Locals reporting being abused and exploited, raising red flags on Israelis building communities in spaces where they don’t belong, officials doing nothing, next thing you know Siargao will be promised to them 3000 years ago.
I actually need Filipinos to move like Thailand asap.
How strange it is to wake up, check the news, see the world burning down… and still have to go to work, answer texts, be a person.
Do what you can. That’s enough. It really is.
all this with the war and oil yet im here thinking abt our brand’s social calendar, creative initiatives, approving key visuals, AI upskilling, implementing campaigns, driving the business forward, collaborating with external stakeholders, navigating plans for Q2, evaluating the
Just off a call with Southeast Asia counterparts. Energy crisis preps in other countries comparably aggressive. Widespread working from home in TH and LAO for a while now, both government and private. Urgency is palpable.
Sa atin we're mostly left to fend for ourselves again.
Just stunning drawings from 'Iain McCaig’s Once Upon a Time in the Sketchbook', one of my favorite art books of 2024. Hardcover 160 pages. Explore more in my review; link in comments below 👇
Suddenly, you're 27.
You make your coffee, rush to work, come home around 7, and you're too tired to do anything except eat, scroll on your phone, and pass out.
Then you wake up, and do it all again.
And when Friday comes, maybe you go out, or maybe you're just too tired. Then, out of nowhere, it hits you.
How did everything pass by so quickly?
You don't even feel 27.
You still feel like that 17 year old kid who thought they had all the time in the world.
But somehow, 10 years just disappeared. And you start missing the past. The feeling of being young, excited, and clueless.
But then you realize, one day, you'll miss this, too.
Being 25, being confused, being tired, but still trying.
So maybe the trick is to slow down a bit and actually live this chapter before it also becomes just another memory.
The point is no matter what age you are, you’ll miss these days. Life gets busy sometimes and it’s always a good time to stop and smell the roses.
If you pay attention to the patterns of your life, you’ll realise that everything always works out. Everything always takes you to a greater destination. You always grow, and the things you think you can't survive, you somehow divinely make it through. That's life. Remember that.