personal
Realizations (March 13, 2016)
I just wanted to post something I wrote after I resigned from my first job in Manila. It was also the first time I experienced burnout. I certainly feel better now than I did then. I am in my se…
school
3 ways to jumpstart your best school year ever
It's Back-to-School season again. Are you just an average student? Are you the type whose grades are always near-failing due to your many activities? Or are you the top-student in the making, w…
Libraries
Is being a one-man librarian worth it?
Nowadays, librarians are in high-demand in the Philippines. There’s a lot of institutions looking for librarians, and there are few licensed and professional librarians. However, due to budget cut…
school
5 School Essentials you can’t leave home without
Pixabay 1. Your notebook and pen. The notebook and pen may be the most important invention in all of civilization. The notebook and pen is enduring even through technological change: portable an…
social media
Social media: the good, the bad, and the ugly
I would just like to share this essay I wrote for a finals exam for the subject Group Dynamics. The question is: The 21st Century is highly digitized, given the fast-paced expanding growth and d…
wealth
Chinkee Tan shares The Power to Create Wealth at Victory Iloilo
I've been reading the blog of speaker Chinkee Tan for some time now. His insights on money and how we spend it hits me most of the time and inspires me to save rather than spend. When Victory…
Shirley Jackson
Book review: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, New York: Penguin Books, ©1959 “No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids a…
school
Our short video on Reference Services in the Library
This is our last project for our summer classes! This is for MLIS 608: Advanced Reference and Information Services under Ms. Ana Mae Cantel. This is just a simple video of simple transactions in t…
personal
"Who wrote the book on goodbye?"
Yesterday, there was supposed to be a meet-up with some classmates from my college batch. Only two of us showed up. Another didn't feel so well after a trip. The one who told us to meet didn&#…
travel
Realizations after my first trip abroad
Some thoughts after my first trip abroad... traveling, though quite expensive, is a great educational experience. You get to experience things in another culture and get to compare your own. You rea…
Malditang Librarian has been blogging about books, librarianship, and Iloilo City since 2016. I am a member of Iloilo Bloggers Society and I write for IBS Digital Network.
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