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  Ang ganda. Has all the politics, intrigue, sex, and interesting antiheroes Game of Thrones at its high point offered us. Great table-setting episode. I am hooked! Another good reason for you to watch: Matt Smith plays a major character. x

I honestly feel awful and disappointed after eating Randy’s Donuts. Para akong nalulunod sa asukal after the experience. Their donuts are just too big, sugary, and bready. I do not get that satisfied feeling I get after eating a well-deserved dessert. A good dessert should leave you craving for just one more bite, not wanting to puke out that montrosity you forced yourself to finish eating because it was too expensive for a piece of bread. I just gave it another try, because a branch opened up near our office, and I instantly regretted it after taking one bite. American servings are not good for Filipinos. Our parents taught us to clean out our plate. Kapag dumami pa ang branches ng Randy’s Donuts, we will be a metropolis of people growing fat on donuts we don’t even like. Maybe when you do try their donuts, share one with a friend. Or four friends. When I got back to the office from lunch break, a colleague offered me kutsinta from Biñan, Laguna. I was so full, but I took one just to

Imagine being in a relationship for almost two decades with the love of your life, and one day, the relationship just abruptly ends. You're back to the drawing board, but how do you start dating again in the 2020s when you have never seen a dating app in your life? Imagine being gay and middle-aged, on top of all these. How do you uncouple from a pseudo-marriage you have gotten so used to, when your entire lives have been so closely entangled for what feels like forever, when all your friends are common friends, when you share a mailbox, a Netflix account, and an expensive New York apartment? Netflix's Uncoupled's main character, Michael (played by the charming and talented Neil Patrick Harris) is a male and middle-aged Carrie Bradshaw: romantic, dislikes being single, dynamic but can sometimes get old-fashioned, and can get whiny and needy. Unsurprisingly, it feels very similar to Sex and the City, an ode to New York (its culture, art scene, and hip bars and restaurants) a