Miguel de la Fuente-Lau
@migueldlfl.bsky.social
Just be kind.
Writes here: migueldlfl.substack.com
Shoots here: instagram.com/jm.dlfl
Writes here: migueldlfl.substack.com
Shoots here: instagram.com/jm.dlfl
Balikbayan...and back
Some rambling notes from a travel weary writer
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September 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Just some thoughts about traffic and Manila and being back “home”: substack.com/@migueldlfl/...
Miguel de la Fuente-Lau (@migueldlfl)
On my first trip back to Manila in nearly a decade, I could not anticipate how much time I would be spending stuck in cars. Even as a passenger, the bumper to bumper crawl induces an inordinate amount...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Just some thoughts about traffic and Manila and being back “home”: substack.com/@migueldlfl/...
Yep, this from @joseiswriting.bsky.social
We need real solutions for our broken immigration system from both Democrats and Republicans.
July 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Yep, this from @joseiswriting.bsky.social
Reposted by Miguel de la Fuente-Lau
Sounds like a completely sober approach @netw3rk.bsky.social, I’m with you. I’ve done too much damage to my soul already.
July 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sounds like a completely sober approach @netw3rk.bsky.social, I’m with you. I’ve done too much damage to my soul already.
Ah yes. One of my few favorite memories from the 213 era.
Different coaches here but might as well bring this back since, you know, Indiana looks like they're gonna smoke this lead...
possibly relevant history here
Game 3 on the road in Dallas of the 2021 West quarterfinals, the LA Clippers were down 19 in the first quarter.
They won that game, tied series at 2-2 and 3-3, and won Game 7
Rick Carlisle was the Dallas head coach
Kenny Atkinson was on LAC staff
Game 3 on the road in Dallas of the 2021 West quarterfinals, the LA Clippers were down 19 in the first quarter.
They won that game, tied series at 2-2 and 3-3, and won Game 7
Rick Carlisle was the Dallas head coach
Kenny Atkinson was on LAC staff
May 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Ah yes. One of my few favorite memories from the 213 era.
Damn. Two of my favorite former #LAClippers. When CP3 came to LA, I really believed we had a chance. When we drafted Shai, I thought he was our future. Still hurts how the two of them leaving would see their careers get even better. #nbasky
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets his #NBA MVP award and a surprise from former teammate Chris Paul. Two were teammates on Oklahoma City #Thunder for one season, but the brotherly friendship and the mentoring remains: ‘He is always there to lean on.’ bit.ly/3SU3fK4
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets his MVP award and a surprise from Chris Paul
OKLAHOMA CITY – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had just received the NBA Most Valuable Player award when he noticed something suspicious. There was a man sitting court…
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May 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Damn. Two of my favorite former #LAClippers. When CP3 came to LA, I really believed we had a chance. When we drafted Shai, I thought he was our future. Still hurts how the two of them leaving would see their careers get even better. #nbasky
The Pacers have become must-see-tv these playoffs. It’s not even watching to see them win, I just want the drama they bring. #nbasky
Only four teams have come back from down 7+ in the last minute of the fourth or OT in the playoffs since 1998.
Thunder on May 13, 2014
Pacers on April 29, 2025
Pacers on May 6, 2025
Pacers on May 21, 2025 (tonight)
Thunder on May 13, 2014
Pacers on April 29, 2025
Pacers on May 6, 2025
Pacers on May 21, 2025 (tonight)
May 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The Pacers have become must-see-tv these playoffs. It’s not even watching to see them win, I just want the drama they bring. #nbasky
Not really a current Pacers fan but I loved Reggie. And this is for sure one of the best final game send-offs for a hall of famer, ever. Respect the game, respect the legends. #nbasky
Been going down a Pacers nostalgia Youtube rabbithole lately w/ECFs coming up. Found this and set it aside to share today, since it's somehow been 20 years since Reggie Miller's last game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C8_...
#YesCers #BoomBaby #NBASky #SkyHoops
#YesCers #BoomBaby #NBASky #SkyHoops
Reggie Miller Plays Final Game of 18-Year Career (May 19, 2005) | Indiana Pacers
YouTube video by Indiana Pacers
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May 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Not really a current Pacers fan but I loved Reggie. And this is for sure one of the best final game send-offs for a hall of famer, ever. Respect the game, respect the legends. #nbasky
This piece by E. Tammy Kim and the photos from photographer, Nguan, resonates deeply. "The plot is silly but relatable: those big New York dreams; that warm, emboldening light." Indeed, the monotony of commuting in #NYC that makes just enough room for hope, despite the weariness, despite the dread.
In 2014, the Singaporean photographer Nguan decided to do a project about commuters on the Staten Island ferry. The resulting collection, a decade in the making, captures the dreamlike nature of the city, “inhabiting a blur of the fictional and the real,” E. Tammy Kim writes.
Cut Right Through the Boat and Illuminate Everything
The Singaporean photographer Nguan spent a decade capturing New York via the Staten Island ferry.
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May 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This piece by E. Tammy Kim and the photos from photographer, Nguan, resonates deeply. "The plot is silly but relatable: those big New York dreams; that warm, emboldening light." Indeed, the monotony of commuting in #NYC that makes just enough room for hope, despite the weariness, despite the dread.
How many times in this #nbaplayoffs are we seeing crazy comebacks from teams desperately playing to win against teams just trying not to lose? The top seeds need to wake up. #nbasky
May 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
How many times in this #nbaplayoffs are we seeing crazy comebacks from teams desperately playing to win against teams just trying not to lose? The top seeds need to wake up. #nbasky
Is this “travel writing” when I live here? 🤷🏻♂️ Glad I can keep coming back: migueldlfl.substack.com/p/belonging-...
Belonging in a Bookstore
Diaspora Dispatch #3
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April 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Is this “travel writing” when I live here? 🤷🏻♂️ Glad I can keep coming back: migueldlfl.substack.com/p/belonging-...
This one is a little bit more personal: open.substack.com/pub/migueldl...
Domestic Writers
Diaspora Dispatch #2
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March 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This one is a little bit more personal: open.substack.com/pub/migueldl...
A bit of a rebrand and a new post at my Substack. Read and subscribe if it resonates! open.substack.com/pub/migueldl...
Spicy Survivors
Diaspora Dispatch #1
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March 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
A bit of a rebrand and a new post at my Substack. Read and subscribe if it resonates! open.substack.com/pub/migueldl...
In light of former president Duterte’s arrest and trial before the ICC, this sobering piece published by @mekongreview.com couldn’t be more timely.
Both Patricia Evangelista and Neferti X.M. Tadiar’s books question what it means to be human. While some are valued because of their contribution to capitalism, those who are less productive in the profit-making sense are treated as disposable.
Read: mekongreview.com/the...
Read: mekongreview.com/the...
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 AM
In light of former president Duterte’s arrest and trial before the ICC, this sobering piece published by @mekongreview.com couldn’t be more timely.
We’ll see what happens. What a development…
Who would have guessed that the first government leader from the past decade arrested for #humanrights crimes wouldn't be #Putin, #Trump, #Netanyahu, Myanmar's Min Aung or #XiJinping, but Rodrigo Duterte #Philippines.
Hopefully (but unlikely), the start of a trend
www.rappler.com/philippines/...
Hopefully (but unlikely), the start of a trend
www.rappler.com/philippines/...
LIVE UPDATES: Rodrigo Duterte arrested over ICC case
Rodrigo Duterte is the first former Philippine head of state to be arrested through an order by an international tribunal
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March 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We’ll see what happens. What a development…
“I would say to my younger self—or maybe my best piece of advice to emerging writers—is to do the kind of writing that you want to do. Do it now. Don’t be safe, don’t wait.” Thank you @chameauleon.bsky.social. Many beautiful insights in this interview. My older self had plenty to gain from it, too.
Erika Hayasaki and I talked about what makes a story tick and other writing stuff! Her substack has great advice for freelancers, I recommend. thereportedessay.substack.com/p/do-the-kin...
March 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“I would say to my younger self—or maybe my best piece of advice to emerging writers—is to do the kind of writing that you want to do. Do it now. Don’t be safe, don’t wait.” Thank you @chameauleon.bsky.social. Many beautiful insights in this interview. My older self had plenty to gain from it, too.
This was my jumpstart for 2025. Happy and humbled to share my contribution to the @mekongreview.com: mekongreview.com/lost-and-fou...
February 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This was my jumpstart for 2025. Happy and humbled to share my contribution to the @mekongreview.com: mekongreview.com/lost-and-fou...
Looking to get this going again, just needed a little push. open.substack.com/pub/migueldl...
On Diaspora and Belonging
Whenever people meet me and ask where I’m from, I take a half-second pause to consider how I might reply.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Looking to get this going again, just needed a little push. open.substack.com/pub/migueldl...
“I know, you never intended to be in this world.
But you’re in it all the same.
So why not get started immediately.
I mean, belonging to it.
There is so much to admire, to weep over.”
But you’re in it all the same.
So why not get started immediately.
I mean, belonging to it.
There is so much to admire, to weep over.”
"Do you need a prod?
Do you need a little darkness to get you going?"
Remembering Mary Oliver, who died 5 years ago today, with her immortal wisdom on the measure of a life well lived
Do you need a little darkness to get you going?"
Remembering Mary Oliver, who died 5 years ago today, with her immortal wisdom on the measure of a life well lived
Mary Oliver on the Measure of a Life Well Lived and How to Magnify Your Aliveness
“Do you need a prod? Do you need a little darkness to get you going?”
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January 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“I know, you never intended to be in this world.
But you’re in it all the same.
So why not get started immediately.
I mean, belonging to it.
There is so much to admire, to weep over.”
But you’re in it all the same.
So why not get started immediately.
I mean, belonging to it.
There is so much to admire, to weep over.”
Ok who’s here and what are we doing again?
December 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Ok who’s here and what are we doing again?