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Buhay 2.23.23. Happy Birthday Manang! This is becoming a yearly posting for her birthday, but I’m fond of the story of why I call my sister “Manang”😁 Plus, we’re cute

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2023-02-24

Buhay 2.16.23. Targeted Marketing. We hit up Legoland Discovery Center in Milpitas with the nephew. All of sudden, I’ve got a flood of Lego ads…🤷🏽‍♂️

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2023-02-17

Buhay 2.9.23. Valentine’s Day. My wife & I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s, but I know there are a bunch of people that do. Happy Valentine’s & Happy celebration of love everyday if you can ❤️😁

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2023-02-10

Buhay 2.2.23. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion training. I’ve worked in a number of places over the years and its fascinating how different their DEI trainings are. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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2023-02-03

Buhay 1.26.23. And the cycle continues… I feel like many of us have already moved on and are preparing for the next mass shooting 😔 it’s frustrating…

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2023-01-27

Buhay 1.20.23. Revisiting my dream of Lola. Repost. I post this every year around this time. The people that love us will always find a way to say hello… even if they are not physically here 🙂🥲

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2023-01-21

Buhay 12.8.22. Game night and the nephew now talks a little trash. Apparently, he learned this from school to get inside the heads of his friends 🤷🏽‍♂️ They grow up so fast.

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2022-12-09

Buhay 4.28.22. Into the unknown… I’ve put in my notice at my day job, and tbh, I’m scared. I’m not sure what’s going to happen, but I know it’s what I need to do… we’ll see.

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2022-04-29

Buhay 2.3.22. The Impostor Phenomenon aka Impostor Syndrome. I fight the feeling sometimes that I’m not good enough to do this work and that someone will tell me that I should move on. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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2022-02-04

Buhay 1.13.22. Yes, a customer wanted to hook me up with his sister. Even after I flashed the ring, he was still trying 🤦🏽‍♂️ “I’m happily married sir” aww, the things that happen at the day job

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2022-01-14

Buhay 11.11.21. The Creative Process, a collaboration w/ Lolo. My wife got funding to create a film about her Lolo. Fitting this comes on Veteran’s Day. Her Lolo was a WWII Vet.

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2021-11-12

Buhay 11.4.21. Dune 2021. No spoilers here. I enjoyed this movie, but did anyone else get that white savior vibe? Also, I’ll watch almost anything with Jason Mamoa in it 😁

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2021-11-05

Buhay 10.21.21. Where are you from? Part 2. The story of microagressions continue. I know lumpia is delicious, but are you really gonna start with that (or any food) when you find out someone is Filipino? 🤷🏽‍♀️

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2021-10-22

Buhay 10.14.21. Where are you from? Part 1. Many BIPOC folks know this question well, so for Filipino American History month, I decided to make a comic about it. And yes, I’m from Tacoma 😋

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2021-10-15

Buhay 9.23.21. the film that my amazing wife made, was screened at the Oakland International Film Festival. I’m so proud of her. It’s good to celebrate these victories.

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2021-09-24

Buhay 9.2.21. Feeling stuck. The daily grind of customer interactions laced with micro-transgressions got to me. I just want to create cool art. Anyone out there hiring, or have job leads? 😕

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2021-09-03

Buhay 8.12.21. This was an actual conversation. I do appreciate small talk and meeting new people, but… 🤦🏽‍♂️ wanted to engage, but foreal, we had to go!

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2021-08-20

Buhay 8.12.21 More introvert adventures. I’ve been feeling like this, at times, the past couple weeks. Alone time helps for me, oh and my wife helps too 😁😘

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2021-08-13

Buhay 7.29.21. After last week’s epic adventure from the mind of my nephew, I figured I would show what my imagination was back in the day.

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2021-07-30

Buhay 7.22.21. Our Adventure: Prologue. This kid and his stories 😁 What an imagination! We spent like a day planning this trailer out. And… is that a twist ending? 😂 😜

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2021-07-23