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Reclaiming the Sweetheart
It always felt like being sweet was just a simple, boring trait. Sweet was someone too nice and being nice wouldn’t get you to places. Continue reading
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Small but Certain Happiness
Haruki Murakami introduced the phrase “small but certain happiness” in his essay Afternoon in the Islets of Langerhans where he describes small pleasures derived from mundane activities. For myself, this can be a cup of tea, sweet pastries, flowers in… Continue reading
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Curated Corner: Coffee, Art & Rain
This collection of curated spaces: A coffeeshop, an art museum and an anime is a nod to that particular feeling of surrealism and nostalgia when sun meets rain. Something particularly nostalgic about staying in coffee shops is during that transition… Continue reading
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A Starter Life
2017, Manila- I had eleven boxes when I first moved into my space. It was a room in an old duplex. Spacious with wooden floors, tall windows, and a balcony overlooking one of the main arteries of the village. Life… Continue reading
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Curated Corner: Lovely Things
A museum cafe in Manila, a slow film about people and relationships, and music that makes you feel good and light. This list is only three things but it’s worth it. 1.) The Museum Cafe The Museum Cafe is the… Continue reading
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Growing Up Good
On my recent trip back to my hometown I found my diary from when I was seventeen years old, in it I wrote “My boyfriend is a chauvinist. I need to get a new one.” I burst out laughing when I read… Continue reading
Soft City Life 