Travel Life Lessons
Sometimes, it is in travel as it is in life. Bring only what you can carry. When I was planning my trip, I made sure of three things: that I could lift my suitcase to be weighed at the check-in counter,
The Girl on the Train
She got on a train after getting lost in the train station. The Shinjuku Station is probably the biggest and the most complicated station ever created. It is a maze. She walked from her hotel, passed by the Takashimaya Times
Table for One
I traveled to Tokyo on my own. In one of those nights, I decided to have a fancy dinner and went down to the 20th floor of my hotel. I was staying in Century Southern Tower Hotel in Shinjuku, the hotel
The Ten Things I Love About Tokyo
1. Ladies carry their Birkins on the train. The bags sit on their lap casually like it’s always an ordinary Tuesday. They sit on the laps of the ladies like some nonchalant cat. 2. Uber is on time. Like all the
The Good Life
We always see someone else's life as a movie trailer. We're drawn into it by the highs and the lows that make a good story. On Instagram, it's often the highs. On Facebook, it's often the lows, to create that
Skull panda x womanbeing
I fell into the blind box tunnel and didn’t know how to come up for air. I visited the Pop Mart site and was drawn to Skull Panda more than the Labubu Monsters. Skull Panda is a brand of collectible art
NEVER TOO OLD FOR A LABUBU
Being old sucks. There is no other way to state it. My knees hurt. I had to let go of my heavy bags. And I can never ever go bungee jumping ever. Not that I would want to. But there’s
The Christmas Manor
The Manor Hotel, Camp John Hay, Baguio City The five-hour ride to Baguio from Quezon City felt daunting given our temperamental weather as of late. But my family was determined to make this pilgrimage. We wanted to retrace familiar places in
Our Brain When We Are Shopping
Shopping is never a straight line. It’s like gymnastics with its twists and turns and its uncertainty of a beautiful landing, but don’t trust me on this because I’ve never done gymnastics. You may trust me on the shopping. Our mind
I am fine
Shiela is one of my childhood best friends. We went to high school together and we were inseparable.