"Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there." Those are the exact words I’d like to tell people whenever they see me doing things and assume I’m okay. Because I do look okay. You might see me running a race, paddling a dragon boat, or playing pickleba…

I was, and still am, a huge Potterhead. Back in high school, I always thought I was a Gryffindor. Of course, it was the house of the main characters. So naturally, that was the one I wanted to be in. So I took tests after tests. But every single time, as long as I answered truthfully, I e…

"The main goal of Women's Run PH is to motivate, inspire, and empower women through running, building a supportive community where they can challenge themselves, increase participation, gain confidence, and achieve personal bests in a non-intimidating environment. They aim to ove…

When I was young (and by young, I mean in my 30s), I used to join fun runs just for... fun.  Even without proper training, I’d just show up whenever there's a race, run the distance, get the free banana, and go home. I wasn't running regularly.  But in 2019,  I was sponsored a 50k…

Remember my " How to be you po? " blog post? It was written in 2016. As I was checking my blog stats to update my media kit, I noticed that this post continues to gain traction. People read it even today.  I read it again and, certainly, some things about me don't exist anym…

While  my first tattoo  (a compass) was and still is significant to me because I love to travel , I told myself that if ever I will get another one, it has to be drawn and designed by me. You see, I used to work as an illustrator and a graphic/web/software/UIUX designer. I designed all ou…

It's the first day of October and the first thing I read on my Facebook news feed today is my friend's call to ignore messages coming from her account. Apparently, she was hacked and the said hacker had been asking money from anyone on her friends list. This is not the first time…

There is a reason why I haven't been posting dancing content on TikTok lately, why my face is getting "rounder" each day, and why we have to hold off or probably let go of our plans to immigrate to Canada (cold weather is a huge trigger). It's crazy how life can change …

I think I have already done all kinds of haircuts and styles. Pixie, bob, short, medium, long, wavy, curly, side-swept bangs, curtain bangs, blunt bangs, corncrows, name it. But the most liberating of all is this: