The Office Drawer

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Company Training Day 2025 (Part 3): Pastries, Humanoids, and Gustavo’s Brush with Destiny

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Saturday Training Day 2025 wasn’t done with Gustavo yet. After pastries, speeches, and the awkward attempts of management to inject “fun” in...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Company Training Day 2025 (Part 2): Pastries, Speeches, and Starfish

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If you’re wondering why Gustavo’s at a hotel instead of in bed watching anime, rewind to Part 1—it explains everything (sort of) . Training ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Manila Floods and Forgotten Promises: An Absurd Tale of a Vagabond, Watermelon Seeds, and Smiling Politicians

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The rains in Manila did not fall — they collapsed, like a billion buckets overturned by a drunken god. Jeepneys bobbed like bathtub toys, tr...
Monday, September 8, 2025

Company Training Day 2025 (Part 1): Gustavo’s Saturday of Coffee and Chaos

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Saturday mornings are usually sacred for Gustavo — a time when his head rests peacefully on his pillow as anime streams on his phone. But on...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

A Quiet Saturday Morning That Didn’t Last Long

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In a quiet suburban neighborhood in Laguna, the sound of birds, children at play, and neighbors at work paints the perfect Saturday morning....
Saturday, August 30, 2025

The Death of Cornelius: Gustavo’s Sanity, Basketball Fan, and Debt-Ridden Abstract Concept

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Cornelius, the fragile embodiment of Gustavo’s sanity, officially expired on August 29, 2025. Known in the neighborhood as both a stabilizin...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Nostalgia in Manila: Gustavo’s Story of Basketball, Gin, and Friendship

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Gustavo, now in his 30s and working a corporate job, looks back on his Manila college days filled with basketball, cheap gin, cigarettes, an...