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Pasalubong (Insights from Singapore)
The bigger picture. Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. After travelling, it’s not uncommon for Filipinos to come back home feeling slightly heavy — in weight, clothes, but most especially in heart. We...
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Eat like a tourist, walk like a local
The Singapore crew: Allan, Me, Ate Maica, and Ate Pia We take walking for granted. I can now thank 1) my dad for not allowing/teaching me how to drive sooner and 2) my stubborn commitment to “when...
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For love and leisure: East Coast Park
Parks will always have a special place in my heart. I remember ‘my park test,’ back in the days when courtship still existed between boys and girls. It’s for fickle and undeveloped hearts: If I could...
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The unlikely character of Geylang: A walk through a red light district
Singapore before the facelift: old and organic. He was an unlikely character. A stereotype riding on two wheels: that of his biker mystique, and the other of a stranger. His eye bags were full, not...
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Sole Sister Spotlight: The Curious Traveler
Rica Facundo – Curious Explorer. My spotlight feature on Sole Sisters “ Traveling helps me be awake to life; to pay attention to the nuances that make it worth living. It reminds me not to take it too...
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Sole Sister: Malacca Mania
My crazy story crossing the border from Singapore to Malaysia featured on We Are Sole Sisters That awkward moment when you forget your passport. What do you do? Take a cab, pick up your passport and...
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Homegrown: The Circle Hostel – Converting Passion Into Tourism
Social tourism is using traveling as an advocacy. It’s an idea that I’ve been mulling over since I wrote this article around 4-5 months ago. Similar to social entrepreneurship, where business models...
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#ComingHome: Skylines and powerlines
When the migrant returns home, what does she see? The power lines separating first and third world cities. You can say that I grew up with power lines. As a Makati city-slicker they were my sky...
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#ComingHome What surfing and passion have in common
Photo from Marla Santos. Go with the flow! “Don’t be in such a hurry. Find your balance before you stand up!” said kuya Abe to me after I took yet another face palm into the water. Damnit. Wasn’t I...
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#Bangkok and the God of Modernity
Bangkok is where I first encountered the God of Modernity. It’s an effigy that offers its past for the sake of the future. The city thrives with a sense of ironic juxtaposition: a bustling metropolis...
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Finding stillness in Seoul
Written on June 28, 2013 “People in constant movement recognize the value of stillness,” said Pico Iyer during his talk at the Singapore Writer’s Festival some time ago. Finally, after the craziest,...
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Dubai Day 1: Malls and the Mega City
What is wealth: Family, friends and travel. With Mej @ Burj Khalifa When I travel I look for patterns hidden within a city. From the gait of pedestrians strolling down a well manicured road to the...
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Dubai Day 2: Beyond the sandscape of the Desert Safari
I fell in-and-out-of-sleep while the bus took us out of town and toward the Dubai’s Desert Safari. It was like waking up from a dream only to witness a mirage outside my window: the desert grains...
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Blissful Bintan – An unexpected CNY vacation for two
Expats in Singapore take Chinese New Year seriously. CNY weekend that is. It’s the long anticipated extended Christmas holiday in January. I come from the Philippines where long weekends are common and...
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The next adventure: My first solo trip
When you leave your corporate job, the question is not “What’s next” but “Where next”? Vietnam, Cambodia I’m coming for you this March. #WatchThisBlog
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