Derek Carlos

Today I learned that you should not do a VO2Max session after just taking two bananas for breakfast. Here I thought I can't get any more sillier.

First time using a Magic Trackpad with my MBP for work. The temptation to reach for my mouse is still there. So far I love the gestures for navigating web pages and full screen apps.

Bong Go can keep telling himself that, but in the end he's Duterte's Errand Boy first, and Senator of the Philippines second.

Ang daming Pilipino sa Threads. Sana dumami din sila dito sa Bluesky

I just saw the news about Dennis Padilla and his daughter's wedding. People were so quick to judge or defend him. The truth is we don't know the full story - and even if we do, we have no right to pass judgement to any party. Remember the Gospel from last Sunday - John 8:1-11.

wahahahaha nice

For the incoming PH elections - the people must now start asking our senatorial candidates about their position on the upcoming impeachment proceedings on the Vice President. Anyone who's not willing to check the presented evidence prior to giving judgement should not be elected.

I have come to love watching SP Chiz Escudero's press conferences. Straight to the point and light hearted at times.

I smiled giddily knowing that Representative Luistro is part of the House Panel to lead the impeachment case. Let's see what happens next.

Apparently Jose Rizal (i.e. our boy J. Rizz) will be in Civilization 7 game. I don’t know how the game works but this guy wins the day for me

I absolutely destroyed my 3x25 Tempo workout yesterday, a first time to complete once since I got back to cycling. I once again realized that positive self talk will get you somewhere and that you won’t grow if you don’t go out of your comfort zone.

Great news! One less trapo from the buffet of trapos

After almost 10 years of inactivity in Last.fm, I am now back scrobbling again.

Rewatching Chernobyl. Its first words hit different these days. “What is the cost of lies? It’s not that we’ll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all.”

Sa pagdiriwang ng pista ng Poong Hesus Nazareno, ang hiling ko ay gabayan Niya ang Pilipinas, lalo na ang mga Pilipinong nabubuhay sa bansang ito nang patas.

The best thing you can do is starve Meta for revenue. Never click on or buy anything through their ads. Never pay for an ad to sell a product or advertise an event. Never do anything again that will put one cent in Mark Zuckerberg's pocket!

THIS. www.philstar.com/opinion/2025...

Digital Garden Update: I have created a “Now” page which lists down my thought log without creating a proper post. This is good for posts that are too short in form. I love this. derek.ph/now/

TrainingPeaks Virtual seems to be a better deal than Zwift especially since my training plans are in TP already. I might get TP Premium again for 2025

Now that I am on a budget, I find it easier to say no to unplanned purchase. ... Well it's still difficult. I just said it's easiER.

Now that I started budgeting my finances, I realized why my mom would ask me not to say "wala akong pera", but rather "wala akong budget". I have money, I just don't have enough to do an unplanned purchase.

Our Ayuda Culture will always prevail as that covers the majority of the electorate and the middle class will always be neglected. We are only remembered when it’s time to pay our taxes every month.

I am surprised to say that The Kingdom was actually good. That sounds weird in my head. But yeah. Odd.

I want to join the Rapha Festive 500 kaso maulan. So paano na

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Are they going to perform a quick dance number or what. What type of collab are we talking about

Ang mahal pala talaga ng AV receivers. It’s really an investment if one wants to dive in to home theater systems.

I want to upgrade from a soundbar to an AV receiver. What would you recommend? I am looking at Denon AVR-S970H but I am open to anything cheaper than that as I still need to buy a pair of good speakers.

Sleeping Milo. (Testing cross posting)

I would expect a Christian school to know and do better. Matthew 25:40

Loved watching the fourth season of The Chosen. It encouraged me to pick up the Bible again to review some scenes. I have so much to learn.

Baka me fans dyan sasabihin nagkaroon ng anak sina Joy and Ethan please lang tigilan na natin ito

Social Media has reached the point where it always sells something to me. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram. I don’t need that something, but somehow I feel compelled to buy it. That is not good especially for people who doesn’t have a control over their finances.

Congratulations to our new lawyers. May you uphold the rule of law with integrity and honor.

I just learned about the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Remarkable.