Mia

Chaotic inside, outwardly calm.

[Mia @carmiaella]

Life is a lion, but we are just people. What chances does a mere person stand against a lion?

[Mia @carmiaella]

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

[Mia @carmiaella]

“I am unknown, underpaid, entirely unloved.” - Kathryn Widd (The Hanging Tree by David Lambkin)

[HMG🧕🏻 @Haleemarh_Gumel]

My sister has been married for 5 years. Her husband has always been the provider, but he’s also always been a bit chauvinistic, thinking that a woman's place is taking care of the house and the kids, that cleaning is a woman's duty, etc. He was never rude, at least not in front of me, so the marriage always seemed to work out despite that... ​Until one day, I had a medical emergency and she came to help me.

[Mia @carmiaella]

Truth is accessible.

[Mia @carmiaella]

No other human being can validate your existence. That’s an illusion. The only way to find meaning is to discover who you are and be that person.

[Mia @carmiaella]

We can’t face the fact that death is the cessation of all knowing. We have to tell ourselves fairytales all the time or we get scared.

[Mia @carmiaella]

The past is gone, as if into a black hole. Unredeemable.

[𝐌𝐫.𝐊𝐀𝐋™ @dekim_Kalvino]

They want 10/10 effort. They just forgot to attach 10/10 compensation. So Gen Z clocks out like it’s a hard boundary, not a suggestion. Was bro right?

[privera @privera]

@mvn_dn Took em a week to pull together this bad press conference

[Mia @carmiaella]

Rules are meant to maintain order, but empathy is meant to maintain humanity.

[Mia @carmiaella]

Every living thing is also a fossil. Every fossil is still living. History is here and now. Here, there and everywhere.

[FG ≷ @PioVGarcia]

I think this is the last time I will address this situation, as a PR practitioner, with crisis comms management drilled into my bones (Thank you ABS-CBN CorpComm for arming me to the teeth, and ironically, Ateneo, for expanding my comms studies), so bear with me a bit. 1/n

[Mia @carmiaella]

Effective crisis communication starts with a leader who delivers immediate, fact‑based updates that anchor people in truth.

A grieving mother deserves at least this basic clarity and respect. 🦅

[Mia @carmiaella]

She who wins the lot of life must also draw the lot of death, since the lot of life is death.

[Mia @carmiaella]

“You can’t experience being alive without realizing that you have to die. But it’s just as impossible to realize you have to die without thinking how incredibly amazing it is to be alive.” - Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder.

[SWEAT💧 @SweatEconomy]

5 in 10 returns for Episode 3 🎙️

This time, @oleg_fem and @WGNSpear dive into the future of $SWEAT, from growth and partnerships to payments, usernames, and more.

Don't miss this from the SWEAT team 👇

[Mia @carmiaella]

The most important things must happen when we are not talking.

[Mia @carmiaella]

Having a conscience is not the same as using it.

[Mia @carmiaella]

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

[Informed PH @informedph2]

Saw this post from Antonette Aquino on Facebook - sharing it here. This is what she said:

No, I did not leave the aircon running 24/7.
My Meralco bill came in at ₱9,791.78. So let me break it down because nobody else will.

Generation charge alone is ₱5,266.66. That’s 54% of my entire bill. Meralco’s actual cut? ₱1,730.98. And that number hasn’t moved since 2022. What keeps going up is everything sitting on top of it.

Here’s what’s actually eating your money:

System Loss — ₱486.83
You are paying for stolen electricity. Illegal connections, meter tampering, jumpers. Republic Act 7832 lets Meralco pass the cost of electricity theft straight to paying customers.

Universal Charges — ₱201.96
Part of this goes toward paying off the National Power Corporation’s debts. Old debts. From decisions made before most of us were even working.

Government Taxes — ₱989.81
The 12% VAT is not just on what you consumed. It’s stacked on top of every other charge, including the subsidies you’re already paying for. So yes, you are paying tax on stolen electricity. Tax on an old government debt. Tax on a subsidy you do not even benefit from.

FiT-All and GEA-All — ₱149.59 combined
Two separate renewable energy levies running at the same time. The second one was quietly added to bills in February 2026. Both government-mandated. Neither one is optional.

FYI..none of this is illegal. It’s all backed by law. But legal and fair are not the same thing.

The middle class does not steal electricity. We do not qualify for lifeline rates. We do not get 4Ps. We just pay full VAT, fund everyone else’s discounts, and absorb costs that should never have been ours to begin with. Every month. Without relief.

What actually needs to change:
1. Reform the generation charge. One line item cannot be more than half your bill and go unchallenged.
2. Stop passing system loss to consumers. Other countries make the utility absorb it. We should demand the same.
3. Move faster on renewables. Lower generation costs long-term. That transition is already overdue.

📸 CTTO