Art and Earth Science by Grass
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist I work with data. I work with machine learning. I play around with AI and large language models. I spend a good portion of my working life staring at databases, spreadsheets, digital maps, subsurface data, and whatever other collection of zeros and ones has decided to make my day… Continue reading Why Fountain Pens Matter in a Digital World
Pip: Most geologists visit Batangas and immediately start thinking about the volcano. fabulousgrass visited Batangas and ended up thinking about egg whites.Mara: That's actually a perfect entry point. This episode follows a photowalk through Taal Heritage Town — colonial architecture, a record-breaking basilica, and the surprisingly durable science of old construction. Let's start with the… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Quick Photowalk Along the 18th Century Taal Heritage Town
Pip: The Fabulous Scientist is where stationery gets the same rigorous attention most people reserve for, say, laboratory equipment — which, given the site, tracks completely.Mara: fabulousgrass brings that same careful eye to today's episode, where we're looking at a gel pen built for life outside the desk — ink that stays on the surface,… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Uni-ball One F Review: The Perfect Gel Pen for On-the-Go Writers
Pip: The Fabulous Scientist is where you go when you need someone to tell you, with complete sincerity, that an eight-dollar pen should probably be illegal.Mara: fabulousgrass has been putting two Jinhao fountain pens through their paces, and the results are worth your attention. Today we're looking at what these budget giants actually deliver —… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Jinhao Fountain Pen Reviews
Pip: The Fabulous Scientist — where the rocks talk, the data flows, and someone is quietly doing both at once.Mara: Today we're following fabulousgrass into the territory where mentorship meets mineralogy — what it means to carry a tradition forward when the person who started it is gone, and why a polarizing microscope still feels… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Passing the Microscope Forward
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist For the past three years, I've had the privilege of helping fresh geology graduates prepare for their licensure examinations. It's an invitation I never take lightly. It's an honor, yes—but it's also one born from a bittersweet reason. Four years ago, I lost my very first mentor in mineralogy,… Continue reading Passing the Microscope Forward
Pip: The Fabulous Scientist is out here strapping a tiny camera to her neck and calling it fieldwork — and honestly, that tracks.Mara: This episode comes from fabulousgrass, and we're covering one thing in depth: how a pocket-sized action camera became the right tool for documenting a life full of hikes, music, painting, and coral… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Insta360 GO Ultra: My Outdoor Filming Companion
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist If you had told me a few years ago that I'd be a vlogger, filming my adventures, and documenting everyday life, I probably would've laughed. I've never been someone who enjoys being in front of a camera. In fact, I once enrolled in a six-week theater workshop just to… Continue reading Insta360 GO Ultra: My Outdoor Filming Companion
Pip: Welcome to The Fabulous Scientist — where geology, energy, and the quiet hope that a child picks up a rock and asks why all apparently converge in one building in BGC.Mara: fabulousgrass has a piece this week about the new Energy Museum being developed by the Philippine Department of Energy, and what it means… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Energy Museum at the Department of Energy – Something to Look Forward to in BGC,
A few months ago, I reached out to one of our company's Community Relations officer with a simple idea: would it be possible to donate oil and rock samples to my former institute at the University of the Philippines Diliman? The National Institute of Geological Sciences houses a humble but fascinating geology museum filled with… Continue reading Energy Museum at the Department of Energy – Something to Look Forward to in BGC, Philippines
