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How I wish we weren't living in such an interesting time in human history. A few days ago, the USA and Israel bombed Iran amidst ongoing peace negotiations, and Iran retaliated (as they said they would) by bombing US bases in nearby territories. In the Philippines, we are feeling the ripples of this event -  just last night, President Bongbong Marcos declared a four-day workweek for government offices to ration our oil reserves. In the background, Duterte remains locked up in the International Criminal Court in the Hague, absent from his pre-trial hearings, where past media footage of him proudly announcing his kill counts are being played as official court evidence. Coincidentally, his daughter Inday Sara also recently announced her bid to run for president in 2028. Also, none of the big fish from the flood control scandal have been jailed yet. As if the local political turmoil weren't enough already, we have to deal with impending World War 3. Interesting times indeed. It al...