Well, I’m trying to save my own ass by attending a safety workshop for Filipino journalists because they’re killing us literally.

It’s supposed to be 5 days of safety training (physical, digital, and mental) but since we’re all working, we will have this staggered. There are so many important things to discuss, we couldn’t fit it into a one-night session. We arrived at a consensus that when one journo gets a death threat, we should all make noise and amplify it, write stories about it—for our own safety. Because we’re brushing off threats, one journo was just picked up at the airport in Mindanao by the police and got detained for the wrong reasons. 🤦‍♀️ Many violations were committed with her arrest and she wasn’t even given a chance to have a lawyer. 😤 Then Percy Lapid was killed and this government has turned it into a shitshow.

This is exactly the reason why we should all be on our toes.

I’ve met some former students there at the workshop and I’m glad that they’re very active in journalists’ causes. One of them wanted me to go back to teaching because only a few practitioners are mentoring new blood. I said I had to give up teaching because checking papers was a nightmare.

This morning I drove the girls to the airport.

Then we rushed to T2 because their flight to Cebu was moved two hours earlier. But then because of the typhoon, their flight got pushed back later than their original departure time 😑

After I dropped them off, I went to MC Home Depot at BGC, which was a futile exercise. My contractor was not happy with the water pressure pump and pressure tank there so I proceeded to Wilcon Depot along C5.

Still, my contractor said he needs to check the specs. So I moved on to buying a range hood.

Even though it’s single motor, the thing is huge and the suction was strong. The air pushed out of the vent was equally powerful. There’s also a cup at next to the fan that will trap oil and grease. I only needed to wash it every now and then.

I paid 9k for this one even when the 4-5k ones are already decent. But this Rinnai is low-maintenance so I gladly forked out 5-4k more. I don’t want a plastic fan dying on me soon.

I also checked out Rinnai ranges as well.

I also stopped by Tiendesitas today for cat supplies. I bought my kitties a new toy that they’re enjoying now.

When I got home, my neighbor gave me some of the deliveries that they received on my behalf since no one was home. Some friends sent me boxes of charcuterie for my birthday. 🥰

Yum. Breakfast tomorrow 🤣