JC

Joined March 2025

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The Light That Fought to Stay: A Letter to a Little Warrior
I remember standing outside the NICU, my forehead almost touching the glass, just staring at you. There were so many machines around you, so many tubes. You were so small in the middle of all that cold, sterile equipment. I had traveled five hours just to see you. Five long hours hoping I would get to see you fight, and live, and come home.
By JC9 months ago in Humans
The Kindness We Owe Strangers
Sometimes, it just takes a minute at a gate for your whole heart to break. I was about to drive to Maasin, a city in the southern part of the Philippines, around two in the afternoon. It was brutally hot. I had just gotten outside our gate when I had to stop because our road is only one lane and a motorcab was coming in. As I waited, I noticed an old lady walking slowly under the sun, wiping sweat off her face.
By JC9 months ago in Humans
LinkedIn Is Weird. Maybe Weirder Than You Think.
There’s a special kind of horror you feel when you realize you have been doomscrolling LinkedIn for half an hour, watching grown adults humblebrag about "lessons learned" from their toddler’s meltdown or announcing a lateral job move like they just cured polio.
By JC9 months ago in Unbalanced