Travel

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It’s a tie!

This post is not journalism research-related. But if you look at attending conferences to present research as an essential component of the research process (since scientific research should be public anyway), then learning how to tie a tie is useful–especially for someone like me who rarely uses a tie (and therefore being able to do […]

Accepting rejections

I have learned to accept rejections. Two years into my doctoral degree, I have had my share of rejected conference paper submissions. A classmate even asked me once how it felt to have a paper rejected because she had never experienced having one. Ouch. But I have learned to accept rejections. They are part of my […]

Of studying and cooking

An edited (and much better) version of this rant is on today’s issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. I am posting here my original draft, typos and all.  I love food. It nourishes me. It makes me happy. So when I got a Fulbright scholarship to study in the US almost two years ago, I […]

Happiness in Bhutan

The ride offers you a jaw-dropping view of the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayan Range rising out of the thick clouds, but then the plane suddenly dips, navigating through the jagged Himalayan mountains, right into a small opening that’s called the Paro airport in Bhutan. It is probably the scariest plane ride I ever had […]