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The Forest Is Where Wounds Mend

“Breath vapor escaped from my mask as the balmy streets of Kias, still wet from…

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Sunken Garden: A Cup Full and Running Over in UP Diliman

The Sunken Garden in University of the Philippines-Diliman flock this spot for recreations, bonding, and…

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Confections and Confessions of a Woman Scorned

Sweeter the second time around.

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There’s Nothing Like Batanes

If you're looking for a place to pause, unmoor from chaos, and be regaled by nature’s unique wonders, Batanes might just be the destination for you.

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Found Love in a Homeless Phase

How a middle-aged man realized you can see magic anywhere you choose to look.

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Microdosing Life

How ritualizing the mundane enabled me to curate magic in the in-betweens. As an older…

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Pit Señor: The Dance We Inherited,The Faith We Complicate

And the sinulog will continue—two steps forward, one step back—carrying everything we’ve forgotten and everything we refuse to let die.

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This Arnis Hub in UP Diliman Keeps the Precolonial Sport Alive

A history of arnis and how this precolonial Philippine national martial art finds a home in UP Diliman

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South Cotabato’s Lake Sebu: Home of the Dreamweavers and the Land of Living Treasures

In the highlands of South Cotabato, Lake Sebu serves as a living classroom where the T’boli weave dreams, forge metal,…

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Artscapes in the Philippines: The True Portrait of the Filipino as an Artist

Feel the creative heart and soul of the Philippines in these art destinations.

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On the Walls of Luisa’s Cafe: Creative City in Crisis

On the ongoing struggles of the Baguio artist community in the UNESCO Creative City for Crafts and Folk Art, from…

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Why There Is no Rape in Bontoc

The line of og-ogfu winds along the trail,broken only at the height of noon—when the safeng is uncovered,when bowls catch the steamof watercress broth. Young men stack stoneson the edge…

Harold Fiesta
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The Cartography of Care: A Diptych

2A. The Geography of Protection: A Mother’s Vigil Words by Nine Andres. February in Davao brings a specific kind of humidity. It is a heaviness that clings to the nape…

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Keeping Time with the Mountains in Sagada’s Paytokan Trail

Every step through Sagada’s sacred mountainous landscape is a lesson in the…

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Reading, Writing, and Coming Home to Mt Cloud Bookshop

An homage to how some places quietly bear witness to our growth and our return…

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The Taste of Typhoon Season

We cherished the post-typhoon dishes as part of our cultural identity. These foods turned disaster…

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Microdosing Life

How ritualizing the mundane enabled me to curate magic in the in-betweens. As an older…

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The Persistence of Names

A guide to some invisible places in General Santos City.

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On How Traveling with Family is an Act of Self-Love

Love, I have learned, is not always a grand declaration.

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A Nostalgic Stroll through Downtown Naga City, the Heart of Bicol

A walk through Naga City revives an appreciation for old childhood spots

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Coconut and More: How Local Gastronomy Keeps Quezon’s Identity & Communities Alive

How Tina Decal’s Kulinarya Tagala is making visitors remember and appreciate local cuisine better and help the local communities thrive

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Solo, Not Searching

Anecdotes of a flirting-averse travel cactus who is blissfully content in her own company, proving that solo travel can be its own kind of romance

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Fighting for a Past: The Fragmenting Centuries-Old Rice Field in UP Diliman

One morning in the early ‘80s, while aboard my school trike from my house in Quezon City, Kuya July, the owner-driver of the vehicle, entered the dirt road that ran…

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All Roads Lead Back To Cubao

For B, who made me walk unafraid on an overpass in Cubao while we got lost in trying to find the best commute and budget-friendly way to go back to…

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