People come and go as they say. Yet, the ones who stay are the ones we have to be grateful for. Time is not even a valid argument for longevity. Relationships sometimes may be toxic but we don’t...

Osaka, Japan –   The  use of rattan for the façade of the Philippine Pavillion perhaps is  a simple way  to address climate change issues. The panel discussion on  “Health and Climate Change: The...

I wonder how one gets out of the abyss. I wonder how one finds light in the circumstantial sadness and chagrin. I wonder how one finds hope in between and among thoughts and musings. I wonder how one...

 At a recent Generation AI forum, I sat on a panel alongside other creatives. I was the only woman there, representing the Freelance Writers’ Guild of the Philippines. We were all wrestling with...

Eighty years ago,  the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito verbally accepting the terms of surrender  that ended  Second World War reverberated throughout Japan via radio on August 14, 1945...

Besides the coconut being like a giant nut according to a song, the coconut in common parlance is used by Filipinos to mean an empty and hallow brain. No matter what language or gay lingo you know of...

Buscalan Tinglayan,  Kalinga – I  was inked last Holy Week  in my right forearm with the iconic three dots tattoo by  Apo Whang-Od, the so-called last and  oldest surviving mambabatok. Batok...

A couple of times, I’ve wondered what is the meaning of life and why we often lose hope. Trigger warning, even headlines talk about losing the will to live. If there’s anything I can say...

I didn’t jump into creative work with AI right away. Like many others, I was cautious—more out of fear than doubt. At the time, I was reading criticism about how generative AI might be undermining the...

Mahjong has a special place in our family as we grew up with weekend gatherings of aunts and uncles for mahjong sessions while we (cousins) play traditional games. Mahjong is a Chinese tile-based game...