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One Time, Never Again

Essays, Life and Philosophy | 26 June 2025

Ichi-go Ichi-e: One Time, One Meeting, Never Again

If there’s one thing I should be doing more, which is to write a lot more on this blog. There are times when I find myself thinking that by not cranking out more material, I’m wasting my days on this earth. Perhaps that’s not a healthy thing to think about, but it does make me feel bad sometimes. This post is a musing on the unpredictability of the future and how we must all make the most of our time on this earth. However, writing for me is a lone endeavor — no one tells me to write other than myself. Perhaps I should spend more time with other people. (more…)

Death is Thy Savior, Ego is the Devil

by: Sonny Go

Essays, Religion | 18 June 2025

It was one of those late nights when I, who usually would fall asleep in a snap, was overcome with a rare insomnia. I would pace around the house restlessly, not knowing for sure what I wanted to do at the moment. I settled down and tried to focus on watching some YouTube videos. None of the usual stuff grabbed my attention, so I drifted to videos about psychology and philosophy. As I went through them, a lightbulb in my head started to flicker. This is the result of that uneasy night — a short treatise on religion and spirituality from my perspective. (more…)

How to Fight Mass Manipulation

by: Sonny Go

Books, Essays, Lists, Politics | 29 May 2025

With everything happening around the world as of 2025 — especially in society, politics, and economics — we may ask ourselves every so often how all of this ended up this way. Whether you now doubt the power of democracy or knew all along what it entailed in a society with lowering education quality, increasing cost of living, and worsening partisanship, you must be wary of the mass manipulation that sways our judgment through mass media and the Internet. Whether it’s traditional media or social media, all of them try to tell you what to think and believe — on who to believe in and who to hate. Perhaps the way is not to look for what to believe, but think for oneself and come to that conclusion on your own. However, they don’t want that. (more…)

Musashi Miyamoto’s 9 Warrior Principles

by: Sonny Go

Books, Life and Philosophy, Lists, Traditional Marital Arts | 24 April 2025

The Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto

This is somewhat a book report on one of the earliest books I read during my formative years, which was from around the ages of 16 to 23. While I must admit that I couldn’t make much use of a sizable chunk of the text, I still got some good stuff from The Book of Five Rings that has stuck with me to this day. The most notable part is the nine principles that a warrior must live by. (more…)

Stick with These 7 Habits and You’ll Be Fine

by: Sonny Go

Guides, Self-Improvement | 27 March 2025

Stick with These 7 Habits and You'll Be Fine

Being on top of your life is not easy. However, I’d like to posit here that it’s simple. While ‘simple’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘easy’, I think these seven foundational habits shouldn’t be too difficult to follow since they’re everyday tasks that just need more focus and attention to implement. However, if they were just as easy as breathing, then there wouldn’t be so much difficulty for many people out there to stay on top of things. Take this as both a guide and a reminder of what’s truly important in life — the basics are always the best. (more…)

Sony ZV-E10 II Camera Review

by: Sonny Go

Cameras, Reviews | 09 January 2025

My YouTube channel got a boost thanks to a momentary pleasing of the algorithm and Ironmouse somehow watched my video about her boss theGunrun on the ninth day of her now-legendary subathon. This encouraged me to go harder with this content creation gig. One of the first things I did to push forth with this personal initiative is what most people shouldn’t be doing — buy a new camera. However, since I’ve been ballin’ outta control, I went to JG Superstore and bought the recently-released second iteration of the Sony ZV-E10 mirrorless camera, the first of which I’ve already become a fan of. (more…)

Build Skill Pillars for a Well-Rounded Life

by: Sonny Go

Guides, Life and Philosophy | 04 January 2025

Build Skill Pillars for a Well-Rounded Life

This blog post is cutting it really close in looking like a self-help piece. I’m not Tony Robbins who tells people how to accomplish their goals or Robert Kiyosaki who rebukes their fathers for staying poor. While I don’t have the business acumen to tell you how to multiply your money or the wisdom to show how to find inner peace, I do have some ideas on a system for living a more well-rounded life by focusing on a set of skills that best fit every aspect of your being. (more…)

Should I Abandon WordPress?

by: Sonny Go

Blogging, Technology, Website Updates | 31 October 2024

For years, I’ve been mulling over changing the web design of this crummy blog of mine. I got it to a point where it looks fairly decent, but I still have to struggle with it every now and then. Usually, YouTube embeds stretch out the mobile version, in which case I have to mess around with the CSS again to fix it. But now, with these new developments, I’m pondering on abandoning WordPress — my content management system of choice for over a decade — because its creator and founder has lost his mind. (more…)

Veteran Artists Don’t Quit When They Should

by: Sonny Go

Art, Life and Philosophy, Opinion, Productivity | 23 October 2024

A major issue I had to deal with in 2024 is the myriad reasons I’ve been told to quit whatever I’m doing for the sake of whatever I’m being told is more important and urgent — taking care of my mother, getting married and settling down, and the futility of what I do. I was told these things by people who know barely anything about how I live and what I do. I can’t ignore their advice for I have two functioning ears and a brain that retains information too well. However, what I can do is review what makes me resolute in pursuing my endeavors and my way of life. (more…)

Multipurpose Glue Showdown

by: Sonny Go

Everyday Carry, Lists, Making | 01 August 2024

Continuing the exploration of everyday carry, I’d like to put forth the idea of bringing glue with you in your exploits. Having liquid adhesive at hand — either a little tube of it in your bag for emergency fixes or a bottle in your broom closet for home repairs — is good practice that shouldn’t be ignored or put off. I’d like to give some suggestions on which glues may be worth trying out, as well as educate on the different kinds of glues that you should be aware of. (more…)

I Strongly Dislike StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

by: Sonny Go

Essays, Video Games | 25 July 2024

Kerrigan from StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

StarCraft II still makes me nostalgic for what were the last few worry-free years of my life. I quite like the Wings of Liberty campaign, from following the struggles of Jim Raynor and the crew of the Hyperion, the antics of Tychus Findlay, and the gameplay progression with the unlockable units and upgrades. You get the sense of the revolution against Arcturus Mengsk being bootstrapped with scraps and held together by a thread. I replayed its campaign so much that I completed all the achievements. On the other hand, Heart of the Swarm gives me a really bad fuzzy feeling that it almost makes me physically nauseous. (more…)