This is despite the varying legal constraints against cannabidiol throughout the region, as well as the lack of existing infrastructure for its production. Published in South China Morning Post Style Magazine’s March 2021 issue.
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From the waaaaay back archives: It’s mix of cultures has given the Southern city an intriguing flavor that’s worth discovering and savoring. Published in Garage Magazine’s October 2012 issue.
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In a culture that puts stock on appearances and high media visibility when choosing whom to listen to and what to trust, Atom Araullo strives to gain and maintain credibility the old-fashioned way: by dint of research and hard work. Published as the cover story for Garage Magazine’s November 2015 issue.
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We’re familiar with the proverb “Let the buyer beware,” but Manila’s increasingly robust art scene seems to be teaching us to be aware of art buyers’ intentions too. Published as the cover story for a 2014 issue of Northern Living.
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While the location is an unconventional business choice, the people behind Blocleaf Café understands that there’s an untapped market looking to appreciate good local brews in the area. Published in Garage Magazine’s July 2017 issue.
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Though it has long been co-opted from its migrant working-class roots, smoked barbecue may find itself resonating with the Filipino culture that has its own ingenious culinary takes on the usually discarded bits of meat. Published in F&B Report’s February 2017 issue.
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Ballet is as difficult as I had expected it to be—and my progress happens at a glacial pace—but within that difficulty is a lesson on how I should trust my body more and give it more credit than what I used to. An essay published in June 2018 on the GMA Network website’s lifestyle section.
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As if the pressures to look a certain way aren’t enough already, sprung upon us is another, totally unattainable idea of beauty—because it’s not even human in the first place. An essay published in September 2018 on the Garage Magazine website.
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With the seemingly unbreachable gulf between our dissatisfaction with our bodies and our loving them, there needs to be a middle ground where those who can’t quite make that leap can still land somewhere soft and compassionate. An essay originally commissioned for a local lifestyle/commerce magazine, though its publication status was never confirmed.
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Getting to Itbayat is quite the journey—and the island far from provides an easy and luxurious stay—but found within its harsh beauty are the generosity and kindness of its locals. Published in Garage Magazine’s October 2016 issue.
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The exhibit, which is the Italian Embassy’s effort at presenting to the world at large the continuous evolution of Italian art, took two years to be produced and staged in Manila. A pre-event writeup commissioned for the show Arte Povera: Italian Landscape at the Metropolitan Museum of the Philippines in February 2020.
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Compared to the other crop of current teenage-centric programs, it doesn’t dress up adolescence with an unnecessary—not to mention unbelievable—sheen of coolness, since no teenager is ever really cool. Published in August 2019 on the Garage Magazine website.
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Nurturing and growing a local audience for dance is never-ending work, but Ballet Philippines’ Alice Reyes believes that even as society constantly changes, talent and good art will always remain. A commissioned pre-event writeup for Ballet Philippines’ 50th anniversary in 2019.
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Yodel Pe is on a mission to elevate the timeless elegance and precision of bookbinding in an increasingly digital world, one hand-bound journal at a time. Published in Northern Living’s January-March 2020 issue.
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From the waaaaay back archives: When John Perrine first set sight on the land in the ‘70s, it had barely more than browned grasslands, a small clump of bamboo, and a solitary avocado tree. Published in Garage Magazine’s November 2013 issue.
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