-
Why we should keep fighting for our future
It never ceases to amaze me, how a spark of good intentions could summon up the generosity of strangers towards a common cause. A few months ago, we were rattled out of our pandemic-induced hibernation with one photograph. Of course, we knew that our fellow Filipinos were starving, but the lot of us didn’t know…
-
What I learned from spending 75 minutes with Hyun Bin
I was never into KDrama until Crash Landing On You happened. At the height of the lockdown, I was swept up in the love story between the hardheaded businesswoman from South Korea and the idealistic soldier from the North, transporting me to another world outside the four corners of my home. It was like a…
-
How online communities are caring for our mental health
How many online groups are you a part of? Don’t be shy. At the height of the hard lockdown last year, I belonged to at least five, one for each of my various interests including cooking and zero-waste living. For most of these communities, I remained a lurker, content to peek at what everybody else…
-
How I went back to 1984 with a millennial and a Zoomer or the magic of digital restoration
It’s inevitable that parents pass on their taste, or lack thereof, to their children. For better or worse, my children have had to endure a pop culture menu top billed by Annie Lenox, The Clash, The Doors, Ella, Marvin, King, Spielberg, Star Wars, and Kubrick. I shudder to think of how watching their mother sing…
-
What I learned from my adventures as an accidental gardener
My love affair with gardening started by accident. It began with a handful of papaya seeds which I threw into a pot of pomelo in the middle of the hard lockdown. As a hypertensive patient, papaya is one of the fruits I eat with regularity and I thought nothing of throwing seeds onto soil. A…
LULA LAND 