Now

This is a now page inspired by Derek Sivers. This page was last updated on 26 December 2024 from Metro Manila, Philippines.

What’s keeping me busy

Studying. I’m on my final year of undergraduate studies, pursuing a humanities-focused program, majoring in socio-anthropology and computer science, and with a minor in humanitarian action.
Writing. My senior thesis is on mapping the urban food deserts in Metro Manila. My food hyperfixation led me to this rabbithole and here I am.
Field-building. I’m co-organizing an iteration of Condor Camp in Southeast Asia (SEA) along with a few cool people. We’re also hoping to build an AI safety agenda within SEA.
Mentoring. I work part-time at my uni’s startup incubator where I’ve been mentoring early-stage startups in healthtech, edtech, and proptech. I’ve also been accommodating 1:1s with folks who are interested to learn more about AI safety.

I’m in the process of building (or more like articulating) my worldview. I usually struggle with expressing myself with words, but I’m making an active effort to learn how to respectfully express my beliefs to people outside of my inner circle.
I’ve been very interested in the relationship of food and the human body, as well as the culture surrounding it in different communities. I’ve been thinking about reducing my meat consumption, but it’s still an ongoing process.
Improving institutional decision-making and the innovation infrastructure in low-middle income countries has been something I’ve been thinking about for years but I’m almost clueless on what to do with it. I’d love to have conversations on this!
I just learned about progress studies a few weeks ago. I’m trying to read up on it.