There wasn’t even a handshake. Just a room in a library, where Vinny and I sat in front of an authorized officer and confirmed what we already knew: that we were each other’s person. That we’d built a life together, and wanted the law to see it too. It didn’t feel like a milestone at […]
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If I Die Today, Who Will I Be?
525,600 minutes, Rent measured and sang that. That’s how a year passes – just like that. One morning you’re laughing with someone, and by nightfall, they’re no longer there. The past few years have blurred like that. Time moved forward, but it didn’t feel like growth, not really. It felt like shedding. Losing. Watching thinks […]
Happy Anniversary, Baguio
February marks my first year in Baguio. I left Manila to live in Baguio during the pandemic. I can still remember parking my car inside the garage of my first home in the City of Pines as my dog Yakult hastily run towards the open gate of Easter Road to Bokawkan. Alongside cars and trucks, […]
Closing One Door, Opening Five More Years
My journey of being an entrepreneur started 7 years ago when I decided to leave my corporate job and set up a boutique ad agency. Without any investors, we worked our asses off to be able to have enough funds to start it up. Ultimately, we were swindled by our CEO. All of our monies […]