Hi there!
This month I’ve been writing blog posts:
- Lower Expectations
- Include Full Content in RSS with Hugo
- Bus Stops in Kuala Lumpur
- Open LLMs
- Postcards
I don’t know how long I’ll be doing it but I’m happy I at least wrote this! I decided I’ll write and publish no matter how happy I’m with a style or content. This removed the blocker I had for writing in English. I already noticed first versions of the posts are lower-quality but I edit and publish updates in the next days and then I get satisfied. If you want, you can subscribe to the blog with RSS. Maybe later I’ll syndicate to popular platforms.
This month I visited Philippines. It’s funny because technically I visited it twice but in reality I can only say I’ve been outside of the airport for less than 8 hours. These were short gigs we made with Tzeyu.
In that limited time when we were free, we’ve been lucky enough to try local food: sizzling sisig (pork dish with calamansi and onions), sinigang (sour broth soup with milkfish), kare-kare (peanut-based stew with eggplant and string beans), pares rice and mami (braised pork beef stew). Filipino cuisine differs from what we tried before. It’s sourer and heavier for us, and seems like they don’t use chili peppers much. I feel we should try more because I still didn’t find a dish I want to come back for.
However, I found special snacks in Philippines! There are Cloud9 chocolate bars and Piattos potato chips. Both seemed cheap even compared to local prices. A bowl of pares costed us 60–80 piso and a Cloud9 peanut butter bar costs 9 piso and brings thrice more joy. I’ve loved them a lot and stashed Cloud9 home.
Now I’m actively interviewing and preparing for interviews. I’m studying more structurally now. I’ve got Anki cards, re-learn basics and learn much. Traveling in plane helps with studying too. When there’s no internet and notifications, you can only grind pre-downloaded music and listen to Anki cards.
Next week we go to the Northern Vietnam. That’s a good place but if I had a choice I’d prefer staying at our comfortable apartment in Kuala Lumpur. I hope this travel will be short and we return soon.