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    How to discover what you love: Wander, don’t dawdle

    To wander is to live freely, in awe and gratitude of the moment. To dawdle is to spread yourself thin and miss out on what you actually want when it was actually within reach. Do pick up flowers, as you journey up the mountain. Do take your time to laugh, to giggle, to enjoy your…


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    Being human, wise, clever, and hardworking

    There were only a few hours left until the culminating tech presentation my team and I were preparing for. I find myself grinding out the last few bits of code hoping, praying that things will work- a situation no developer wants to be in. Murphy’s Law comes to mind. Why am in this situation? I…


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    Growth: Anti-patterns and mindsets

    This blog post describes the different growth anti-patterns that I have observed that I have experienced and are sometimes predominant in a Filipino culture. It paints the world as it is, and how I would like it to be.