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Akalain Mo 'Yon?: Reflecting on five years at work

The last time I have written for this blog is back in 2020, early during the lockdown, and I even at that time I have lost the appetite to sustain the posts. There were a lot of things that happened since then that could have prompted me to return to this blog, but it took five years of a career as a Special Features Writer, then Assistant Editor, then Editor, to bring me back to this blog; and I'm not even sure I can return with another blog post afterwards. For this post, I share my thoughts about those five years at work, which I'm still amazed I had the patience to endure . I wrote all that I could reflect about those five years. I feel that even those aren't enough. But to anybody who's reading this, thank you for your time. — Akalain mo 'yon? That's what I say to myself in every work anniversary so far. But this time, I think I shouldn't stop with that question. It was five years ago when I started writing for a living, typing in front of a computer a...

Learned A Lot; Lacks A Lot

Look at 29 Down. That serves as an initial inspiration for this article. I encountered this clue as I answered a crossword puzzle from an issue of Dell’s easy crosswords I bought from Booksale for only P25. #29, Down. Regretted deeply. Four letters. Answer: Rued . That word sank in my mind these past days, weeks, and months as I started charting the next stage of my life after academics.