Not your usual weight loss story
I have lost a lot of things during the pandemic—my sanity, drive, optimism, will—but perhaps the most noticeable of them...
A kind of daily exercise
The only time I rode a bus that had no air-conditioning was when we got stranded in the middle of...
Palawan, my home
The charm of telling people where I live never gets old. Home for me is Puerto Princesa, Palawan—tagged as the...
Dear close contacts
I am COVID-Patient 612 of Agoo, La Union. My COVID journey consists of 23 days of strict home quarantine. I...
Solitary walks
I remember the time I walked from my school to our house when I was in kindergarten. Our class was...
Pandemic pounds
A pretty girl walked to the counter to get her cup of coffee as I stared at my half-eaten sandwich...
Strong, independent, and ‘iyakin’
What they don’t tell you about being a strong, independent woman is that there are days when you have to...
Dream or reality?
Have you ever felt like you were half-awake and half-asleep? I have-for two years, five months and 15 days now.
Live life backwards
That was a message that stuck out from my first job as a management trainee five years ago. In one...
Unglamorous 18
It’s 5:39 p.m. Twelve hours from now I’d most likely still be awake, exercising my thumb by scrolling mindlessly through...
