3/17/2026 Last 9.5 months: ninety-five cafe stays and sixty unique cafes. One stay: eight to twelve hours of reading, writing, studying, pondering, observing, and feeling out the place; one to two hours total travel time; and 700 PHP cost, when accounting only for cafe expenses. In total: 'about 950 hours in cafes, 142 hours in transit, and 66,500 PHP spent.'
