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Retired superhero. Occasional vegetarian. FREE HUGS!

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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 9h
A last minute mix-up caused me to lose the hotel booking I made for this weekend (it was my fault, really). So I was forced to book a different hotel for the night. Staying again in a Red Planet hotel room reminded me of the first few months when I moved to Pampanga for my previous job.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm often indifferent to foreign restaurant chains coming to the Philippines but, man, I wish we had a Chipotle.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've come to accept that people are now using "ngani" the way people ended their text messages with "lol" But can we at least get the pronunciation right? I grew up hearing my Bicolana mom and aunt pronounce it as "nganì" not "nganeeeeee"
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hate floating app/website widgets that you can't close.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Walking back to the apartment last night and seeing the orange gibbous moon ahead of me. The dark sky hides it, but the direction I'm looking at shows the moon above the saddle-shaped silhouette of Mt Arayat.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Whoever was the first Mediterranean who realized how olive oil and balsamic vinegar is a killer combo with bread should have been immortalized in history and have statues created in their honor.
Two bread sticks smeared with butter-garlic on a plate next to a saucer with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and an Italian herb mix. Behind them are the bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar, plus a brown take-out paper bag from Sbarro.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A dead leaf beetle lying near my door rug that I noticed two days ago. These beetles look like ladybugs superficially, but (as indicated by their name) they eat plant leaves not other insects.
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No John @nojohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
botox isn't for me cuz i need to be able to frown at people
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What the eff? Did lightning just strike something somewhere very close by?! (I'm suddenly glad I'm living on the ground floor.)
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The comment section is one of the worst inventions of the internet.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Decided to lessen the accounts I follow on Instagram. Was able to trim down 1200+ to 750+. There are about 20 accounts that I purposely didn't remove. Friends who passed away, their accounts a record of their life that I can still return to.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's still raining so I stayed for dessert. Banana mochi turon—instead of saba slices coated with caramelized sugar, the filling is banana and starch with a rubbery consistency. Not bad, but not wow either. It came with a thick sweetened coconut milk dip with crushed peanuts. The dip, I liked.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Biglang umulan. Na-stranded pho.
Close up of a bowl of Vietnamese pho, with chopsticks raising the sliced beef from the soup. Behind the bowl is a plate of basil and bean sprouts, my bike helmet, and a glass of Vietnamese iced tea.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WHAT
Screenshot of an emailed greeting from Livejournal celebrating the twenty-fifth year of my blog account.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So that's 2.6K pesos I paid today and an extra 3.3K for the next few weeks until I complete all the anti-rabies shots. That's a bit more painful than the shots, actually.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Xevera Mabalacat rotonda, a striking landmark of its plaza, featuring fountains and Greek-inspired statues of Classical gods (while directly in front of a Catholic church).
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe it's time to rearrange my apartment furniture again.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cool. Blocked pa rin sya (despite changing the username).
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A developer "asking Claude" to interpret code or an app feature description just doesn't sit right with me.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pansit batil patung is a recipe that originated from Tuguegarao. It uses thick egg noodles (miki) and is prepared with carabao meat, pork liver, chicharon or lechon kawali, veggies, and poached egg. The basic recipe is already a heartstopper but special versions—
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I thought I stepped on something soft when I placed my foot under the canteen table. Then there was a sudden angry scream, a quick jab of pain, and I didn't even see which cat was it that I accidentally stepped on. I think I need anti-rabies and tetanus shots. Oh, lordy.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Uyyy, Friendster ulet. friendster.com/profile/c66c...
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Retired superhero. Occasional vegetarian. FREE HUGS!
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Penne with chicken and pesto. Plus an order of horchata. Because this is my third day at the 11.11 Market popup in Centro Coffee, I've already gone through most of their menu items. Except for coffee because, ironically, I don't drink coffee. 😅
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Elijah @elijah-raine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Another forsaken appearance of The Tower in my future. I've asked @maasgad.bsky.social to pls stop this madness.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My apartment currently has two acoustic bikes and one electric bike. That seems like too many bikes for someone living solo.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Major Arcana tarot deck by Kwago Studio, showing the Tower, Temperance, Chariot, and Strength cards. As well as mini tarot stickers showing the Fool and Star cards. Before we arrived at StickerCon Field Notes, my friend asked how much is my typical art market budget and I told him.
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generalsheenanigans @sheenalouisef.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
For those looking to delve into tales of Filipino folklore (a pile compiled from my read books as well as TBR) #booksky #filipinobooks And if you’re in a reading slump you can still enjoy Trese: youtu.be/3IhCjxVjM-A?...
-Tales for a Rainy Season by Wincy Aquino Ong

-Infinite Lives, Infinite Deaths by Douglas Candano

-The Secret Lives of OFWs by Jet Tagasa

-3 books by Yvette Tan: Waking the Dead, Seek Ye Wh-re & Insect Hag

-All That Darkness Allows, antho

-Song of the Mango by Vida Cruz-Borja

-Signos, an antho

-Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap

-A Bottle of Storm Clouds by Eliza Victoria 

-Seventeen Prayers for the Many-Eyed Mother by Eliza Victoria 

-Demons of the New Year, antho

-Cautionary Tales from a Filipino Childhood by Bambi and Roland Amago

-After Lambana by Eliza Victoria 

-Trese by Budjette Tan & Kajo Baldisimo
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is this a hot take? Filipinos should abandon festivals where performers imitate the appearance of Aetas (our version of blackface?) because we have respect for our indigenous peoples and steal their ancestral lands. We have too many festivals celebrating the arrival of colonizers.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
After a year(?), Bhramari is finally back in Pampanga. I haven't ridden them in so long, I was wondering if the handlebar was too low (no, but my other bikes are more upright) and if it has always been too hard to pedal. I think I need to relearn how to bike not on Easy Mode again.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sarado na ang Art Bar sa Serendra 😭
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The rain has let up a little bit so I went to Skyranch Pampanga yesterday afternoon. The amusement park opens at lunch-time but even in the middle of the afternoon, there's hardly any visitors on a weekday during the rainy season. The ride operators were still starting to set up.
Closeup of the fancy horse statues in the carousel.Many stuffed animals on display as prizes to entice visitors to play the carnival games. Some stuffed animals are hung upside down, giving them a slightly unsettling appearance.Two-tailed mermaids, vintage-like painted panels, and decorative wood appliques surrounding the center pole of the carousel.Dozens of small rubber ducks floating and being stirred by a machine in one of the carnival games.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So, earlier at the department store, they didn't have the specific rice cooker model that I wanted and I declined the alternative they showed. I hate it when the item I wanted to buy isn't available because my brain wants me to replace it with a different (expensive) purchase.
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ceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Why is LBC Express Inc not letting me browse their website because I declined the use of cookies? Why are they even giving me the illusion of a choice if they'll just keep me hostage unless I choose their preferred answer? The fuckery.
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Oh. It looks like the electronic waste bin of SM Clark has already been removed. (I'm carrying a small bag of old electronics and charging cables that I wanted to dispose of.) That's a bummer.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A new acquaintance and I were talking about drag and, if we were drag queens, what our drag names would have been. He said because he has psoriasis, he thought of the name "Soraya Sis." Following that theme, I told him that I have alopecia. So I would name myself "Ella Pecia." 💅🏽
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Saw a Facebook account representing local visual artists in my recommendations and I immediately noticed that they are using an AI-generated profile picture. I opened the profile and the background image is also AI-generated.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ayun, may bagong tabo na.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Funny thing to discover during a brownout: someone probably stole my tabo. Context: The apartment's water pump won't work so I had to fill a large container with water before the water pressure runs out. And I'll need a tabo to pour that water elsewhere.
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My Lazada items have been stuck in Bacolor since Sunday. I guess grabe pa rin yung baha sa area nila. 😢
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Oh man. I still have to make the promo image for Stickercon 😭
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Spent the day indoors yesterday because I was too lazy and decided that I'll go out and bike today instead. Yesterday was nice and sunny. Today it started raining again. 😭
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Had a mini-scare when I opened the flap of the trash bin and saw a face looking back at me.
The inside of the trash bin where on top is a printed paper with the photo of a female ad model looking directly towards the viewer. It's the first thing I saw when I opened the trash bin.
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
SKUNKS. My dream episode. Tails, stripes, remedies, stomps, babies, rescues, and getting hosed by skunk musk. I met the elusive Dr. @jwdragoo.bsky.social. It happened and now we have a 2-parter on #Mephitology. An absolute instant classic: www.alieward.com/ologies/meph...
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Mephitology (SKUNKS) with Dr. Jerry Dragoo — alie ward
It’s here. SKUNKS. My dream guest, Dr. Jerry Dragoo of the Institute for the Betterment of Skunks and Skunk Reputations is finally on Ologies, and I can barely contain myself. Come to Albuquerque to m...
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As plausible (and creepy) as it might be, our phones are not likely to be listening to our conversations through its mic so apps can deliver us targeted ads. It does something creepier. youtu.be/U0-8SrbG0xA
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Why we're so sure our phones are listening
YouTube video by Christophe
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The last few slices of the lemon-cherry almond cake I bought last Sunday at Mystival. It's vegan and has the texture of moist fruit cake. And it passed the Tita test because hindi masyado matamis. 😁
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Jade @maasgad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It's rather challenging to motivate myself to go beyond bare-minimum assistance when I see Shopify stores that sell AI-generated designs.
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