When Jessica Zafra’s first novel came out last year, I had to google ‘umbrage.’ I seldom encounter this word and its closest association to me was the phony, mad in pink Hogwarts professor, Dolores Umbridge. Merriam-Webster defines umbrage as ‘a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult.’ Typical Jessica. I […]
Ikigai: Working Towards Happiness
There are certain locations in the world that are called Blue Zones. The people in these zones, women in particular, live longer and have fewer diseases. Foremost in these zones is the island of Okinawa in Japan, a place where happiness thrive despite having been greatly devastated during the second world war. Central to the […]
Music House: A Cebu Barter Story
One of the rare bright spots of the lockdown was the Cebu Barter Community (CBC) page on Facebook. CBC currently has over 200,000 members gathered in a space of a few weeks. Carrying the hashtags #CBCforbarter and #CBCforoffer, the items exchanged range from household basics such as groceries, plants, and appliances to extravagant offers like […]
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