My birthday is September 10. September 11 2001 happened. While I'm not directly affected, it messed me up mentally because I thought I had something to do with it. It didn't help that the year after, I saw Space Shuttle Columbia on the launch pad in what would be its final mission.

I'm consciously trying to be done with political discourse and just talk about it to clarify where I stand on things or to learn something new.

It's either a circlejerk (with your allies) or a five minutes of hate (towards your enemies) online and I have better things to spend my time. There's only so much that I can control. I'd rather focus on that.

I used to have a strong sense of cultural cringe on being Filipino because of the problems the country faces.

I can only speak for myself. At a time when I'm exposed almost exclusively to local sources, I thought that the Philippines is so bad, the rest of the world so good, that foreigners see us as invaders wanting to take their jobs and money. I also thought that we lacked the self-awareness to realize it and we unknowingly taint the so-called better nations with our presence. That the only cure is to completely purge yourself of your Filipino-ness.

Nowadays, the sterotypes I read about are usually positive (kind, hospitable, etc.) or occupational (maids, nurses, mariners—at least they're not criminal professions).

Dumplings

I was born on 1993-09-10 (not in the US).

Imagine enjoying your eighth birthday party, then less than 48 hours later, you saw the North Tower collapse through live TV.

Imagine visiting the Kennedy Space Center in December 2002 and you saw Columbia sitting on the launch pad.

Imagine looking forward to your 32nd birthday, then on the day itself, the internet is abuzz because Charlie Kirk was shot.

I look like I'm straight out of school, sometimes people explain things to me like I know nothing.

Not that I think they're automatically malicious. Sometimes I find myself in the "explaining" position because I think not explaining makes me sound I'm cooped in an ivory tower.

I saw the 3-episode premiere. The sexual assault scenes are limited to that episode. You should be fine.

Alternate source - 3 dead, 7 wounded in rare Philippines school shooting, police say; 2 students arrested

It's actually 2x32. My skill issue in finding the exact part in the site. It's fixed now.

Thank you. Glad you like it.

Interesting. It's both the feeling and the act for me.

Matsuura Kanan (Love Live) | Right

Kuya Kuya (Nu: Carnival) | Big brother/School upperclassman

Kita Kita (Bocchi the Rock, Kita Ikuyo's preferred full name) | I see you

Okumura Rin (Blue Exorcist) | Sounds a lot like "Okay, it's also cheap"

::: spoiler Open at your own risk Tanga Ibuki (Blue Archive) | Stupid

Hanazono Tae (Bang Dream) | Poop

Iwanako (Katawa Shoujo) | I'm left alone/Leave me :::

I got my first 5G-capable phone noong Dec 2023, right before I visited PH from a sizeable city sa US. Mas nauna ko pang maranasan ang 5G sa Manila kesa dun sa local area ko.

In Filipino, it's usyoso

Mods are asleep, but you can still post here.

Wait! I don't mean it to be literal. The moderators abandoned it, but you can still post.

No, I'm Embarrassed.

Barrios underpeformed. Pacquiao overperformed. Manny's still got it, though we won't see him fight like he used to.

White buttoned shirt with short sleeves, dark blue trousers, black shoes

2006

Ended up getting a new and larger coffee maker because more than one person will use it now. Thanks for responding.