“Thrilla in Manila” turns 50 today, October 1. It was the fight that punched my hometown Cubao’s place in history....
Being lowkey in love might just be the new flex
Older generations say we’re lucky that we grew up online, fluent in the language of digital culture like it’s our mother tongue. But what they don’t see is the quiet hollowness it leaves behind.
From hearing Teardrops on My Guitar at 15 to crying over her engagement at 33, Taylor’s songs have always found me where I was.
If you can—and while she still can—go and see the world with your mom. It will reward you with some of the best memories, ones you can go back to even when she's already gone.
Italy has always been a cradle of high-quality, creative products from fashion to furniture—even food, thanks to its mastery of blending tradition with technology, heritage with innovation.
The generation often labeled as entitled, lazy, and the source of ire for bringing the selfie stick to the world...
With a hawker culture that has been given UNESCO status and a cultural melting pot of flavors, Singaporean food is not only nourishment for its people, but a pillar of their sovereignty and identity
Aspin snobbery is usually from the ignorant and uninformed. I once had a helper applicant who turned up her nose at the thought of taking care of rescue dogs, saying she was accustomed to the purebred dogs of her former employers.
A Michelin star doesn’t make a meal more meaningful, but it honors the quiet labor that makes meaning possible: the precision of a sauce, the patience of repetition, the belief that food can be art. It rewards mastery because that deserves reverence too.
Maybe what we need is to appreciate life’s in-between moments. No plot twists, no jump cuts—just quiet observation. It’s nothing, it’s everything.
In many ways, aspins are truly Filipino. We ourselves are a mix of different lineages. We are resilient, we are brave.
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