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  • A Rose Like No Other | Nanay at 85

    A Rose Like No Other | Nanay at 85

    We celebrated my maternal grandmother’s 85th birthday (85th!!!! It’s such an overwhelming and positive thing to consider!) last September 19 in Norasville, Nagcarlan, Laguna. Birthday parties are a huge thing for Nagcarleños. Never one to be outdone, my mother directed the party planning with a clear vision –because our Nanay deserves nothing but the best.…

  • Ballet: Dancing in One Voice

    I just got home from a sister date (aka thank you, @giannamhere, for the tickets and for dinner). We watched another ballet show and this time I can say I really enjoyed it! The Cultural Center of the Philippines in cooperation with PETRON presents Philippine Ballet Theater in ‘DANCING IN ONE VOICE‘, sound in motion…

  • relevance

    Follow me on instagram ! xxx This has been a scheduled post.

  • my phone lock screen

    features a stained whole mount of Echinostoma malayanum viewed under a light microscope. That is all. x Or maybe it doesn’t, anymore? This has been a scheduled post.

  • good morning

    I’ve been spending many nights and many days in different places.

  • Rec: “How it feels when white people shame your culture’s food — then make it trendy” by Ruth Tam

    The article which inspired this post (x): “How it feels when white people shame your culture’s food — then make it trendy” by Ruth Tam on the Washington Post | My family’s food went from ‘Chinese grossness’ to America’s ‘hottest food trend.’ The best meals are more than the sum of their ingredients; their flavors tell…

  • Lego x Asia

    I alone heard my internal squeeing (obviously) when I saw an exhibit that featured two of my favorite things: Lego, and Asian Appreciation. I never actually played with lego as a child; my fascination of the said building blocks stems from its use as a metaphor in one of my favorite books, Sophie’s World. In the…

  • me, scrambling.

    Look forward to more queued/scheduled posts. They’ll have very little content; I don’t have the time for more.

  • to ask the stars

    My last-minute contribution to Buwan ng Wika (Month of the Philippine Language) this August features the ‘superstar’ José Corazón de Jesús, who was also known by his pen name Huseng Batute. Rising into prominence during the first half of the 20th century, Huseng Batute was an accomplished poet (known at some point as “Hari ng Balagtasan” or “King of…

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