Some weeks ago, I attended Dove’s Confident Girl Forum, an event held in support of The Dove Self Esteem Project. It was really more of an open discussion between moms about the challenges of raising kids — daughters in particular. Mass media and social media has always taught us that fair skin is beautiful. Thin…
Category: Personal
My first VLOG — Shopping at Shopwise!
I’ve finally crossed over to the dark side! What I mean is, I’ve gone beyond my comfort zone and uploaded my first vlog on YouTube. I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. Writing has always been my main medium. It’s something that has always come easily to me. When I was still studying I…
My weight loss journey circa 2017
So I started my Dear Diet Delivery program last Aug. 29, 2017. I’m going to be blunt. My main motivation this time is the fact that I don’t want to be the Goodyear blimp at my brother’s wedding next month. It’s purely superficially driven by looks. I simply got tired of always being the fat…
My teenager worked in SM Supermarket
I studied in a very traditional Chinese school where we mostly stuck to books. Sure, we had occasional field trips. But they were the usual trips to Nayong Pilipino, Fort Santiago, Metropolitan Theater (to watch Florante at Laura), etc. We never really did anything out of the ordinary. We didn’t even have a prom. Our…
I’m FAT and I know it
Being fat has always been one of my biggest challenges in life. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve been told “Tumaba ka!” (“You got fat!”). My worst year in terms of weight was 2011. I would go to the bank or to a party and people would ask if I was pregnant….