Tag: Pandemic
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My COVID-19 Story
COVID-19 has been spreading across the globe since last year, and here in the Philippines, the situation is especially dire. The active cases have been at an all-time high, and new cases average around 10,000 daily. The numbers are probably much higher due to instances of underreporting, under-testing, and a general inefficiency in the contact…
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Of Al Fresco Dining and a Sushi Cake
About nine months ago, I didn’t think that the quarantine would extend until my next birthday. I was feeling kind of lucky that I spent my birthday last year dining out with my former coworkers. The coronavirus was already a bubbling issue then, but it was still mostly at the back of our collective minds,…
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A World Without Travel
I’ve always believed in how traveling can remind us of who we are and how we fit into the grand scheme of things. So we must be really living in strange times when I’m telling myself and others that it’s not a good thing to be out and about. It’s true. Stay home. Not that…
The Tourist Gaze 