Two weeks ago, I exhibited the first symptoms of Covid-19–fever and chills. I did not know then that I caught the virus. In fact, since it would be the first workday of the year the next day, I brushed my health concern off thinking that a good night’s sleep would cure me. However, I was…
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Before They’re Gone
One of the things that the COVID-19 pandemic made more conspicuous was our mortality. At the height of the pandemic in 2020, there were news of people getting infected with the virus and dying a few days or weeks after, causing anxiety to many. At certain points, it did enter my mind that I could…
Salamat sa mga Kababayan
Dahil sa sitwasyong kinakaharap ng buong mundo ngayon, sa banta sa kalusugan na dulot ng COVID-19, may mga ipinapatupad na mga bagong pamantayan ang mga Pasuguan at Konsulado ng Pilipinas sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo. Kasama na rito ang pagpapatupad ng istriktong appointment system para sa mga aplikante na nangangailangan ng serbisyong konsular, pati na…
Isa’t Kalahating Buwan ng Lockdown dito sa Pransya
Ika-15 ng Abril 2020 nang isulat ko ang mga naganap noong unang buwan ng lockdown. Noong panahong iyon, napakadali magkwento na para bang galing lang ako sa isang byahe, kagaya ng mga isinulat kong mga sanaysay sa pagpunta ko sa Barcelona, Roma, Vienna, Ingglatera at iba pang lugar. Sabik akong magkwento noon kung ano ang…
Missing my Paris walks
I miss walking around my neighborhood. When the French government imposed a lockdown starting on the 17th of March requiring every resident to limit their movements outside their homes, following it up with even stricter restrictions on the the 24th, to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country, I had to stay at home,…
Beyond Routes 