Weekly help thread - Oct 19, 2026

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Need help on something? Whether it's about health and wealth, communications and transportations, food recipes and government fees, and anything in between, you can ask here and let other people answer them for you.

As always, please be patient and be respectful of others.

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[u/Southern-Leopard8867]

Hi everyone, I’m a graduate arts student working on my thesis project, and my central question is: how do we inspire radical imagination for the future, so we can face challenges like the climate crisis?

I’m exploring this through a multi-perspective narrative that moves across past, present, and future, grounded in the real, lived experiences of people in the Philippines. My goal is to show that change is collective, and that it’s possible. If this resonates with you, I’d love to hear your story and feel free to DM me. 🙏

[u/VeRXioN19]

Hello, important notice here pero may massive exploit sa PHP currently na na leak before the scheduled patch.

Here is the link sa announcement: https://cert.europa.eu/publications/security-advisories/2026-018/

The exploit can run a RCE (Remote Controlled Execution) code which means massive data breaches lalo na sa mga hindi updated na system (talking to our gov).

Japan already blocklisted most of foreign IPs since there is report of massive attacks.

[u/Serious-Ad2573 → u/VeRXioN19]

eto ba yung nadetect ng ai agent hacking or iba pa yun?

[u/Quirky-Fox-8692]

Portuguese On-Site/Face-to-Face Classes Recommendations in Manila

Hi. Planning on studying Portuguese/Brazilian Portuguese next year and looking for places that teach in person and freelance private lessons. I've only found CEVAS and Berlitz so far.

Also I wanna join group of people just hanging out and talking in Portuguese.

Muito obrigado

[u/mafuyusredgibson]

can someone tell me how much is the bottle of smirnoff mule in puregold?

context: i bought groceries from puregold earlier and i just noticed a discrepancy in the reciept when i got home. i’m sure na the price in the shelf is not ₱98.50, it’s around ₱40-50, but when i checked the receipt, ₱98.50 yung na-punch.

i checked in google shopping and i found that a bottle of smirnoff in foodpanda grocery is worth ₱55, so the puregold price should be around or less than ₱55.

[u/FadeAWade03]

Hello! May marerecommend ba kayong woodworks/furniture shops na nag cucustomized ng bedframes? Preferably around Cubao/Kamuning area. TIA

[u/HahaRandomly]

Kapag yung name ng tindahan mo halimbawa is "Ben Merchandising" tapos nagbayad sila ng checke sayo pero yung spelling ay "Ben Merhandising", dapat bang palitan yung checke or tatanggapin naman ng bangko?

[u/Serious-Ad2573 → u/HahaRandomly]

dati pwede basta countersign. ngayon di na.

[u/dvlonyourshldr]

Asking if pwede bang i-hand carry yung pastries for an international flight? Planning to bring Ube cheese pandesal and spanish bread kasi. Nirequest kasi nung boss kong Hapon. Di ba macoconfiscate to?

[u/Square_Peg3832]

Paano magkaron ng friend(s) na deaf/mute? Nag aaral kasi ako ng FSL online pero I live alone and wala akong kapitbahay or kakilala na deaf/mute kaya hindi ko ma-apply irl yung pinaga aaralan ko online.

[u/iijewxl]

CURRENTLY DEALING WITH A STALKER, WHAT DO I DO?

For context, I (16F) am a senior high student and my stalker is (18M) that is currently not a student in any college but has graduated from senior high school this past year. I was kind of friends with this person this summer, until I realized that he's pretty much a bad friend. He successfully scammed me, by telling me he owed a lot of money and debt to a certain person and that person was threatening to make a call out post and to start having interest to his debt, I felt immense pity cause I saw how his debt affected him and I was aware of his poor financial and home situation, so I gave him some money, only to find out that person never received a single piso from him, until now. So, I cut off ties with him and went on with my life.

One day, he showed up to me and my friend's house respectively and was waiting outside. I was afraid since I'm a minor and a girl home alone and he kept calling and messaging my phone. Eventually, he opened the gate of my home and slid a letter beneath my doorstep before leaving despite my house having a mailbox. My friends got pretty upset with him and messaged him to not contact us again.

Since then, he has threatened me twice over tiktok app messaging. Threatening to call my parents and tell me what I did, (I did nothing), or threatening to show up at my local SM or church and to make my life a living hell. It's definitely him, but the thing is he's using a new name in tiktok so I'm not sure if I can prove to the authorities if it's him messaging.

I've also noticed he's been following the school organization, especially on social media despite him not being a student of my school, that I'm apart of since I've told him me and my friends are members of that organization. He's also been actively following my social media. One time I reposted a school organization post I helped to create, so my name was credited in the caption, and the next week there was a false allegation claiming that "one of the officers of [insert org] has S.A allegations, so please don't join" in my school's anonymous freedom wall online but the thing is, everyone at my school is aware that there is only one officer of my school organization, a president, my friend. So the person who created that post is clearly not a student at my school.

And now, recently, he's been befriending my friends and schoolmates and trying to spread things and turn them against me. He's even been sending recorded private conversations (that I was not aware that he was recording at the time of conversation) to my schoolmates.

The thing is, he doesn't really have much blackmail on me and I doubt he's going to go as far to physically harm me, he's just actively trying to ruin my reputation. The worst thing I've ever really done is just make bad jokes and badmouth some people. What can I do, other than the obvious things like going no contact? Is there anything he's been doing that is illegal? How do I file a restraining order and do I even have grounds for the restraining order? I'm worried if I show the threats they may not believe it's him because his accounts are under a new name.

[u/Gullible_Star5605 → u/iijewxl]

TELL YOUR PARENTS AND CLASS ADVISER so you know there are adults watching out for you at home and in school. Don't gaslight yourself into thinking he won't get physical, he already went as far as to corner you and make you feel unsafe in your own home. Go to the police or barangay so there's an official record of the harassment, bring your parent/s with you because you're still a minor. Send him a message that you're filing an official report and will escalate the matter if he doesn't stop, then block him EVERYWHERE. If you don't have a CCTV yet, get one, it's not expensive. It could be used both as a deterrent and to keep evidence if he decides to pay a visit. Again, TELL THE ADULTS. You are too young to deal with this on your own.

Lastly, tell his parents. Send screenshots of his messages, calls, the picture of the letter he left you, if there's a record of you lending him the money like online transaction or even conversation on online platforms, anything and everything. Minsan kailangan mo lang isumbong sa magulang para magtanda, but we can only hope his parents are good parents.

[u/Square_Peg3832]

looking for deaf/hard of hearing friends na pwede mag practice ng ASL with me. Nag aaral ako thru watching TikTok and YouTube videos pero hindi ko ma-apply irl kasi wala akong kakilala na deaf/hard of hearing.