I should really go back to masking and avoiding handshakes. After I dropped the mask, the frequency of my having colds has gone up. It’s annoying to be hit with illnesses like this as this makes me anxious about traveling.

I also dread getting reinfected with Covid, just like what happened to the ex-colleague-turned-PR professional.

I’m prepping for an interview in 30 mins and I’m figuring out a way how I would not sound not too sick for this. *sigh*

For a brief moment, the sun was out.

I went out after a sad interview I had—sad in the sense that I don’t know if I will be allowed to publish it because the interviewees need clearance from the mothership in Japan. I’m legally prevented from sending a draft and they, on the other hand, can’t allow publication without checking the draft. So what’s the point of going through with this?!

I had to go back to edit more stories. I had procrastinated too much and procrastinating still. I now have five stories that I need to write and they keep piling up on me.

After their Apo Whang-Od cover, Vogue Philippines is once again redefining what is a beautiful Filipina. For August 2023, they have 91-year-old Dr. Dolores Ramirez, National Scientist of the Philippines (plant breeding and plant cytogenetics) on their cover. People used to call her Dr. DR and countless students avoided her gen ed course (genetics) because she is a tough professor. People have given her the monicker Mother Cell because she was a pioneer in the teaching of genetics in the Philippines.

Thank you, Vogue Philippines, for celebrating the Filipinas’ intellect and grace. For reminding us that beauty is more than skin deep and that beauty is ageless.

I should buy this issue. My sis-in-law has the Apo Whang-Od issue that I have yet to borrow.

Dear Rachel Ray,

This is how Filipino garlic (with egg) fried rice looks like.

Don’t stress Uncle Roger.

Yours truly,
Niece CallMeCreation.com