All Scrubbed Out

Quarantine Series: Playing With Color

April 13, 2020

It's been about a month since I started working from home and quite a few weeks since our local government placed the city under enhanced community quarantine. It's been making me a little stir-crazy especially on quiet workdays so I've tried to find different ways to take my mind off everything that's going on in the world. One of these…read more

Life

Pregnant In The Middle Of An Outbreak

April 10, 2020

We had been trying for about three years. Finally, on January 25, 2020, I broke the news to my husband --- I was finally pregnant! My body had been through a lot with IUI, months of taking Clomifene, which caused painful ovulations (It felt like my uterus was going to burst out of my abdomen, I kid you not), and…read more

Life

A Fair Advantage Against Violence

September 30, 2019

Many of us have read articles and seen the statistics on cases of violence against women in the country and all over the world. In 2018, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime came out with the “Global Study on Homicide: Gender-related Killing of Women and Girls”. It stated that in 2017 alone, about 87,000 women were murdered around the…read more

Life

Powerful In Surrender

August 29, 2019

Powerful. That was the title of the song we flowed to at my last yoga class. Out of the blue, the studio director singled me out and asked, “In one word, tell us what makes you feel powerful.” (Hala revaleda ang show.) That caught me by surprise so I didn’t quite know what to say. I thought about it for…read more

Health & Beauty

Curly Girl Method: How I Learned To Let My Hair Down (Literally)

January 11, 2019

My hair wasn't always curly. It was pretty straight when I was a kid but started to get wavy in high-school, which made my chin-length bob look really weird. Growing it out didn't help. I was simply clueless on how to take care of it. How I envied my classmates whose straight shiny hair bounced when they walked (I'm talking…read more

Health & Beauty

Lena Cup Review and Comparisons

June 24, 2018

I had had my eye on the Lena Cup for quite some time since switching to menstrual cups three years ago. The reviews had been mostly positive, so a few months ago, I finally got one. Having used it for several months now, I have to say that it's no surprise that the brand is found in the top 10…read more

Cebu, Culture

Baby Steps to a Zero-Waste Lifestyle

May 19, 2018

Zero-waste. It's a concept that has been advocated more urgently lately. If you spend enough time on social media, you can't miss all the videos and articles being shared about how single-use plastic and wastefulness are destroying the planet. Our oceans are choked up in such a surreal way that it almost seems like a nightmare. To make matters worse,…read more

Cebu, Culture, Health & Beauty

Yoga Bliss at Cebu’s First Yoga Festival

April 26, 2018

Last April 15, 2018, yogis and wellness enthusiasts all over the city flocked to the first ever Cebu YogaFest at Montebello Villa Hotel, organized by Yoga Hub. What a turn out! Even studio director, Jenifer Martinez, was pleasantly surprised. There was a lot to look forward to -- yoga classes, wellness talks, food and fitness demos, and a lot of…read more

Cebu, Health & Beauty

Lace & Rue Spa Collection | Fab Find

October 17, 2017

Last year, a new local brand called Lace & Rue launched an array of all-natural body products. This collection of lip and body scrubs, balms, hair sprays, and massage oils is carefully hand-made by Krista Pages who, since she named her brand after her two rescue cats, made sure that everything she put out was cruelty-free. They are eco-friendly, and…read more

Cebu, Food

Wining and Dining at The Weekend

August 31, 2017

Weekend (Kitchen and Taproom) is probably one of Cebu's most popular new restaurants. It seems that Jan Rodriguez, the man behind Irie and Ila Puti, hasn't slowed down in coming up with new ideas. With his partners Jay Alba, Jon Yu, and Edward Mellana, he has once again made an exciting addition to our growing culinary scene. I got a chance…read more