Beautiful Things
A running list of things that I am grateful for or that have supported me in some way.
What Copywriting Actually Is (And Why Your Business Needs It)
Are you a small business confused about copywriting? (It’s persuasive writing.) Learn the difference between copy, copyright, and content, and how to use copy to grow your business.
The Airport Made Me Choose: Filipino or Non-Filipino?
A Filipino-American’s first trip to the Philippines: Why visiting my ancestral homeland felt less like a homecoming and more like meeting a stranger for the first time
You Can Still Bring Heels: a Long-term Minimalist Packing Guide
A one-bag packing guide unlike any other.
Let’s Host a Death Fest
Living Funerals, Death over Dinner, and Other Explorations of Mortality: My search for ways I can foster a healthy relationship with death in a community setting.
Lessons from Long Term Solo Travel
Travel lightly.
Easier to keep track of your things if you have less things. Also, it’s easier on your back, especially if you have far to walk.
Memory of a Fellow Vagabond
One of the most memorable encounters during my 2 year stint as a vagabond was another traveller at a hostel in Christchurch, New Zealand. A modern, clean place that had an indoor turf area and outdoor stainless steel fire pits. The kind of hostel that had “pods” rather than “bunks”. It smelted like an airport in there.