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Barcelona’s absurd water pricing

I’m calling BS on the whole pricing system for the water supply in the city of Barcelona 😀 I don’t even know how to begin my rant, I’m moving from anger 😑, to frustration 😭, to disappointment 😞. I have been comparing my parent’s water bill to mine. Get ready. ♻️ I’m conscientious about the […]


Enforced IoT

First of all, let me say I ❀️ technology. I make my living off it πŸ’° However, I don’t like when we’re not given a choice 😑 You see, my newly installed Samsung πŸ‡°πŸ‡· air conditioner can not be programmed without a mobile app πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ The A/C machine must be hooked into the WiFi network […]


Weeknote 51 (2020)

I have been busy. Busy and with my mind somewhere else. Where? My new apartment 🏑 I know… here I am again ranting about it. Only those who have undergone renovations can understand the pain of working with the contractors, the pain of having to repeat yourself over and over so they do what you […]


Weeknote 44 (2020)

πŸ˜” Kicked in the nuts, again. The Catalan government has imposed new restrictions as of today. Amongst others, they’ve closed off all the sports facilities because they don’t deem them to be a “first necessity”. Thus, our school had to close its doors for at least the next fifteen days. We’re powerless. Powerless against politicians […]


33

I don’t like how the proper way of phrasing age in English looks like: “I’m 33 years old“. In Spanish, if we were to literally translate it to English it would look like “I’m 33 years“. Why couldn’t we adopt a new way of saying it? How does “I’m 33 years young” sound like? I’d […]


Weeknote 40 (2020)

It has been nine weeks since the last update. So much for “weeknotes”, right? I haven’t been blogging much, not here nor in my travel blog, so here are some updates. πŸ›  Renovations It has been a full month since the renovations of my new apartment started. It’s funny now destroying stuff is easy (bathroom, […]


Is blogging dead?

I was reading this blog post the other day: Blogging is dead. Long live ephemerality. A crude slap to the face with reality to those of us who still love blogging. I honestly think blogging is not dead, not yet. Yes, I will not deny TikTok, Twitter, Instagram stories, and such are all essentially ephemeral […]


Weeknote 31 (2020)

πŸ– Vacations, here we go. Finally. After having to cancel my South Korean plans back in April (of which I’m still emotionally recovering) today, end of business, I’ll start my deserved three-week vacation. No flying, not traveling afar. COVID-19 has other plans for us this year. Spain’s situation is not yet under control and Barcelona […]


Weeknote 29 (2020)

I wish I didn’t have to rant but you know how most people are… a bunch of ***holes 😑 Some are so dense they’re only capable of caring about themselves, and their comfort. Selfish and unconscious, incapable of living in society. Incapable of feeling empathy for the person next to them. Barcelona is about to […]


Work from home: good or bad?

I was reading Om Malik’s Real reasons why tech giants are hugging β€œRemote Work”, it has some fantastic points. Those fancy offices, catered lunches, and all the other luxuries that allow people to pretend that they are still in college and getting paid for it β€” that all costs money. No doubt. The offices I […]