...like the constant urge to procrastinate. Or bad test-taking skills ( Read more... )

It's 8 AM here in Gent and 2 PM in Manila. I have finally settled in my room and my hosts have been very gracious--they welcomed me with a nice Mexican dinner with wine, and then took me for a walk around the city with a beer in hand. In a few hours I will have myself officially registered at Universiteit Gent (and later on at KU Leuven) to start ( Read more... )

There’s something wrong when I’m losing weight and not feel happy about it. I think I got at least 2 “pumayat ka” comments per week since the New Year, and I could only respond with either a tokenistic “talaga?” or a polite “thank you”, and then wonder whatever happened to holiday binging ( Read more... )