Culture & Lifestyle

Toym Imao and a History Uninterrupted 6 min read

Toym Imao and a History Uninterrupted

This is the unedited article I wrote for a UK-based magazine in 2021, but it never saw print after the publication folded. I have long... Read More

Lifting Your Prayer Intentions to God: A List of Churches and Sites for Prayer Requests 7 min read

Lifting Your Prayer Intentions to God: A List of Churches and Sites for Prayer Requests

Our need for prayer is constant, much like the air we breathe, the water that quenches our thirst, and the knowledge that clears our ignorance.... Read More

Why We’re Sold on the Illusion of Plenty 5 min read

Why We’re Sold on the Illusion of Plenty

Recently, I went to a neighborhood store to buy some vegetables. I saw that they were also selling Lacatan (Cavendish) bananas, so I bought five... Read More

Pet Personality? It’s Written in the Stars! 5 min read

Pet Personality? It’s Written in the Stars!

I do not own a pet, but I wouldn’t mind having one. Nonetheless, we had one when I was a young kid—an aspin or asong... Read More

When Work Becomes You: Emptiness and Lost Purpose from Workaholism 8 min read

When Work Becomes You: Emptiness and Lost Purpose from Workaholism

Hustle culture’s trapdoor to disconnection and burnout I still remember when I was starting out in my media career around the year 2000. Back then,... Read More

Behind Fake Identities: ‘Alice Guo’ and the Monk with a Villa 8 min read

Behind Fake Identities: ‘Alice Guo’ and the Monk with a Villa

The case of Guo Hua Ping (Hua Ping), also known as Alice Guo, who managed to evade Philippine law enforcement and settle in a villa... Read More

Silent Victims: Abused Live-In Partners in the Philippine Divorce Discourse 10 min read

Silent Victims: Abused Live-In Partners in the Philippine Divorce Discourse

Amidst the debate over whether the Philippines should allow divorce, one crucial aspect of committed partnerships seems to be overlooked: cohabitation or “pagsasama nang walang... Read More

The Complex Languages of Relationships and Falling in (and out of) Love 4 min read

The Complex Languages of Relationships and Falling in (and out of) Love

Love languages have become of great interest in the recent past, especially after worldwide release of the book “The Five Love Languages: How to Express... Read More

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Sacred Scripts, Sinister Schemes: The 10 Commandments in Propaganda Narratives 8 min read

Sacred Scripts, Sinister Schemes: The 10 Commandments in Propaganda Narratives

Faith is not a child’s play When we were young kids that was in the 70’s and 80’s, we love playing outdoors – luksong tinik,... Read More

The Mourning Moon: Tarot Reading A Time for Reflection and Renewal

Mourning Moon Tarot Reading for All Zodiac Signs 13 min read

Mourning Moon Tarot Reading for All Zodiac Signs

November New Moon and Full Moon – A Time for Reflection and Renewal In regions with distinct winter seasons, this time brings joy and celebration,... Read More