Life of a Kat

365 QOTD What advice were you given? My career mentor replied to my email and told me about this: Get Up. Dress Up. Show Up. On love…. Grandma: Marry and get pregnant. (Wow!) On studies…. Me to myself: Ginusto mo yan, eh di tapusin mo yan.                         (Translation: You chose that, then finish that.) On money talks…. Mama: Mahirap umasa sa iba, mabuti yung kahit konti, meron ka.             ( Translation: It’s hard to depend on others, its better that you have at least something to live on by yourself. ) On integrity…. Papa: Sa bawat desisyon mo, siguraduhin mong kaya mong panindigan.             ( Translation: For every decision you make, make sure you stand by it. ) On learning…. Titas: R...

Anecdotal Record  March 1, 2018 While crossing the main road: Him: “You are nicer than I expected.” Me: “What does that mean?” Him: “You speak perfect English, you are cute. You are just nice.” I don’t really know how to react on this one while I walk my way to work as we parted ways in front of that bookstore. Should I be offended? Flattered? Or annoyed? I had always gotten that impression that “ …you speak English so well. ” And a lot of times I would say, “ Oh, I always get that. ” then, just shrug it off. ************ That day would probably be the last one for the meantime and I mean it. Unless otherwise, that same person comes back and asks me again for a date, which has a very, very, very low chance of happening, 0.2%. ( I just invented this value. ) I want to write an academic paper or many academic papers that is/are worth-publishing, so I have to devote most of my days and time and my energy to it. I have been able to strike a g...

Thoughts are from an episode on Black Mirror- Hang the DJ. The story is about the futuristic setting of how technology interrupted the entire landscape of dating and romantic love. So, the setting is a big city full of single men and women equipped with a circular, portable gadget named Coach, which then acts as the moderator, collects data and manipulates the one’s entire personal dating activities. All matching activities happen in the same way. 1.      The gadget beeps, informing you that you have a match and that a date is set. 2.      They meet a specific place, the gadget shows the face of the matched person. 3.      Menu has been set, ordered by the system, you go on with the date. 4.      There is an expiry date for every match until the system tells you that you have met your ultimate match which doesn’t happen very soon. To know the expiry date, the c...