When I stepped inside one of the portables, I took the seat that’s closest towards the front. I wasn’t keen on wearing my corrective lenses. We were halfway through the semester and in the middle of watching the end of The Maltese Falcon, before the teacher introduced us to the next film in the class. [...]
Category: Culture
The Lunar Calendar
Photo from Pixabay What I haven't told you guys yet is that I was born during the Year of the Boar. A fearless animal and a clean one too, which is a little opposite of what a Boar is. I'm very loyal and very artistically driven rather than domestically driven. I'm not afraid to say [...]
Hate(d) My Reflection
Everyone has their lines and questions that they want to avoid answering. Mine is the question: “Do you have a boyfriend?” I just find it upsetting to get asked that question by people. I don’t even tell my own family that the question just makes me cry and feel like I’m not good enough to [...]
Leo in Saint Tropez
Double Standards is a bitch! Even the Filipino Culture has double standards, I'm sick of it. I get asked countless of times if I have a boyfriend. My response will always be "I'd rather not have a man who would bring me down". It's pure stress for me who is not "looking" for a relationship [...]
Representation and the Media
As much as I love binge watching TV shows on either Hulu or Netflix, I'm also one of those people who can't watch a single thing without breaking down its lessons. The lessons of each thing that I watch has a hidden meaning to it that people tend to overlook because of its context. Context [...]
Once Ashamed Of My Culture
I was once ashamed of my culture. That maybe hard to believe, but. Looking back at what I've posted on YouTube about my culture. I was very ashamed of my culture. For a fact, I wasn't able to find it in me that my culture is tougher than the other cultures around me. I was [...]
