Ligaya
@ligaya.bsky.social
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Reading diversely. Writing inclusively.
Ingatan natin ang isa’t isa.
Reading diversely. Writing inclusively.
Ingatan natin ang isa’t isa.
Picture it: Philippines, 1899.
That's 100+ years ago, for those saying, "This isn't my America" and otherwise acting like everything happening is shocking and new.
How does this relate to Black History Month, my papaya soap scouring kaibigan?
Let's talk about David Fagan.
#BlackHistoryMonth
That's 100+ years ago, for those saying, "This isn't my America" and otherwise acting like everything happening is shocking and new.
How does this relate to Black History Month, my papaya soap scouring kaibigan?
Let's talk about David Fagan.
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Picture it: Philippines, 1899.
That's 100+ years ago, for those saying, "This isn't my America" and otherwise acting like everything happening is shocking and new.
How does this relate to Black History Month, my papaya soap scouring kaibigan?
Let's talk about David Fagan.
#BlackHistoryMonth
That's 100+ years ago, for those saying, "This isn't my America" and otherwise acting like everything happening is shocking and new.
How does this relate to Black History Month, my papaya soap scouring kaibigan?
Let's talk about David Fagan.
#BlackHistoryMonth
Sometimes I remember a long ago memory of my buddy saying, "Don't worry. If it was Sailor Moon or Hello Kitty, I would have given [surprise bag contents] to you."
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sometimes I remember a long ago memory of my buddy saying, "Don't worry. If it was Sailor Moon or Hello Kitty, I would have given [surprise bag contents] to you."
"I'm not even going to ask. It's just going to happen" is a vibe for maintaining my peace.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"I'm not even going to ask. It's just going to happen" is a vibe for maintaining my peace.
I don't know if it's an auto translation gone wrong, but, "I'm going to throw my size 38 slipper at your 50 yard face" is 👩🍳 💋
#AsianLife #RespectYourElders
#AsianLife #RespectYourElders
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I don't know if it's an auto translation gone wrong, but, "I'm going to throw my size 38 slipper at your 50 yard face" is 👩🍳 💋
#AsianLife #RespectYourElders
#AsianLife #RespectYourElders
As some people look toward tomorrow (Thanksgiving) with trepidation, I'd like to offer my thoughts:
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
As some people look toward tomorrow (Thanksgiving) with trepidation, I'd like to offer my thoughts:
On any given day...
Coworker: I'm leaving now.
Me: You're leaving me alone? Without supervision?
Coworker: Yes?
Me: Without an adult?!
Coworker: You ARE an adult!
Me: I need a real adult!
#WorkLifeBalance #DayInTheLife
Coworker: I'm leaving now.
Me: You're leaving me alone? Without supervision?
Coworker: Yes?
Me: Without an adult?!
Coworker: You ARE an adult!
Me: I need a real adult!
#WorkLifeBalance #DayInTheLife
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
On any given day...
Coworker: I'm leaving now.
Me: You're leaving me alone? Without supervision?
Coworker: Yes?
Me: Without an adult?!
Coworker: You ARE an adult!
Me: I need a real adult!
#WorkLifeBalance #DayInTheLife
Coworker: I'm leaving now.
Me: You're leaving me alone? Without supervision?
Coworker: Yes?
Me: Without an adult?!
Coworker: You ARE an adult!
Me: I need a real adult!
#WorkLifeBalance #DayInTheLife
If you've watched #FreakierFriday, did you notice you can sing "Glycerine" over "Baby"?
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
If you've watched #FreakierFriday, did you notice you can sing "Glycerine" over "Baby"?
So hey: any of my kababayan making book covers without AI? My WIP is a YA urban fantasy.
Hello! I know a lot of my followers are from the west and I would like to ask that if you have money to spare, please commission some Filipino artists right now that are doing commissions for a cause to help fund the repairs from the recent (and upcoming) super typhoons.
Links to them in replies!
Links to them in replies!
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
So hey: any of my kababayan making book covers without AI? My WIP is a YA urban fantasy.
The other day, I saw someone erecting (tee-hee: "erecting") a fish shaped mailbox and remembered the baseball bat I have at home.
Happy belated birthday, @nimyane.bsky.social!
Happy belated birthday, @nimyane.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The other day, I saw someone erecting (tee-hee: "erecting") a fish shaped mailbox and remembered the baseball bat I have at home.
Happy belated birthday, @nimyane.bsky.social!
Happy belated birthday, @nimyane.bsky.social!
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか？
Fefe: mrow
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか?!
Fefe: MEOW
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか？!?!
Fefe: MRRRROW MRRRRRROW!
She got pretty frantic so I stopped teasing, and pet her 😅
#DayInTheLife
Fefe: mrow
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか?!
Fefe: MEOW
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか？!?!
Fefe: MRRRROW MRRRRRROW!
She got pretty frantic so I stopped teasing, and pet her 😅
#DayInTheLife
September 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか？
Fefe: mrow
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか?!
Fefe: MEOW
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか？!?!
Fefe: MRRRROW MRRRRRROW!
She got pretty frantic so I stopped teasing, and pet her 😅
#DayInTheLife
Fefe: mrow
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか?!
Fefe: MEOW
Me: ねこちゃんはどこですか？!?!
Fefe: MRRRROW MRRRRRROW!
She got pretty frantic so I stopped teasing, and pet her 😅
#DayInTheLife
Coworker: My sister tried to rage bait me but she can't.
Me: The student isn't ready to surpass the master.
Coworker: I'm the master baiter. Don't look at me like that! You know you were waiting for me to go there.
Me: The student isn't ready to surpass the master.
Coworker: I'm the master baiter. Don't look at me like that! You know you were waiting for me to go there.
September 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Coworker: My sister tried to rage bait me but she can't.
Me: The student isn't ready to surpass the master.
Coworker: I'm the master baiter. Don't look at me like that! You know you were waiting for me to go there.
Me: The student isn't ready to surpass the master.
Coworker: I'm the master baiter. Don't look at me like that! You know you were waiting for me to go there.
Friend: You *have* to learn how to swim! What if you're by a river and you see a dog or kitten drowning?
Me: It's interesting that you specify a dog or cat, and not a human child.
Friend: I know my girls.
😹😹😹
#GirlsGirl
Me: It's interesting that you specify a dog or cat, and not a human child.
Friend: I know my girls.
😹😹😹
#GirlsGirl
July 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Friend: You *have* to learn how to swim! What if you're by a river and you see a dog or kitten drowning?
Me: It's interesting that you specify a dog or cat, and not a human child.
Friend: I know my girls.
😹😹😹
#GirlsGirl
Me: It's interesting that you specify a dog or cat, and not a human child.
Friend: I know my girls.
😹😹😹
#GirlsGirl
I strive to write with honesty, so while I had the best dad, I also acknowledge that he was still human with human fallibilties.
Despite that, my ditse nailed it when, in her last conversation with Dad, she said, "You did what you set out to do. You kept the family together."
#FathersDay
1/3
Despite that, my ditse nailed it when, in her last conversation with Dad, she said, "You did what you set out to do. You kept the family together."
#FathersDay
1/3
June 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I strive to write with honesty, so while I had the best dad, I also acknowledge that he was still human with human fallibilties.
Despite that, my ditse nailed it when, in her last conversation with Dad, she said, "You did what you set out to do. You kept the family together."
#FathersDay
1/3
Despite that, my ditse nailed it when, in her last conversation with Dad, she said, "You did what you set out to do. You kept the family together."
#FathersDay
1/3
Post a female character you love.
June 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Post a female character you love.
Maligayang araw ng kalayaan!
I have complicated feelings about the day, and the United States's continued intrusion, but I love my people. I dream of a Philippines that is someday truly independent, where people leave "home" because they want to, not because of need.
1/2
I have complicated feelings about the day, and the United States's continued intrusion, but I love my people. I dream of a Philippines that is someday truly independent, where people leave "home" because they want to, not because of need.
1/2
June 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Maligayang araw ng kalayaan!
I have complicated feelings about the day, and the United States's continued intrusion, but I love my people. I dream of a Philippines that is someday truly independent, where people leave "home" because they want to, not because of need.
1/2
I have complicated feelings about the day, and the United States's continued intrusion, but I love my people. I dream of a Philippines that is someday truly independent, where people leave "home" because they want to, not because of need.
1/2
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
June 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
I *know* somebody educated me on it, but I forgot how to save posts here.
But also: this looks really interesting.
But also: this looks really interesting.
Excited to have bagged this bad boy from used books spaces. "The Boys from the Barracks" tells the a story about military conspiracies ("deep states") in the Philippines after EDSA. I'm assembling a syllabus for a seminar on deep states and parapolitics in the Philippines so this will be useful!
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I *know* somebody educated me on it, but I forgot how to save posts here.
But also: this looks really interesting.
But also: this looks really interesting.
24 years ago, I lost my mother.
I don't mean like the times I hid in the clothing racks and she walked to the next department without me. I *lost* lost her. As in there was service, mourning, and everything.
Months later, in an attempt to run away from the pain, I relocated to San Francisco.
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I don't mean like the times I hid in the clothing racks and she walked to the next department without me. I *lost* lost her. As in there was service, mourning, and everything.
Months later, in an attempt to run away from the pain, I relocated to San Francisco.
1/3
June 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
24 years ago, I lost my mother.
I don't mean like the times I hid in the clothing racks and she walked to the next department without me. I *lost* lost her. As in there was service, mourning, and everything.
Months later, in an attempt to run away from the pain, I relocated to San Francisco.
1/3
I don't mean like the times I hid in the clothing racks and she walked to the next department without me. I *lost* lost her. As in there was service, mourning, and everything.
Months later, in an attempt to run away from the pain, I relocated to San Francisco.
1/3
Co-worker: You are not [age]!
Me: I totally am!
CW: You're NOT! [10 years younger], but not -
Me: It's because I'm immature. It's affected your perception of me.
CW: ...
Me: 😅
CW: ...I think you're right.
Me: I totally am!
CW: You're NOT! [10 years younger], but not -
Me: It's because I'm immature. It's affected your perception of me.
CW: ...
Me: 😅
CW: ...I think you're right.
June 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Co-worker: You are not [age]!
Me: I totally am!
CW: You're NOT! [10 years younger], but not -
Me: It's because I'm immature. It's affected your perception of me.
CW: ...
Me: 😅
CW: ...I think you're right.
Me: I totally am!
CW: You're NOT! [10 years younger], but not -
Me: It's because I'm immature. It's affected your perception of me.
CW: ...
Me: 😅
CW: ...I think you're right.
I'm just a girl, standing in front of another social media platform, asking it to love me - you know: let me opt out of it using my content to train AI.
It won't, so I'm here.
Again.
Cheesecake.
It won't, so I'm here.
Again.
Cheesecake.
June 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I'm just a girl, standing in front of another social media platform, asking it to love me - you know: let me opt out of it using my content to train AI.
It won't, so I'm here.
Again.
Cheesecake.
It won't, so I'm here.
Again.
Cheesecake.
Best part of last night:
Me: (laying in bed) 猫ちゃんはどこですか？
A few moments later, I heard a trill from the floor next to me, then the mattress depressing as she leapt up 💗
Me: (laying in bed) 猫ちゃんはどこですか？
A few moments later, I heard a trill from the floor next to me, then the mattress depressing as she leapt up 💗
April 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Best part of last night:
Me: (laying in bed) 猫ちゃんはどこですか？
A few moments later, I heard a trill from the floor next to me, then the mattress depressing as she leapt up 💗
Me: (laying in bed) 猫ちゃんはどこですか？
A few moments later, I heard a trill from the floor next to me, then the mattress depressing as she leapt up 💗
Happy birthday to the bestest birthday girl: ME!
a white rabbit is sitting on a table with a bunch of pink balls on it
ALT: a white rabbit is sitting on a table with a bunch of pink balls on it
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April 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Happy birthday to the bestest birthday girl: ME!
When I was younger, I was convinced I was ugly. Flaws I perceived included my huge nose and fat belly. A few classmates said I looked like a boy. Pictures attached for reference.
Pictures I rediscovered as an adult and thought, "WTH. I was cute!"
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Pictures I rediscovered as an adult and thought, "WTH. I was cute!"
1/8
March 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When I was younger, I was convinced I was ugly. Flaws I perceived included my huge nose and fat belly. A few classmates said I looked like a boy. Pictures attached for reference.
Pictures I rediscovered as an adult and thought, "WTH. I was cute!"
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Pictures I rediscovered as an adult and thought, "WTH. I was cute!"
1/8
March 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM