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Today is officially Day 10 of Metro Manila Lockdown (Enhanced Community Quarantine), a government effort to contain the COVID19 virus which is spreading exponentially across the globe. Some conspiracy theories say is a biological epidemic orchestrated by China. Some say we’re experiencing the wrath of God while others say its Mother Nature trying to recover. I think it is what is – an epidemic that needs to be contained and cured. It is a problem that needs to solved. Everyone’s doing their part to contribute in the solution – government, hospitals, foundations, businesses and regular citizens staying home to avoid…

Months ago, I read an article written by a father to their daughter on his lessons and message on navigating life. I thought it was sweet so I shared the link to my father and asked him if he can write a similar article (he’s a crazy good writer). His response was “but i’ve never been around when you were growing up”. I felt sad but said then you can write about whatever shared memories we have! Since today is his 68th birthday, I thought maybe I’ll be the one to write for him instead! To my dearest father 1,394…

Conquered the famed Mt. Pulag this weekend! Now I understand why people go out of their way to hike 3 hours so early in a very cold morning (could go under 6°C) – the sunrise over the sea of clouds is breathtaking! From the 15 people in our group (not including myself), I only know Tristan who organized the trip and Jhonathan. I wouldn’t survive 2018 without these two! The rest were Tristan’s colleagues from Novare (yup, my company (Amihan)’s competitor. haha). Great opportunity to make new friends! Our vans left Manila at 11PM Thursday then arrived in Baguio at…

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines – In this second rendition, DevCon Philippines is bringing back the Biggest Developer Conference in the Philippines to the flourishing city of Cagayan de Oro! DevCon Summit 2018: Cagayan de Oro Edition will take place on November 10, 2018 at Capitol University. The event aims to gather more than 600 developers and IT enthusiasts from all over Northern Mindanao. Themed “Transformation in Action”, this event hopes to follow its high success from last year by delivering a myriad of activities all jam-packed into 1 day. The conference will tackle topics ranging from emerging technologies of…