Website Migration

Long time no see, I guess? I was so focused with VTuber NewsDrop that I only blog here sparsely. Now that you’re here, allow me to welcome you to my new website. I lost track of what version is this on, but I’ll put this on v6. This time, we’re on a different platform – Hugo. My friends use it, VTubers use it, and now I’m using it. It’s been a journey learning how to deploy v6 online, and I’m thankful for every small wins I earned throughout. ...

October 2, 2025 · 5 min

Why I am an advocate of efficient cashless payments

Ever since this whole quarantine period has started - there should be a counter on the sidebar that tells you how many days it has been - cashless payment systems are gradually being integrated in our “next normal” lives. I’m going to narrate my stories and experiences about cashless payments, and I hope you get a thing or two from what I’ll share to you. Transport I got introduced to cashless transport through beep, the payment system which started from the light rails to e-shuttles and is now integrated with convenience stores like FamilyMart and MiniStop as well as Wendy’s among others. ...

June 12, 2020 · 8 min

“My ATM card just got captured. Help!”

…or what happens to be my one-week nightmare with my bank One day, I was trying to get cash from an at a posh location. The machine was slowly taking the card in. When it’s time to get the cash, the card is getting out slowly — and then it decided that nope, it won’t give me the card and it won’t give me the cash I asked for. ...

June 15, 2018 · 4 min

If I didn’t check my Hummingbird, I wouldn’t knew they’ve changed

…for the better, that is. The last time I’ve checked my Hummingbird was a few months ago or so through a third-party Android app called Imprint (or its previous name Tenpenchii). I’m surprised that Hummingbird, by far the best in tracking my anime viewing habits, got VIZ Media’s (among others) support and turned into Kitsu.io. https://medium.com/heykitsu/hummingbird-is-dead-long-live-kitsu-bda6ccfbbcce?source=post_page-----17a47dde5080---------------------- So this is what Hummingbird has been talking about for what felt like a year or so, yes? ...

January 4, 2017 · 1 min

Live and on-demand TV with Tribe

The Tribe app, as tested on MyPhone my81. Initally connected to Globe Telecom, targets K-pop and Anime niche At first, I think of the recently-launched Tribe as something catered to the Hallyu audience, but when [Anime Pilipinas [APN] reported that it has Aniplus content](http://www.animepilipinas.com/2016/12/06/aniplus-asia-philippines-through-tribe-streaming-service/), I didn’t take a second guess and got the app instantly. Aside from Aniplus, they have Korean brands tvN, KBS World, Kix and E-sports channel EGG. Tribe was launch last November 30, and they had their launch party last December 2 which features a live viewing MNET Asian Music Awards (and they even got Glaiza de Castro and the Gosiengfiao sisters Alodia and Ashley as guests). Tribe is based in Malaysia, and is brought by pay-TV provider Astro. ...

December 11, 2016 · 4 min

On OpenSocial, OVI, and Google Chrome Extensions

View this post on Instagram Me, circa 2010. This is just some of the posts that you will see on my Instagram thanks to Timehop. ...

July 6, 2016 · 3 min

To App.net and Ello, 2015

This is a “write drunk, edit sober” post, in which I will have to edit later when my brain’s ready to do so. For the meantime, I’ll let you read my thoughts. How long was it when App.net opened to the public and said “We’re going to make an open, ad-free, user-backed Twitter?” They started in August 2012. How long was it when Ello said “We’re going to make a Facebook that doesn’t screw our data?” They started in March 2014. ...

December 28, 2015 · 2 min

If WinRAR can’t recover it, nothing can

I was given a 90MB ZIP file with videos in it, and it took me a three hours to get it over a fluctuating data connection of 12Kbps to 24Kbps at off-peak hours (around 1am to 4am). After I got the file, it won’t open normally on either Windows Explorer and 7zip. As if all the time I spent on getting the file were not enough. I then tried to get and install ZIP recovery software. Those trial editions were okay until they charge you before you can recover the files. ...

November 20, 2015 · 3 min