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To You, Subtle
I love subtleties and in-betweens. I’m not sure what part of it I like, and it would be pointless to look for an exact answer for the magic of uncertainty will fade.
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The Pitfalls of Obsessive Love and How I Escaped Them
The kind of love I experience these days is warm and encompassing, gentle and undemanding. A friendly, brotherly love that isn’t blind but still forgiving. Sometimes admonishing, but overall, fulfilling.
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Fixation Friday: Midoriya, Mandela, and Sakamoto
Indeed, greatness comes in many facets, and I love that I saw it in Izuku’s unassuming heroism, Nelson’s grounded insights, and Taro’s life priorities. To be humble, kind, and content; that is the bedrock on which the greatest people stand.
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On Attack on Titan’s Insidious Human Cage
Beyond Paradis, past the sea, and all over Isayama’s war-stricken world, the prison caging humans to their collective doom is a vast, desolate forest.
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When Happenstances are By Design
If Eiichiro Oda can pull Luffy out of his miseries a thousand times over, to lead him to his ultimate dream, is there a reason for me not to believe that a Master Planner more intelligent and capable can do much better for real-life characters such as myself?
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Lessons from Rizal’s The Indolence of the Filipino That Still Matter Today
A love for the Filipino name and what it stands for would have been enough to prove the Westerners who called us indolent wrong.
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Surpass Old Goals: How To Read More Than 10 Books This Year
It’s almost paradoxical — as I bite more into this hobby, the hungrier for it I become. Yet, I also feel content, knowing there are more than enough books to last me a lifetime.