Sharing another travel diary from my trip to Honolulu with my brother Brandon. This place always felt like home in some weird way. Having close family and childhood friends from Ilocos living in Hawaii is amazing because it always feels more like a homecoming than a vacation.
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Loving yourself is a long journey that includes a lot of self-reflection and acceptance. I'm starting to believe that the only way I can be a better friend, sister, daughter, and lover is to take accountability for myself. No more pouring from an empty cup.
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Flashback to a trip to La Union from a couple of years ago.
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At the beginning of 2019, I announced on my Instagram that I was going on a shopping ban. It only lasted sometime around August. While it didn't last a year, the self-imposed rule taught me to be more mindful about where I am spending my money.
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2021 is still very much unhinged but we persist. Last year really made me appreciate my city so much. My bubble got smaller and smaller as the pandemic got worse, but I feel much more closer to my friends and to my family more than I ever have before. Including those I rarely see. Bonding time whether done face to face, via FaceTime, text messages or dm exchanges have moved up in quality rather than quantity.
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I had a lovely chat with Jenny Lynn about her journey into becoming a freelance makeup artist.
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This year is going by so fast. This month seemed like it was going to be another kooky month in isolation but each week, 2020 just kept pouncing on the heartbreak.
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Working out is such a great way to train yourself to maintain a routine. I have never been a morning person but after lockdown, I thought this would be a good opportunity to train my body to get used to stretching and meditating in the morning. Here’s my no pressure just-do-something-anything morning routine.
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I share my history, our life in the Philippines prior to moving to the U.S., and how the recent events pushed me to better understand the struggles of raising multi-cultural children that my family particularly experienced. Here I also break down Systemic Racism, Internalized Racial Bias, and Colorism using examples from the perspective of the Philippines.
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For people like me who’ve spent their entire careers working in an office, working from home sounds like a dream—until you’re 3 months in and your day-to-day looks painfully the same. I try to mimic the feel of being in an office by listening to podcasts as I work. Check out some of my favorite podcasts to listen to while working from home.
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I filmed this video last month and finally got to edit it this week. The ends of my hair was starting to fade into this orangey blonde, thankfully my hair stylist didn't let me ruin my hair with a box dye and she made me a custom semipermanent color mix. This was such a good idea and with round 2 of quarantine coming up, I'm sure a lot of us are going to have to do our own hair maintenance for awhile.
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Don’t come at me if you haven’t gotten tested. Going on a trip with a couple of friends I haven’t been hanging out with since quarantine. We’re doing the adult thing and are all getting tested. It’s free in Los Angeles, read more for links to set a free appointment.
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With the recent collective awakening, I am being more mindful about the space I take and what I consume online. As I get back into the flow of things, I am learning to stay informed, rest and assume a role and take action.
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In my new video, I walk you through installing my new modem and router as I share a little bit about when I discovered I wasn’t as independent as I thought I was.
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After 2 months of spending time alone in a box operating as my home, office and warehouse. I finally have clarity that the feeling of success and contentment can only come from developing systems not setting goals. When you want to have all the good things and do all the right things, you don’t make progress that way. You just keep spreading your efforts so thin that you make no impact at all.
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Never would I have imagined I would live in a time when cannabis is legal, and I feel lucky to be able to have this option. I am not typically a drinker, I like to mellow out. I’m always working and thinking all the time so on the days I want to chill and unwind, I mean it.
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Am I burning myself out? My week 3 video barely made it!! But I am making time for Gara, my website and even managed to clean my house and stitch this video together. I’m getting it together :)
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