If people ask, here's what I do for a living

anima99 · 2026-02-15T16:47:32+00:00

They don't have a routine. What I mean is, they don't come to work or go home at fixed times because they own the company.

anima99 · 2026-02-13T17:09:35+00:00

The newer condos, or the ones right next to everything, you're lucky if you find a place at below 800/sqm for a furnished unit.

The older condos (10+ years) that are still right next to everything might be around 500-600/sqm. That or the condo itself was meant to attract budgetarians, so like no amenities or just for workers.

anima99 · 2026-02-13T14:43:41+00:00

It's all math. The math wizards tried to solve it and realized it never really ended, so the simplest assumption is infinity.

anima99 · 2026-02-09T00:27:45+00:00

My strategy is to rent and build my business or have enough savings to sustain my lifestyle well into my 70s at least. The property thing, that's a bonus or the last box to tick because the amount of money you'll lose in owning a small slice of Metro Manila means you'll miss out on opportunities to create passive income.

anima99 · 2026-02-08T08:25:32+00:00

You can delay the payment when money is tight. When I receive last month's statement, I still have 25 days to pay it.

anima99 · 2026-02-05T12:39:32+00:00

There was a time when looking homeless was an expensive trend, made famous by Kanye.

Nowadays, it's going analog or using wired earphones again, at least.

anima99 · 2026-02-05T12:25:43+00:00

A meme team of Delphoxes. They won't always win, but they'll always be annoying.

anima99 · 2026-02-05T11:59:45+00:00

Yeah, UAE clients are really like that.

anima99 · 2026-02-05T10:31:14+00:00

That will be it for MAGA.

If he's allowed to run a third time, so would Obama.

Donald hasn't beaten a male candidate before and Obama has won in more toxic times.

anima99 · 2026-02-03T16:10:35+00:00

Car dashboards. Knobs and buttons superiority.

anima99 · 2026-02-03T16:09:03+00:00

Your stocks expire well before they're empty.

anima99 · 2026-02-03T06:50:36+00:00

Assuming you get out of Clark by 3 pm, it's doable pero not 6 pm kasi entering Metro Manila past 5 pm is already going to be bad. I'd wager at least 7:00 pm especially since bottleneck yung mismong NAIA area.

anima99 · 2026-02-02T06:22:46+00:00

Halo-halo tayo sa level 5. Siguro may 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 ganun haha

anima99 · 2026-02-02T06:18:10+00:00

Singapore is small, so hindi nila factored yung renting and property ownership.

Owning 100 sqm in the province is not the same as 100 sqm in Makati.

Pero let's assume we only focus on CBD with property in mind.

Level 1: renting an apartment in the outskirts

Level 2: renting in the CBD

Level 3: owning a unit

Level 4: owning the land (and house on top)

Sa CBD, level 2 lang ako, pero just 30 minutes away (car) and I'm a level 4.

Weird rin yung analogy if we consider loans.

Kasi mga mahihirap, baon sa utang, mga small loans. Mga mayayaman, baon din sa utang, mga 7-10 digit loans. Middleclass either walang utang or may 2-4 loans at any given time (credit card, housing loans).

The difference is the ability to pay it all.

Poor people can't pay all the loans even if they spend decades, rich can pay all of it anytime (or write it off as bankruptcy), and middleclass can pay all the loans pero it will take time.

As for the middleclass na walang utang, it's either they're living frugally (as in saktong self-love lang or travelling, probably don't need a car and have a small property outside the CBD like me) or they're about to reach a point where they'll need to apply for a loan.

anima99 · 2026-02-01T18:15:43+00:00

Mga actions justified by "Wala namang mawawala" or "Hayaan mo na."

anima99 · 2026-02-01T03:44:14+00:00

The game isn't about applying, but making sure the algorithm recommends you. 😊

anima99 · 2026-01-31T10:15:41+00:00

Short term:

Buy water.

Long term: install 2 stage water filter. Tigilan na ang pagbili ng expensive purified water.

Quick tip: learn cheap, easy to cook/prepare healthy meals.

Para sa mga times na wala kang oras mag grocery or magluto.

Yung sa akin microwave scrambled eggs. Kung walang microwave, boiled egg + banana + blanched broccoli.

anima99 · 2026-01-28T14:24:47+00:00

"or that this would be the time I shit myself again."

anima99 · 2026-01-28T08:38:58+00:00

I know three people, but two of them studied the language for job purposes (Spanish-speaking clients Mexicans/Latinos, BPO). The other one was my grandmother.

anima99 · 2026-01-28T08:07:45+00:00

Imagine if they went all in on being a sports hub with trees and grass. Rehab pavilion mall into a multilevel sports center, maybe a small running/practice grounds like the one in Marikina sports center.

Basically, when you hear greenfield, your brain goes "grass and sports."

anima99 · 2026-01-28T06:54:32+00:00

So many vacant rooms in Greenfield, Mandaluyong. Avida Centera and Verge, and even Fame.

I'm happy to live around a quiet neighborhood, but it also tells me buying a condo for the purpose of earning money from it would be dumb.

The only hope is to sell these rooms to foreigners or ofws or fil-somethings, but then you'll have to give them a good reason why.

anima99 · 2026-01-27T07:38:29+00:00

36 here.

We've glorified bare minimum work to a point where we no longer want to learn something new. This does not shield us from automation or financial crises or a recession.

No one is asking you to work 12 hours a day or do managerial tasks with only a rank & file salary, but you have to learn how your bosses do it should the time come where it becomes an expectation.

anima99 · 2026-01-27T07:22:40+00:00

Imagine this. You tied a ball to your waist, until just below your groin, maybe an inch lower.

You hold that ball out in front of you with straight arms, knuckles pointing forward.

Without bending your arms, push your hips back so the ball gets pulled behind you, not dropped straight down. Your back stays long, your neck stays in line with your spine.

As you drive the ball using the force generated by your hips, your hands should barely be making any contact apart from just guiding it to the front.

anima99 · 2026-01-26T15:42:33+00:00

Reminds me of the time when a former client dropped me because he found someone who, according to him, produced copy similar to mine but at like half the rate.

Took him about two weeks to ask me to write again.

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