at Rappler, about her article, [New School]. Studying in a Catholic school made me resent religion I believe…
A Meaningful Loss
I would’ve wanted to write this article right after the results of the May 2022 presidential election, but I found myself paralyzed. And it wasn’t just me; most of the people I know who supported Leni Robredo and Kiko Pangilinan felt the same. Suddenly, nobody’s…
David Foster Wallace “This is Water.” (with BIG Subtitles)
“Greetings parents and congratulations to Kenyon’s graduating class of 2005. There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young…
Why Angat Buhay NGO Won’t Do
(Addendum: Interestingly John Nery agrees with me see – The Angat Buhay NGO is not enough) As everyone following this blog knows, unfortunately na-predict ko na matatalo si Leni at Kiko this 2022 election. Pero I was still hopeful na we could turn things around…
Why I Fear That Leni Robredo And Kiko Pangilinan Will Lose
Prevention is better than cure – Desiderius Erasmus Since 2016, I’ve been telling VP Leni’s people to speak up against fake news. To face and combat it, pero anong sabi nila sakin, ayaw daw nilang lumaban noon kasi masyadong popular si Duterte. Hindi pa daw…
An Interview With A Former Marcos Apologist
Your (adoptive) parents were martial law victims (ML). How does it make you feel that people trivialize the suffering and anguish? It depends; some people trivialize the injustices of ML because either they are ignorant of history or that they are just misinformed or miseducated…
BREAKING THROUGH: How Leni Robredo can win the hearts and minds of Filipinos
(Note: I wrote this article last March 12, 2021, I am posting it here for posterity and in the hopes of helping Leni Robredo and Kiko Pangilinan win the 2022 elections. Featured image courtesy of Rappler) “The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends…
