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Leprosy in the Philippines

Ursula Le Guin’s “The Left Hand of Darkness.” She was brilliant.

Giving birth in a Rohingya refugee camp

“Laban lang, Sir,” the barista told me.

An objective way to measure adherence?

The beauty of short prayers

"Forest bathing" may help with stress

Do you call your AI a "he," "she," or "it"?

Being alone is not painful at all

Social media is making us dumber

Waiting for my bus along the National Highway in Maasim, Sarangani

Ursula Le Guin has died at 88, and the meaning of refusing and receiving awards

There's a hidden metaphor here somewhere.

I listen to this Wes Anderson playlist on Spotify as I review for the diplomate exam

Patronize locally grown coffee

The bahay kubo has a peculiar charm to it.

Sunday mornings are for church

Couchsurfers' stories

Cimetière de Montmarte, a good place to think and rest while in Paris

Precogs, telepaths, and the reversal of time

How Uber evades the authorities

Background on The Crown, especially if you're a fan of the show

Gloria Catedral, 90

A new continent, which includes the Philippines, to be added "shortly" to the world

Chapter by chapter, text by text

Brighter side of 2017: a list

Redesign 2018, version 1

To the beach!

Broken

Asleep on New Year's Eve

"Feelings women rarely share"

One second every day in 2017

Koronadal to Banga conversations

On the first day of 2018: lunch at the farm