About

Hello! I’m Fate and I’m bad at introductions.

Small talks and opening spiels are the hardest for me. I tend to babble, ask uncomfortable questions or make inappropriate remarks to people I just met. Silently counting 1 to 5, taking a deep breath, and putting on a polite smile saved me from having more awkward first interactions.

I help create IT solutions for a living, which includes any or all of the following: not confusing the next analyst, at least trying to bridge the gap between stakeholders, or writing technical documentation. Contrary to popular opinion, not everyone in IT is powered by coffee, I don’t drink it and prefer a warm cup of Sencha instead (or any freshly brewed tea will be fine). During college, I used to be an active member of a local open-source community where I organized events and helped train students to be better student leaders.

I will gladly listen to theories and discussions on Luffy and everyone onboard Sunny, Avatar: Aang the bald kid, and the misfit crew of the Waverider all day long. Growing up, I used books as an escape from household chores and wished that I was Anne Shirley’s great-great-granddaughter.

Armed with a backpack, I try to travel to anywhere with saltwater whenever I can, solo or with my family. I have a healthy obsession with sea turtles and try to go places where I can encounter those majestic creatures. Marine creatures have always brought joy to me but sea turtles have been my comfort and never failed to inspire me.

I do have enough notebooks to last me at least 2 lifetimes and have at least a piece in my bag (or 3 who’s counting?). It was in scribbling notes that I learn most, logging my to-do list to make sure that I don’t forget, committing to paper promises that I have tried to keep, and jotting down ideas that will be my next inspiration. Writing soothed me more than ice cream and journaling proved to be an effective self-care technique when life becomes overwhelming for me.

Amor Fati – is a Latin phrase for ‘love of one’s fate’. Seeing my name on it allowed to me look at it as a personal manifesto and helped me put together my translation for it: ‘a love of what happens to Fate’. But loving everything that happens to oneself is not easy, and I still fail at that.

This blog is the undertaking: tales of how I tried and won, chronicles on how I tinkered with my failures and what I plan to do better the next time, why I feel and have the need to do and complete things, how I respond to instances that I can and cannot control, how I put a value on constants and variables and other narratives in between.

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      3. oo. at andaming hiwaga nung panahon na yon na parang void sa history. at bakit biglang nawala ang mga Pharaohs? san na sila napunta?

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      4. Amazing pero mysterious ung mga architectural sttructures nila. Ung anak ata ni King Tut stillborn kaya ayun, wala ata syang heirs or something.

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      5. oo. nakakapagduda ang kagandahan ng mga pyramid na perpekto ang pagkakagawa….andaming sabi sabi…at gusto ko din makita talaga…..now is the best time to travel to Egypt (daw) dahil sobrang bagsak ang rates – hotel and fare (baka gusto mo na magpunta haha)

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  2. Finally, I got myself to follow you. Been pretty quite hard as the moment I pressed the follow button, it said that this blog is “private”. So I goggled your blog and hoooray. It’s no longer acrumpledpaper but “fatebacag”. Haha
    By the way, we’ve had the same goal in reaching Philippines highest peak. haha Wishing to have you next year for this. 🙂 Happy blogging.

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    1. I used acrumpledpaper for several years before turning it into fatecabag so maybe that is why WordPress has some issues on linking my sites. HAHAHAHA!
      I would start conquering peaks in Luzon this year and Mt. Apo the soonest!

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      3. hahah oo nga din eh! kasama din yan sa mga soon to be bucketlists ko . Good luck sayo. Balitaan mo nlng kami dito sa wordpress. haha

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      7. hahaha. malabong mangyari yan. an dami pa nga dito sa Mindanao oh! hahaha pangibang bansa na lang tayo para sa pagmamahal sa kabundukan. lol

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    1. Thank you! Listening (or rather reading) older people thoughts and life experiences is a privilege for the younger generation. In that way we are able to gain wisdom and first hand information.

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