August 06, 2021
About Leaving Webflow (Floating in a ship with no cruise control)
TLDR: After almost 5 years, the second week of July 2021 was my last at Webflow. Ever since, I've been having some adventures as an…
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June 12, 2021
The Midnight Boat of The Landwehrkanal
There is a boat that passes by our house every night at midnight. This is a weird way to start a story. I should preface this by saying that…
June 01, 2021
Finding meaning in taking time off
This winter lasted forever. The cold leaked into the entirety of May, so much that it was hard to even walk in the streets of Berlin without…
May 01, 2021
Erster Mai (International Workers' Day)
There is something in the air of Berlin every 1st of May. The city smells of a yearning for justice and baseline equality. Today is May Day…
April 05, 2021
How To Find a Mirror
My favorite thing about life is being able to connect to another person. Human connection is the ultimate source of purpose fulfillments…
February 06, 2021
:// About Berlin
Berlin is a sweet and dark electronic song that challenges you into a dance of finding the rhythm that your heart beats better at. The…
January 31, 2021
Collaboration, the Catch-22 of Tech
It seems to be the right time to acknowledge that not having mechanisms for the growth (and open door for recruitment) of junior/entry-level…
January 01, 2021
Unlearning Post-colonialist Classism and Racism
Happy New Year humans. Tonight, it's the unavoidable "year in review" obsession that occupies my thoughts. I've come to understand that more…
December 28, 2020
My Spiritual Tales Featuring Thom Yorke
The first time I had a strong epiphany while watching Thom Yorke play was during the Radiohead headlining set at Glastonbury 2017. I was…
December 26, 2020
Cognitive Dissonances of International Wellfare
My richest learning as an immigrant so far has been opening up to valuing quality of life and peace of mind from a baseline of common…
December 12, 2020
I am a Nomad, I am an Immigrant
I was born being a nomad, with Mexico City as a place of birth, only to be taken, along with my older sister, by my parents to Tijuana, a…
December 06, 2020
What's the best music streaming service as of 2020?
It's that time of the year again. Spotify gifted its users once more with an even fancier 2020 Wrapped experience, and our digital…
November 22, 2020
A Love Letter to My Church Taxes
Kirchensteuer: German tax that churches collect from their members , 8% of your income in Berlin (yeah, that high). Good luck proving you…
September 19, 2020
On Deriving Strength from Tragedy
This picture was taken on early September, in the 4th floor AirBnb I was renting before the tragic 7.1 earthquake that brought tragedy to…
July 06, 2020
Hasenheide (Volkspark) and the doors to connection
Today I saw from afar, scattered crowds trying to find an underground of hope in a weird era, where anything hopeful is particularly scarce…
June 26, 2020
Lets Talk About Music
So it's 2020, and the casual idea of attending a concert had never feel like such a thing of the past. And that only contributes more to the…
May 27, 2020
The New Social Rules of a post-pandemic society
The return to normalcy in Berlin is a fascinating social phenomenon to witness: it indeed includes a big bet on building networks of people…
May 24, 2020
Hello World
Saturday, 5:30am: It's being particularly challenging to convince myself to sit down and write this down. But if not tonight, when? Tonight…