The atomic bomb. The issue of nuclear armament is complex and brings with it a complicated context. But putting myself in the shoes of the thousands of innocent who perished in Hiroshima, and the threat we are now actually under because of the advances in nuclear weapons since the Second World War, I say it…

Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform — a.k.a. DARYL. That was the young, baseball-playing, android-robot protagonist that gave the ’80s movie its title and me my name. My mother was so fond of the character that she wanted to call her firstborn son after him. When I first saw that movie, back in high school, I…

I give a theme to every year, and this year’s theme is Simplicity. Part of applying this theme to my daily life is discarding everything that does not really contribute to my one, very personal, Essential Intent. A few of the things I’ve let go so far: Discarding things that, as Marie Kondo says, don’t…

I’m not an animal person. Dogs and cats amuse me from afar — anything coated with fur, actually. But I don’t like going anywhere near them because fur triggers my asthma. So instead of a “favorite” animal, I’ll write about the most amazing animal I’ve ever encountered: whale sharks. In the Philippines we call them…

Communicating online is my bread and butter (work) and coffee and water (life). At home there’s all the social media which, I’m embarrassed to say, I’ve gotten a bit addicted to since the holidays. I now resolve not to check them first thing in the morning. I should just limit myself to my emails as…