Tag: Observations
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In IT, budget defense meetings sometimes feel like boss fights. On one side: IT folks armed with LAN/WAN diagrams, scare tactics, and a half-broken laptop that “still works fine.” On the other: Finance, armed with spreadsheets, pivot tables, and the ability to ask “Do we really need this?” with Jedi-like calm. Here’s the thing: Properly…
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Every rainy season, Metro Manila and the provinces transform into water parks nobody asked for. Streets become rivers, basements turn into aquariums, and you suddenly find out which of your neighbors secretly owns an inflatable boat. And yet, year after year, billions of pesos are poured into “flood control projects.” The catch? Many of these…
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Have you ever noticed how some parking driveways seem designed for Matchbox cars?You inch your way in, side mirrors trembling, praying you don’t graze the wall or clip the corner. And then you realize: someone actually approved this design. There’s a quiet absurdity in it. Architects and engineers can plan offshore platforms and skyscrapers with…
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You haven’t tested your nerves until you meet a jeepney with no headlights, at night, whether on a city or provincial road, while you’re holding your lane and your breath. You drive along, playlist steady, when a shape bursts out of the dark: chrome horses, bright stickers, no light at all. A ghost with registration…
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Gmail has finally opened to everyone. The era of invitation-only access is over, and just like that, one of the internet’s most coveted inboxes is now available to all. With about 60 million users, Gmail is already the third-largest email provider in the world. Its appeal is obvious: 2.8GB of storage (and growing), lightning-fast search,…
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When Your Office Doubles as a Freezer Ever had a sore throat that just won’t quit? You gargle, you pop lozenges, you even start side-eyeing your officemates as potential patient zeros. But sometimes, the real culprit isn’t a virus. It’s your workplace. One of the most overlooked factors in employee health and productivity is the…
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A Struggle With Temper Can you control your anger? For me, it has always been a struggle. I don’t lash out at people. I swore long ago never to raise my hand unless it was in self-defense, but objects have paid the price: phones, walls, even a laptop once. I’ve broken more than I care…