Month: February 2023
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Baes + Babies
‘Eureka, I’m not alone!’
The woman I’ve been sharing my life with for the past two years has gone to Japan for a month-long…
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Baes + Babies
Written in the stars?
I had my palm read last night by the guy I've been seeing for a little over a month and…
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Revelations + Destinations
Young and jaded
I don't think I’ve experienced something sufficiently cathartic to warrant this precious space.
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Revelations + Destinations
White-washed culture
It started the very moment you were born. Relatives gather around the crib, thanking God that you did not inherit…
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Revelations + Destinations
Cooking ‘sinigang’ abroad
Sinigang is the choose-your-own-adventure of Filipino cuisine. You choose your protein, souring agent, and vegetables depending on your preference and…
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Revelations + Destinations
Calling it home
One of the many lessons I learned over the pandemic is that it is perfectly valid to feel both love…
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Hooks + Books
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Causes + Bosses
Amid rapists and vultures
Upon returning from a four-day New Year's vacation with my family in Bicol, I started working again a day before…
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X+Y+Z
She now lives in a castle
It is as though the sun no longer shines as bright since my sister, my Manang, passed away a year…
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