dominicmonksDOG INVASIONDogs have become more visible around my neighborhood lately. I noticed this trend in the months following the covid lockdowns of 2020 and…May 17, 2022May 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…Apr 26, 2022Apr 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…Apr 20, 2022Apr 20, 2022
dominicmonksHOW PHILIPPINES FIGURES IN INTERNATIONAL GEOPOLITICS, AND (A BIT) BEYONDa layman’s attempt at sensemakingMar 15, 2022Mar 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.Feb 11, 2022Feb 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…Feb 11, 2022Feb 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…Feb 4, 2022Feb 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…Jan 29, 2022Jan 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…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021