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Song of the Moment CVII: Foo Fighters’ “Asking for a Friend”

If you’re going to ask me what my favorite song of 2025 is, it’s definitely the second Foo Fighters song they released that year, “Asking for a Friend”. I love the music so much that I wrote a love letter about it, and I have heard it 700+ times as I type this entry. (Thank you for keeping track, Last.fm.) I also assigned it as one of my alarm clock tunes along with “Run” (my favorite track from the album Concrete and Gold) and “The Pretender” (my all-time favorite song). Those are good reasons already for it to be my Song of the Moment.

Foo Fighters’ “Asking for a Friend”.

But tonight, let me explain another reason “Asking for a Friend” is my Song of the Moment. Recently, whenever I listen to my other favorite songs, or I live my life without my music player, “Asking for a Friend” somehow plays back to me.

One of those universal playbacks happened this afternoon while I was chilling after finishing work early. I savored the taste of The Angel’s Cup (hot honey/citron/ginger tea), I hit shuffle on my favorite songs list on Spotify, and I didn’t look for the queue. The second song my Spotify played was, well, “Asking for a Friend”. Another universal playback would be getting tagged on a recent Instagram story featuring the same song. Wow. I cannot even.

To quote Michael Corleone from The Godfather III:

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

That’s why Foo Fighters’ “Asking for a Friend” is my Song of the Moment. See you in the next post, and have a nice weekend!

Header image: Vova Kras of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2025.

10-Minute Warning CXCVI

So, what should I write about in my first Minute Warning post of 2026?

Firstly, yesterday, I worked overtime until 2am. That’s my first overtime of the year. In my current job as an administrative assistant, the first week of the month is usually the busiest. This 2026, I would like to work more efficiently so my family business can grow (most especially, financially). If that means burning the midnight oil to finish crucial tasks, I will gladly do it, and that’s what I accomplished yesterday.

Secondly, this 2026, I need to fix my sleep schedule again. Frankly speaking, recently, I have been waking up later than I want to. Yes, I woke up later today again, and I have a perfect excuse for that: I worked overtime. However, I need to go back to waking up at 8am, whether I have an early workload or not. I also have a perfect excuse to wake up early on Tuesday mornings, which is the livestream of WWE Raw on Netflix Philippines every Tuesday, 9am. The morning Raw viewing is so important that it’s already written in my planner for the next several weeks.

My ten minutes are almost up, but I have to go. See you in the next post.

Header image: cottonbro studio of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2025.

Notes to Self XXIV

For those who have been following The Diary since February 2023, you have read my struggles with Steinermania. Almost everything reminds me of the craziest professional wrestler, “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. I even have a hard time computing simple math because my brain has been conditioned to remember Steiner Math instead.

That’s why it’s been difficult typing my first Notes to Self of 2026. Then again, I had to write this because the leading expert in Steiner Math has said something unbelievably profound on X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter), even if it’s wrapped in typical Steiner promo fashion.