Category: Personal
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Q&A
Originally published as Sole Sister Spotlight: Julienne of Morena Travels What were your earliest travel memories? I began travelling at a young age because my parents took my sister and I on trips both within and outside of the Philippines, where I was born and raised. Neither of my parents were originally from Manila, where I…
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Love Is Wild Book Launch: I am now officially published!
I am now a published author (yay!). Who knew it would happen, that night I serendipitously met celebrity/photographer/producer/environmentalist Sean Lee-Davies during an emergency landing in Clark from a Hong Kong-Manila flight? But that’s another story for another time. Love is Wild is about wildlife and wild spaces, and how humans can still be a part of these…
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Hong Kong: To Return or Not to Return? Part II
As seen in Out and Abroad While the virtues of Hong Kong have often been extolled (See: Part I of my article), the city’s darker side has mostly been kept under wraps from outsiders. The truth is that living in Hong Kong and inhaling its infectious energy can also be lethally intoxicating. Almost four years…
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Hong Kong: To return or not to return? Part I
As seen in Out & Abroad I’ve always considered myself unbelievably lucky to have called Hong Kong my second home for the last four years. For all the good, bad, and ugly experiences, that city, which translates to “fragrant harbour” in Chinese, is where I spent the first half of my adulthood. It was my initiation…
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