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KATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task BEST COLOR CARE PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINES I’ve been getting my hair colored—both DIY and professionally—since 2005. Before we get to my 50+ tried and tested color-care shampoos and conditioners, here are the top five things I learned about caring for colored locks: 1. Go sulfate-free. Sulfates enable lathering and deep cleansing, but will also strip off moisture and colorants in the process. Fact: Not all shampoos labeled TAGAYTAY’S NEW AL-FRESCO RESTAURANT SERVES THE HEALTHY AND While the pandemic is seeing the closure of many business establishments, there are new restaurants finding ways to thrive. The Farmer’s Table opened in April this 2021, more than one year after the first lockdown was announced in the Philippines. This 100% al-fresco dining destination is the first Tagaytay restaurant of the Raintree Hospitality Group, the people behind popular Manila WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the BDJ’S 2021 COLLECTION REVIEW + PLANNER GIVEAWAY Belle De Jour Power Planner 2021. The interactive and coupon-filled planner that changed the game, BDJ Power Planner is now on its 15th year. 2021’s theme is “I Grow With The Earth.” For every planner sold, they will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Centre for Sustainability PH, a women-led, youth NGO from Palawan.The org helps protect the Philippines’ last remaining 3% of 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity TALIM ISLAND: MORE THAN JUST A SPECK IN THE WATER I usually research on the basics of the place I’m visiting before getting there, but when my Tita Fe and her husband, Tito Apin, invited me to visit his hometown in Talim Island, I decided to leave everything up to them. Without any information other than Mt. Tagapo, I found myself immersing in this little-known island with a fresh pair of eyes. It was like watching a film without reading MY SPACE: YARU NU ARTES IVATAN Yaru is open to consigning artists, but their priority is the Ivatans, a Filipino ethnolinguistic group predominant in Batanes. Michelle Balanoba and Xavier Abelador, two of the 16 artists behind Yaru Nu Artes Ivatan. The artists also make Batanes souvenirs for visitors (right) who can’t afford heftier artKATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task BEST COLOR CARE PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINES I’ve been getting my hair colored—both DIY and professionally—since 2005. Before we get to my 50+ tried and tested color-care shampoos and conditioners, here are the top five things I learned about caring for colored locks: 1. Go sulfate-free. Sulfates enable lathering and deep cleansing, but will also strip off moisture and colorants in the process. Fact: Not all shampoos labeled TAGAYTAY’S NEW AL-FRESCO RESTAURANT SERVES THE HEALTHY AND While the pandemic is seeing the closure of many business establishments, there are new restaurants finding ways to thrive. The Farmer’s Table opened in April this 2021, more than one year after the first lockdown was announced in the Philippines. This 100% al-fresco dining destination is the first Tagaytay restaurant of the Raintree Hospitality Group, the people behind popular Manila WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the BDJ’S 2021 COLLECTION REVIEW + PLANNER GIVEAWAY Belle De Jour Power Planner 2021. The interactive and coupon-filled planner that changed the game, BDJ Power Planner is now on its 15th year. 2021’s theme is “I Grow With The Earth.” For every planner sold, they will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Centre for Sustainability PH, a women-led, youth NGO from Palawan.The org helps protect the Philippines’ last remaining 3% of 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity TALIM ISLAND: MORE THAN JUST A SPECK IN THE WATER I usually research on the basics of the place I’m visiting before getting there, but when my Tita Fe and her husband, Tito Apin, invited me to visit his hometown in Talim Island, I decided to leave everything up to them. Without any information other than Mt. Tagapo, I found myself immersing in this little-known island with a fresh pair of eyes. It was like watching a film without reading MY SPACE: YARU NU ARTES IVATAN Yaru is open to consigning artists, but their priority is the Ivatans, a Filipino ethnolinguistic group predominant in Batanes. Michelle Balanoba and Xavier Abelador, two of the 16 artists behind Yaru Nu Artes Ivatan. The artists also make Batanes souvenirs for visitors (right) who can’t afford heftier art 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According BEST COLOR CARE PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINES I’ve been getting my hair colored—both DIY and professionally—since 2005. Before we get to my 50+ tried and tested color-care shampoos and conditioners, here are the top five things I learned about caring for colored locks: 1. Go sulfate-free. Sulfates enable lathering and deep cleansing, but will also strip off moisture and colorants in the process. Fact: Not all shampoos labeled BDJ’S 2021 COLLECTION REVIEW + PLANNER GIVEAWAY Belle De Jour Power Planner 2021. The interactive and coupon-filled planner that changed the game, BDJ Power Planner is now on its 15th year. 2021’s theme is “I Grow With The Earth.” For every planner sold, they will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Centre for Sustainability PH, a women-led, youth NGO from Palawan.The org helps protect the Philippines’ last remaining 3% of WHAT’S YOUR SIARGAO STORY? February was my birthday month. I wanted to dust off my backpack and get away from it all. Siargao was one of those places I kept putting off because it’s one of the Philippines’ 7,107 islands that I thought I could visit any time. If Taiwan was the highlight of my 2019, my gut told me Siargao is it for 2020. I knew it was time to go. (Scroll to the bottom if you want to go straight to the SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, MIYAHARA IS MORE THAN JUST A HOGWARTS Miyahara is a red-brick building built in 1927 by Miyahara Takeo, a Japanese ophthalmologist. It was the largest ophthalmology clinic in Taichung during the Japanese colonial period, but after the surrender of Japan in 1945, the building became the Taichung Health Bureau. It deteriorated through the years until pastry company Dawn Cake A GUIDE TO LAS CASAS’ DAY TOUR Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is the most expensive resort in Bataan, Philippines—but with good reason. It’s an open-air museum, heritage park, hotel, and beach resort all in one. Each heritage home was painstakingly moved, brick by brick, from its original location and rebuilt in this 400-hectare land. The traditional furniture and interiors are also preserved, while the cobblestone roads THE BIGGEST STARBUCKS IN THE PH Drop by if you’d like to refresh your impression of Starbucks. The biggest Starbucks PH branch is located at 9 Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. corner Bradco Ave. Parañaque City, Metro Manila. Agoda Sherpa. Our maximum booking period is 30 nights. If you’re planning a longer trip, try booking two consecutive stays. VILLA ESCUDERO: A ₱1,400 DEAL Villa Escudero is located at Villa Escudero, Km 91, Tiaong, Quezon. Telephone numbers: +63 (02) 523-0392, +63 (02) 521-0830, +63 (02) 532-2944, +63 917-583-7727, +63 919-993-4744, and +63 923-741-0605. Walk-ins are allowed, but you may also reserve tickets online. Date of visit: April 16, 2015.KATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read.MENTALHEALTHPH
Master List of Hotlines and Mental Health Resources in the Philippines Free Counseling Hotlines in the Philippines Crisis Line (My most recommended and trusted MH hotline): Landline: (02) 893-7603 Globe Duo: 0917-8001123 Sun Double Unlimited: 0922-8938944 NCMH Crisis Hotline (National Center for Mental Health) 0917-899-USAP (8727) 989-USAP (8727) 24/7 confidential services: 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. DONATE YOUR HAIR TO CANCER PATIENTS IN MANILA Locks of Love is the most famous hair donation program in the United States and Canada. While they don’t have a network in the Philippines, we have a few small groups that accept hair donations and create wigs for cancer patients. I first blogged about Makati Medical Center’s hair donation program back in 2016. Since then, I’ve been getting a lot of queries. This year I’ve updated this TALIM ISLAND: MORE THAN JUST A SPECK IN THE WATER I usually research on the basics of the place I’m visiting before getting there, but when my Tita Fe and her husband, Tito Apin, invited me to visit his hometown in Talim Island, I decided to leave everything up to them. Without any information other than Mt. Tagapo, I found myself immersing in this little-known island with a fresh pair of eyes. It was like watching a film without reading 14 TYPES OF WIPES TO FURTHER CONFUSE YOUR I used to think there was only one type of wipe available in the groceries—baby wipes. Through the years, as the beauty industry developed more niche products, I’ve come across different types of wipes for almost every sanitation purpose. While nothing beats the cleansing power of actual soap and water, these 14 types of wipes are great for travelers and people on the go. See which ones 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrityKATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read.MENTALHEALTHPH
Master List of Hotlines and Mental Health Resources in the Philippines Free Counseling Hotlines in the Philippines Crisis Line (My most recommended and trusted MH hotline): Landline: (02) 893-7603 Globe Duo: 0917-8001123 Sun Double Unlimited: 0922-8938944 NCMH Crisis Hotline (National Center for Mental Health) 0917-899-USAP (8727) 989-USAP (8727) 24/7 confidential services: 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. DONATE YOUR HAIR TO CANCER PATIENTS IN MANILA Locks of Love is the most famous hair donation program in the United States and Canada. While they don’t have a network in the Philippines, we have a few small groups that accept hair donations and create wigs for cancer patients. I first blogged about Makati Medical Center’s hair donation program back in 2016. Since then, I’ve been getting a lot of queries. This year I’ve updated this TALIM ISLAND: MORE THAN JUST A SPECK IN THE WATER I usually research on the basics of the place I’m visiting before getting there, but when my Tita Fe and her husband, Tito Apin, invited me to visit his hometown in Talim Island, I decided to leave everything up to them. Without any information other than Mt. Tagapo, I found myself immersing in this little-known island with a fresh pair of eyes. It was like watching a film without reading 14 TYPES OF WIPES TO FURTHER CONFUSE YOUR I used to think there was only one type of wipe available in the groceries—baby wipes. Through the years, as the beauty industry developed more niche products, I’ve come across different types of wipes for almost every sanitation purpose. While nothing beats the cleansing power of actual soap and water, these 14 types of wipes are great for travelers and people on the go. See which ones 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the 14 TYPES OF WIPES TO FURTHER CONFUSE YOUR I used to think there was only one type of wipe available in the groceries—baby wipes. Through the years, as the beauty industry developed more niche products, I’ve come across different types of wipes for almost every sanitation purpose. While nothing beats the cleansing power of actual soap and water, these 14 types of wipes are great for travelers and people on the go. See which ones WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers WHAT’S WITH THE BALIKBAYAN BOX? Then when it’s time to come home after many years of working abroad, an extra box of more gifts is part of the checked baggage. It became known as balikbayan box in reference to the balikbayan, an OFW returning back to the motherland. The use of balikbayan boxes caught on, and even short-time travelers began using them. SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, WHERE TO DUMP YOUR JUNK AFTER KONMARI I wrote this article (originally titled, “Spring Cleaning”) back in 2013. When Netflix released Tidying Up With Marie Kondo in time for New Year 2019, I decided to rehash this post. Japanese organizing consultant and author Marie Kondo first released The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing back in 2012. Through the years, her KonMari method MY SPACE: YARU NU ARTES IVATAN Yaru is open to consigning artists, but their priority is the Ivatans, a Filipino ethnolinguistic group predominant in Batanes. Michelle Balanoba and Xavier Abelador, two of the 16 artists behind Yaru Nu Artes Ivatan. The artists also make Batanes souvenirs for visitors (right) who can’t afford heftier art HONESTY CAFÉ: 98% HONEST SINCE 1995 For items that need hot water, such as cup-o-noodles and coffee, just serve yourself using the amenities in the coffee shop. This model has been working since 1995. Honesty Coffee Shop is located on National Road, Ivana, Batanes. It’s right next toKATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS RATTAN BAGS About Those Famous Rattan Bags. I started seeing these round, woven rattan bags in the clutches of designers and fashion bloggers in 2016 to early 2017. After asking around, I found the Instagram accounts selling these 24-cm diameter bags forKATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS RATTAN BAGS About Those Famous Rattan Bags. I started seeing these round, woven rattan bags in the clutches of designers and fashion bloggers in 2016 to early 2017. After asking around, I found the Instagram accounts selling these 24-cm diameter bags for ABOUT – KATE WAS HERE About. My name is Kate, a milleXial (that strange generation that’s not exactly millennial, not exactly Gen X) and a solo female flashpacker from the Philippines. I work as a writer and commercial model. In my free time, I volunteer as an advocate of mental health awareness (I’m a survivor of major depressive disorder) and animalwelfare.
10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According COOLING PRODUCTS TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT To describe the current Philippine weather as hellish would be an understatement. The heat index (actual temperature felt by the body based on air temperature and humidity) reached a dangerous 52°C in Pangasinan this month. In Manila and other cities, the daytime temp is feverish and it looks like this extreme heat won’t be leaving soon. Survive the heat dome with these cooling beauty WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers WHERE TO BUY SMUDGE STICKS IN THE PHILIPPINES Whether you prefer calling it saging or smudging, the ritual of cleansing negative spaces has gained more attention in social media in the last year. It must be the uncertainties of the pandemic or the overall negativity brought about by humanity. A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs bound together by twine and is burned to ward off negative energy or cleanse a space. While smudging is RAINBOW VILLAGE: NOT JUST FOR THE 'GRAM Quickie History. Located in Taichung’s Nantun District, Rainbow Village used to be a veteran’s village made of simple, low-quality materials. The most loyal resident is former soldier, Huang Yung-Fu, who is now in his ’90s. Several years ago, the village residents started fleeting and the place was bound for demolition, as with mostof
WHERE TO DUMP YOUR JUNK AFTER KONMARI I wrote this article (originally titled, “Spring Cleaning”) back in 2013. When Netflix released Tidying Up With Marie Kondo in time for New Year 2019, I decided to rehash this post. Japanese organizing consultant and author Marie Kondo first released The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing back in 2012. Through the years, her KonMari method A GUIDE TO LAS CASAS’ DAY TOUR Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is the most expensive resort in Bataan, Philippines—but with good reason. It’s an open-air museum, heritage park, hotel, and beach resort all in one. Each heritage home was painstakingly moved, brick by brick, from its original location and rebuilt in this 400-hectare land. The traditional furniture and interiors are also preserved, while the cobblestone roads WHAT’S WITH THE BALIKBAYAN BOX? Then when it’s time to come home after many years of working abroad, an extra box of more gifts is part of the checked baggage. It became known as balikbayan box in reference to the balikbayan, an OFW returning back to the motherland. The use of balikbayan boxes caught on, and even short-time travelers began using them.KATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS RATTAN BAGS About Those Famous Rattan Bags. I started seeing these round, woven rattan bags in the clutches of designers and fashion bloggers in 2016 to early 2017. After asking around, I found the Instagram accounts selling these 24-cm diameter bags forKATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS RATTAN BAGS About Those Famous Rattan Bags. I started seeing these round, woven rattan bags in the clutches of designers and fashion bloggers in 2016 to early 2017. After asking around, I found the Instagram accounts selling these 24-cm diameter bags for ABOUT – KATE WAS HERE About. My name is Kate, a milleXial (that strange generation that’s not exactly millennial, not exactly Gen X) and a solo female flashpacker from the Philippines. I work as a writer and commercial model. In my free time, I volunteer as an advocate of mental health awareness (I’m a survivor of major depressive disorder) and animalwelfare.
10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According COOLING PRODUCTS TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT To describe the current Philippine weather as hellish would be an understatement. The heat index (actual temperature felt by the body based on air temperature and humidity) reached a dangerous 52°C in Pangasinan this month. In Manila and other cities, the daytime temp is feverish and it looks like this extreme heat won’t be leaving soon. Survive the heat dome with these cooling beauty WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers WHERE TO BUY SMUDGE STICKS IN THE PHILIPPINES Whether you prefer calling it saging or smudging, the ritual of cleansing negative spaces has gained more attention in social media in the last year. It must be the uncertainties of the pandemic or the overall negativity brought about by humanity. A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs bound together by twine and is burned to ward off negative energy or cleanse a space. While smudging is RAINBOW VILLAGE: NOT JUST FOR THE 'GRAM Quickie History. Located in Taichung’s Nantun District, Rainbow Village used to be a veteran’s village made of simple, low-quality materials. The most loyal resident is former soldier, Huang Yung-Fu, who is now in his ’90s. Several years ago, the village residents started fleeting and the place was bound for demolition, as with mostof
WHERE TO DUMP YOUR JUNK AFTER KONMARI I wrote this article (originally titled, “Spring Cleaning”) back in 2013. When Netflix released Tidying Up With Marie Kondo in time for New Year 2019, I decided to rehash this post. Japanese organizing consultant and author Marie Kondo first released The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing back in 2012. Through the years, her KonMari method A GUIDE TO LAS CASAS’ DAY TOUR Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is the most expensive resort in Bataan, Philippines—but with good reason. It’s an open-air museum, heritage park, hotel, and beach resort all in one. Each heritage home was painstakingly moved, brick by brick, from its original location and rebuilt in this 400-hectare land. The traditional furniture and interiors are also preserved, while the cobblestone roads WHAT’S WITH THE BALIKBAYAN BOX? Then when it’s time to come home after many years of working abroad, an extra box of more gifts is part of the checked baggage. It became known as balikbayan box in reference to the balikbayan, an OFW returning back to the motherland. The use of balikbayan boxes caught on, and even short-time travelers began using them.KATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS RATTAN BAGS About Those Famous Rattan Bags. I started seeing these round, woven rattan bags in the clutches of designers and fashion bloggers in 2016 to early 2017. After asking around, I found the Instagram accounts selling these 24-cm diameter bags forKATE WAS HERE
On April 19, 1987, it started as a series of animated shorts by Life 80s-90s Nostalgia Drinks & Grub. · April 26, 2021 · 3 min read. PRESSED PENNIES FROM MY TRAVELS If you’ve been to Disneyland or Universal Studios, you’ve probably seen a penny smasher, a machine that presses your penny into an elongated coin embossed with a design. The machine is called by many other names—penny presser, coin smasher, penny squisher, coin press, and penny pincher—but the resulting coins are just as sweet. I find that collecting pressed pennies is more fun than DUSTING OFF MY SUNGKA, A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO BOARD GAME Dusting Off My Sungka, A Traditional Filipino Board Game. I was decluttering when I found this toy I purchased from Dagupan in 2008—a sungka (pronounced as soong-kah) set. Still wrapped in plastic with its ₱130 price tag, my oblong-shaped traditional Filipino board game was gathering dust. Sunkga is a traditional Filipino mancala game. WHY I DECIDED TO FREEZE MY EGGS The first time I considered having my eggs frozen was back in 2014. Most women my age were posting about their weddings and children on Facebook, while I was hardly interested in settling down. I read about egg freezing in the US and felt it was an option for me. In 2015, I came across another article, this time by a TV host who had her eggs frozen in a fertility center in Manila. “Wow, they 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task UNEARTHING MY '80S-'90S TOYS While stuck in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the Philippines, I finally did the major thing I said I’d do when I have the time—declutter my stuff. My board games, electronics, and toys from the ’80s and ’90s have been gathering dust on the second level of my closet and my mother’s bodega. Most are in decent condition, some with the original price tags attached. Kids of the WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers SUNBLOCKS ARE KILLING OUR CORALS! WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A My heart fell when I found out that sunscreen kills corals. Yes, the product we regularly slather to protect our skin from UV rays is damaging coral reefs worldwide. According to an environmental study conducted in Hawaii, just a small amount of sunscreen containing the ingredient oxybenzone is enough to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles. This leads to coral bleaching, 35 FILIPINO BEAUTY BRANDS TO LOVE (2017) 2. Belo Essentials Website: http://beloessentials.ph Category: skincare, makeup, and baby care The gist: Belo Essentials is the official skincare line of celebrity ABOUT THOSE FAMOUS RATTAN BAGS About Those Famous Rattan Bags. I started seeing these round, woven rattan bags in the clutches of designers and fashion bloggers in 2016 to early 2017. After asking around, I found the Instagram accounts selling these 24-cm diameter bags for ABOUT – KATE WAS HERE About. My name is Kate, a milleXial (that strange generation that’s not exactly millennial, not exactly Gen X) and a solo female flashpacker from the Philippines. I work as a writer and commercial model. In my free time, I volunteer as an advocate of mental health awareness (I’m a survivor of major depressive disorder) and animalwelfare.
10TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY In 2011, I launched KateWasHere.com as an ambitious travel and lifestyle blog. I took a crash course in CSS and created what I hoped to be groundbreaking blog posts. Of course I realized through the years that this path wasn’t easy. It wasn’t until around 2015 that I started earning from my blog. In 2019, I redesigned my look. After uploading my new cool WordPress theme, the drudging task HOW TO LESSEN YOUR PANDEMIC WASTE Happy Earth Day, dear readers! While I am green with envy that the likes of Taiwan, Israel, and Australia are almost back to their normal lives, thanks to their government’s effective COVID-19 response, the Philippines is still stuck in the longest quarantine in the world. As we continue to battle the pandemic, we’re also seeing a surge of plastic, medical, and hazardous waste. According COOLING PRODUCTS TO BEAT THE SUMMER HEAT To describe the current Philippine weather as hellish would be an understatement. The heat index (actual temperature felt by the body based on air temperature and humidity) reached a dangerous 52°C in Pangasinan this month. In Manila and other cities, the daytime temp is feverish and it looks like this extreme heat won’t be leaving soon. Survive the heat dome with these cooling beauty WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YADU BAGS? The first time I laid my eyes on a Yadu bag was back in 2010. They had just opened a quaint shop at The Collective, a former warehouse turned art district and events place for the hipsters of Makati. The Collective, which was located at Malugay Street, San Antonio Village, was the secret hangout of Makati’s rebellious kids, those that preferred to have a beer in their ratty old sneakers WHERE TO BUY SMUDGE STICKS IN THE PHILIPPINES Whether you prefer calling it saging or smudging, the ritual of cleansing negative spaces has gained more attention in social media in the last year. It must be the uncertainties of the pandemic or the overall negativity brought about by humanity. A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs bound together by twine and is burned to ward off negative energy or cleanse a space. While smudging is RAINBOW VILLAGE: NOT JUST FOR THE 'GRAM Quickie History. Located in Taichung’s Nantun District, Rainbow Village used to be a veteran’s village made of simple, low-quality materials. The most loyal resident is former soldier, Huang Yung-Fu, who is now in his ’90s. Several years ago, the village residents started fleeting and the place was bound for demolition, as with mostof
WHERE TO DUMP YOUR JUNK AFTER KONMARI I wrote this article (originally titled, “Spring Cleaning”) back in 2013. When Netflix released Tidying Up With Marie Kondo in time for New Year 2019, I decided to rehash this post. Japanese organizing consultant and author Marie Kondo first released The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing back in 2012. Through the years, her KonMari method A GUIDE TO LAS CASAS’ DAY TOUR Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is the most expensive resort in Bataan, Philippines—but with good reason. It’s an open-air museum, heritage park, hotel, and beach resort all in one. Each heritage home was painstakingly moved, brick by brick, from its original location and rebuilt in this 400-hectare land. The traditional furniture and interiors are also preserved, while the cobblestone roads WHAT’S WITH THE BALIKBAYAN BOX? Then when it’s time to come home after many years of working abroad, an extra box of more gifts is part of the checked baggage. It became known as balikbayan box in reference to the balikbayan, an OFW returning back to the motherland. The use of balikbayan boxes caught on, and even short-time travelers began using them.*
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