Nabuhay si boklo! And here we are again. I'm writing this on a Thursday night. Kakatapos lang ng weekly meeting supposedly ng aming Tagalog duo sa Localization Team ng Duolingo. But we decided to move the other big agenda to tomorrow since naupos agad kami sa unang agenda bilang mga tito at titang fiftysomething na … Continue reading #MuniMuniMode: Past the 52 marker
Muni-Muni Mode
#MuniMuniMode: Puyatera Maxima 2.0
It's six o'clock in the morning and I haven't slept. And it's a Friday. Nothing much happening. Nothing big to lose sleep over. Napuyat lang akong kaka-trawl ng internet archives ko of my past articles sa POC, that defunct online portal project ng textbook publisher kong ayoko na ring pangalanan dito kasi ilang taon na … Continue reading #MuniMuniMode: Puyatera Maxima 2.0
#MuniMuniMode: the quiet before the raket
Do we still call freelance jobs "raket" these days? Or did we already leave this term in the 2010s? Perhaps we already did, as I don't hear it being used as much by Gen Zs and the in-betweeners of their gen's and the millennial's. And since it's already ingrained in my own Gen X's culture, … Continue reading #MuniMuniMode: the quiet before the raket
#MuniMuniMode: depending on the kindness of strangers
If you've seen the film A Streetcar Named Desire or read the play by Tennessee Williams, the source of that film, then you'll be familiar with this quote. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4V8OHy0su0 "I have always depended on the kindness... of strangers." Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois. And perhaps the essence of this quote is what continues to fuel … Continue reading #MuniMuniMode: depending on the kindness of strangers
Leaflens 2.0 