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  I was in Mexico around the turn of the millennium, in the year 2000, during the summer with some college friends. Most of them were Latin American. We stayed near the border in well-known party areas like Tecate, Ensenada, and Tijuana. As we drove around, I saw houses that were quite nice and colorful. I also saw the devastating side of what people describe as a developing or third-world country, similar to what I had seen in the Philippines. Besides the wild parties, there were some real dangers that we managed to avoid, whether on the road or inside restaurants and bars. At the time, I was still naive about the dangers of cartels and kidnappers. I think my Latin American friends who were US Citezens, along with a few white American friends, were also unaware of the deeper risks. I never experienced other parts of Mexico beyond those border cities, like Acapulco, Mexico City, the pyramids, and many other cultural and historical places. However, the food was excellent. I imagine ...
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2025 Music Production

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  Happy New Year! It is the year 2026. As I get older, months go by like weeks. The next thing you know, it feels like days. That is probably when I forget to remember that I am moving pretty slowly. I mean, that can also be a good thing, I guess. It is part of the aging process that God has given us, not to remember anything before we go. And when you possibly reincarnate as a human again, your soul has little to grieve about, especially when you do not remember anything. Scientifically speaking, you will have a new brain, like a brand new hard drive, ready to store another set of memories, other than the natural ones such as crying, hunger, laughing, and all those things that are already included with the package. The rest are experiences meant to become familiar and to comfort those natural feelings, primarily your mother, who also carries that natural package. Her voice, her touch, her lips, her glowing eyes, her breast milk. You begin storing memories of familiarity, where com...
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Lumang Gitara (old guitar)

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  I haven’t blogged in a while, and that’s strange because I love blogging. It’s such a great way to express your thoughts creatively, almost like playing with words. It also helps exercise your writing skills, whether you’re drafting your next book as an inspiration to one day turn it into the big picture. Even as a short movie for YouTube, and Artificial Intelligence can do that. That’s something I’m planning to do later, complete with my own soundtrack and everything. I’m still a two-finger slow typer (no time for speed-typing classes), but that hasn’t stopped me. Especially as an introvert, blogging feels natural. Sure, I gather information from the outside world, but I filter most of it as I breathe it in, keeping what resonates and letting go of what doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if something is “bad,” as long as it’s not destructive to the planet or the universe. What I breathe out is what I liked, and that output changes in consistency depending on my focus. Right now, my focu...
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