June Rains

The month of June usually heralds two things: the start of school and the rainy season. It is a well-designed torment for young people -- having to get up from a warm bed before the sun is barely up and...

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Working Grrrl

We are due for an immersion project for a client tomorrow. Our homebase will the Bayview Hotel along Roxas Boulevard. The objective of the project is to observe the lifestyles of the truly masa (i.e. the mass market). The Philippines,...

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Away, away

I promised my sister a trip for her birthday. Her birthday was March. But since we prefer not to share the beach with the same city folks we planned our vacation on an off-season. Hence, in mid-July, we will...

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City Grrrl

There's Manila, the capital, and there's Metro Manila. Manila the capital is just one city within the multi-city metropolis that is Metro Manila. I was born in Manila, the capital, and grew up in Pasig City, one of the cities...

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Working Traveler

My kind of work takes me around the country, meeting different types of people and getting exposed to different lifestyles, beliefs and cultures. As a consumer anthropologist I get to peek below the surface of a place when I travel....

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