Category: Feels

I feel that a constant guiding point of our culture has been the concept of utang ng loob. We Filipinos allow this sense of duty and obligation dictate the paths we take in life. More …

I think it has always been ingrained in Asian culture to be concerned with the image you project of yourself. The concept of ‘saving face’ is something that most of us can relate to — …

Dating nowadays is stupid hard. While it’s so easy to connect with someone now, it’s just as easy to cut people out. Some of us have fallen victim to this unfortunate ease of being left behind. …

I’ll admit, I used to hate resolutions. I was one of those people who’d go “you can make a resolution any time of year!” Now I see how the sense of ‘starting over’ is an …

There’s something about the new years that always makes us contemplative. It’s like compartmentalizing your life into days and months gives us more clarity. People often use that to think about new goals and new …

One of the hardest parts of the year is looking back and thinking about everything that went badly. But it’s also one of the most important ones. To grow as people, we have to acknowledge …

While I think myself a very private person when it comes to people I have to interact with often, I am a serial oversharer with people I believe I’ll never meet again. It’s just so …

I want to start this off by disclaiming that I unabashedly stan Christmas. I would fight all the Halloween apologists on all the reasons that Christmas wins as the best holiday of the year. But …

Break-ups are never easy. Being broken up with feels awful because you’re used to the pattern of having someone to tell about your day and then remembering: Oh, right. But for some, being the one …

Whenever we travel, we always have to worry about our itinerary, our accommodation, ticket prices, and the pasalubong we have to bring home. The last part has become a high-pressure thing as friends, relatives, and …