The average Filipino spends nine hours a day looking at a screen. Sixty million years ago, a limestone spine pushed up through the earth in what is now Rizal. It has been waiting ever since. The Masungi Georeserve trails do not offer a cure for screen fatigue. They offer something more specific: sixty million years […]
Your Masungi Georeserve Photos Will Look Easy. The Trail Usually Isn’t. Read More »
The diesel sat in my chest like something that had decided to stay. Two years of Metro Manila mornings, EDSA at 7 AM and jeepney exhaust through an open window, and I started to think this was the cost of living here. Then I found a river in Tanay so clear I could count the
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The Code-Switch It happens before you open your mouth. For instance, you are in a meeting, a job interview, a client call. The other people in the room are from Manila, or they speak to Manila, or they have learned that speaking to Manila means sounding like Manila. So, you adjust. You round the vowels
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The Coconut Water Incident That Changed My View on Responsible Tourism in the Philippines Anyone with a passing interest can find numerous examples of tourists in the Philippines who are disrespectful to their hosts. I believe part of the reason is a lack of understanding of Filipino culture and customs, so we’re going to delve
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