Brian Dys

Category: The Ride

  • Footprints in the Sky

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  • Don’t leave

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  • Bedtime Stories

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    There were many nights when Bryce was younger, about a couple of years ago, that our imaginations ran wild through bedtime stories. We took turns in continuing episodes of adventures of multitude of characters, starting from X-Fighter-X — which was Bryce’s brainchild. It starred him and his classmates in Cascades, where they battle otherworldly creatures…

  • What is a new year?

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    A year is what it takes for Earth to complete a trip around the sun. We can say that we’re back to the point where we started — predictable seasons and collective celebrations of recurring events. We are passengers of this giant spaceship hurtling through space and time — we’re going ’round and ’round and…

  • Halloween Gourds

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  • Always Relaxing

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  • Moving portraits

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    I admit, I am amazed by technology when it can bring photos to life. Decades ago, I scanned my paternal grandparents’ wedding portrait with the purpose of restoring it. It was scanned in four parts and the best restoration that I could do was stitch them together and remove some blemishes using Photoshop. I thought…

  • Avaloq Philam Life

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    The first time I’ve been at Avaloq’s office at Philam Life building was during my second interview. I was impressed by the interior design of the pantry. There by the couch were some company brochures in the style of a newspaper. I took one home to familiarize myself with the new company that I was…

  • Strapped for straps

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    It was more than 10 years ago since I bought a Swatch watch called Something New. It was tiny classic black and white watch that had a plastic strap that cost one-third of the watch’s original price (and it breaks every year, the strap). This is what really deterred me from buying from Swatch. Metal…

  • Extract and carry on

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    Spent this Friday afternoon combing my work inbox — taking notes and flagging important emails that I will take on at the start of 2021. Most of my work that involves team management are already churned in Figma. In other words, I don’t worry about forgetting everything behind because I’ve already managed to extract the…