dominicmonksDOG INVASIONDogs have become more visible around my neighborhood lately. I noticed this trend in the months following the covid lockdowns of 2020 and…15 min read·May 17, 2022----
dominicmonksMY SAD ESCALANTE STORYI’d like to recount an experience which is very telling of the dire situation of society in Cebu today. I suspect it’s the same way for the…8 min read·Apr 26, 2022----
dominicmonksA Pinoy’s Reaction Paper on the War in Ukraine(first of all, I’d like to say that this piece is just my personal opinion. I’ve posted some links at the end, as usual, and the reader can…20 min read·Apr 20, 2022----
dominicmonksHOW PHILIPPINES FIGURES IN INTERNATIONAL GEOPOLITICS, AND (A BIT) BEYONDa layman’s attempt at sensemaking16 min read·Mar 15, 2022----
dominicmonksI DREAMED OF STELLAJanuary 1, 2017 — New Year’s Day I’m writing this while our ship M/V Trade Vision is sailing to Italy from Riga, Latvia.3 min read·Feb 11, 2022----
dominicmonksSPIDERSOne time, when I was in elementary school, our teacher told the whole class to memorize a poem called ‘’The spider and the fly’’. A week…7 min read·Feb 11, 2022----
dominicmonksGOOD MEMORIES, ELVIS AND A. KARAMAZOVThere’s an old cemetery in Barrio Luz, the barrio where I lived as a child. I call it an ‘old’ cemetery because the place has always been…9 min read·Feb 4, 2022----
dominicmonksTHE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING BLUE UNIFORMSI write about things that bug me, or make me depressed. I do it because sometimes it makes me a bit ok. Definitely a better move than just…10 min read·Jan 29, 2022----
dominicmonksMUSICAL ACTIVISM AND JAMMINGIs it when people become aware of social ills that activism becomes expressed in popular music? Or does activism expressed in music make…9 min read·Nov 30, 2021----