Hi everyone! I hope you guys had a restful and solemn Holy Week. As for me, I spent it with family at Tagaytay Highlands, our annual Holy Week tradition. (For those of you outside of the Philippines, Tagaytay Highlands is a mountain resort and residential complex with a […]

Wow, it’s a huge honor for this blog to have been nominated as the Top 4 Most  Influential for Food on Influence Asia 2017! I must admit,  this came as a surprise as my background in media has always been print, and I was literally coerced to start […]

It’s quite alarming how frequently Turkey has been on “breaking news” as of recent. It’s a country I hold very dear to my heart having spent four days just last month for Gastromasa, the country’s largest gastronomy event in Turkey organized by Gökmen Sözen, a […]

I was in the subway in New York City just last November feeling sorry for myself over several wishes that did not materialize. I was several stops to my destination, and as there’s no signal underground, decided to de-clutter my phone by deleting some of […]

Melissa is, no doubt, one of my favorite footwear brands. The brand from Brazil is not only stylish,  but they have the best collaborations with some of the hottest designers in the world– not just fashion (Karl Lagerfeld, Vivienne Westwood, Jason Wu) but also architects […]

I had first heard of Plate Culture when they followed me on Instagram. I had a look at their feed and saw photos of all the delicious food, and quickly went to their webpage. I loved the platform that they had built, described in Wikipedia […]

I am always so grateful that I am able to see and experience the world– through travel. Sometimes, when people ask me where I’ve been on a particular year, I blank out. I know which countries I’ve been to, of course, but I tend to forget […]

So on my previous post, I talked about flying to Seattle, Washington to literally “pick up” a plane from the Boeing Factory– aka a delivery flight experience— a very special privilege that Cathay Pacific extends to their own staff, media, students, government personnel, Marco Polo members […]

Cathay Pacific is one of my favorite airlines. I hold a silver Marco Polo club card and I really love how it allows me access to business class lounges and business class check-in counters, reserve my seats in advance and extra baggage allowance, regardless of whichever class […]