The best moments in life are unplanned. The spontaneity makes it more surreal or mysterious in a sense, and I believe that ‘coz that’s just how I was wired. However, that’s not exactly how I envisioned my 2026 to be. Earlier this year, I promised myself to become more disciplined,…
One of my favorite YouTube series and social media accounts, Subway Takes, has officially received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama, or Variety Series. Created by Kareem Rahma and Andrew Kuo, and hosted by Kareem Rahma, each episode interviews daily commuters on the New York subway, asking…
Turning the tables as they should. As a normie, and sort of a social-climbing human that I am, I once looked up to the “elites.” I marveled over socialite events published in the lifestyle pages of my father’s daily paper, got fascinatingly intrigued every time a new nepo baby was…
An epiphany has struck me. After weeks of scrolling endlessly on social media and listening to podcasts, trying to convince myself that I am not alone and that a larger force is contributing to my current circumstances, my shadow has visited me once more. This shadow, which I often detest…
It was around midnight, just a few hours after the first-ever fan meet of Song Joong-Ki in Manila had ended. My friends and I decided to go for a hotpot to celebrate a birthday and wrap up the night after a long day of events. Lost in thought, everything has…
For five years, I have been the content director for my beloved organization, the Davao Bloggers Society. From 2020 to 2022, I have served as the main writer and contributor of the blog posts of the official DBS blog, conceptualizing monthly article themes so so that the blog would have…
Beware! This blog post contains images that may induce hunger, unanticipated cravings, drooling, or immense longing for something not within your vicinity. It’s an extension of my previous post, Everything I Did on My Weekend in Manila: Nightlife Edition. Whether you’re in the mood for traditional Filipino dishes, international restaurants,…
In contrast to Davao, Manila is a place that never sleeps, especially for certain night spots like Makati or Timog, the current top two party destinations in the metro. Hence, many dwellers outside of the capital prefer partying there. I have been traveling to Manila almost every month for at…
Just a bit of a life update. While I was doing my industry pages tasks for Aratum, someone called from our gate and said that I have a package. For my online packages, I usually opt for J&T Express, so I was stunned to know that it was the LBC…