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Words by Patricia Yap Photos by Alyssa Gabrielle Chen  Featured Image by Eunick Nobe  Nearing adulthood is never an easy step to take. The glory days of being a kid—not thinking about the world and …

Written by Mia Abigan Your wedding day is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it only happens once so you have to make sure everything runs smoothly. But with so many preparations to take care of before your …

Written by Howi Bakunawa No matter what the occasion —  whether during the holidays, on vacation, at reunions or trips — spending an extended amount of time with our families can be difficult. When it …

Words by Howi Bakunawa Obligatory “you’ll never see it coming” reference — With Joker being in Smash as DLC for almost a year now, the Persona series, a game of once largely niche appeal yet …

Words by Patricia Yap  Growing up I always knew that I was the “short one.” Ever since grade school, I would always be somewhere in the very front of the line⁠ during assemblies—always knowing the …

You don’t know how many times I’ve had to endure people complaining about their parents working too hard, putting ambition over their own family, or even not caring about them enough just because they were …

Written by Clariz Mendoza Women are sometimes limited to restricting roles or characters in mainstream media. They are damsels in distress, the other woman, the martyr wife, or regarded as sex objects. If you’re like …

Words by Kim Reyes Why do you strive for love? What I’ve learned from simply listening to countless of failed relationships is that love is not really what we thought it should be. For instance, …

Words by Krizia Joy Rivera Our grandmas are one of the happiest people when they see us. Every time we come to visit them, it’s always like a fiesta or a birthday because of all …

Written by Howi Bakunawa Babies have this irresistible kind of cuteness we can’t help but gush over whenever we see them. The appropriate word for it is gigil — the overwhelming feeling we get to …