Its been a pretty wild year. Two months to go, and these 2 photos kind of show how far we've come already. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see what the place looked like in January. Since then, we've built up the space, grown the company with an awesome community team, launched 2.5 online magazines, managed to host both the Philippine Aeropress Championship and NAPCON board game convention, and -- of course -- design and build a line of our own workplace furniture too, together with collaborator, Artesania. I just came from a meeting with our partner, Injap and we finally have set a Read More

It's a major problem with "being yourself." Happens all the time, happens every day. And it's really nobody's fault. Nothing about it is controllable on any large level that might matter. Or is it? The problem with being yourself is that it takes so long to figure out who you actually are. There's this myth that you're supposed to have it figured out by the time you're around 30 -- a totally arbitrary number. For most people, this will be a lifelong search. You'll find yourself looping back into things you thought that you had graduated from already or cresting hills you simply cannot see Read More

One of my daughters' favorite games to play is I Spy. I usually join. We take turns picking an object in sight then make each other guess what it is by giving clues. We like to play it specially when travelling. It's a very simple activity, searching for things, but apart from it always being a hit with them, it's also a good way to discover new things in our surroundings, a good practice on object identification AND an effective way to keep them off the screen. Sometimes, when I have enough prep time, I make them little activity booklets that send them on scavenger hunts, which they seem to Read More

I wonder if they'll remember this? So much importance is loaded on the cliché watershed moments of our family lives. Graduations, birthdays, weddings. And while all those things are indeed special, and while I do have very complete memories about my father's 40th birthday barbeque or new year's eve, I equally remember the times we were simple hitting the Burger King or Circle K after dark with my folks. In our little family, our lives are changing again, and this has made me think a lot about the places that I spent my childhood and how they influenced me and my thoughts. They let me know Read More