Valenzuela Spam Emails
You Have Won! and Other Digital Delusions Flooding Valenzuela Inboxes The “Nigerian Prince” of Polo Park Even in the digital age, the classic advance-fee scam finds a local flavor. Your inbox pings with an email from a “Mrs. Consuelo Dela…
Taguig Work From Home Struggles
The Home Office That Became a Prison of Distraction The “Productive” Setup That Hosts a Coup You transformed a corner of your BGC condo into a “dedicated home office.” A sleek monitor, an ergonomic chair ordered online, a tasteful potted…
San Juan Wedding Chaos
The Synchronized Fainting of the Ninongs: A Thermodynamic Crisis in the Pews The Oven of Devotion The San Sebastian Church was packed for the 2 PM wedding of Angela and Miguel. The June sun beat down on the ancient stone…
Pateros Home Karaoke Systems: The High-Volume Battle for the Microphone and the Tragic Display of Familial Tone-Deafness
An Examination of the Suburban Cultural Ritual Where Vocal Prowess is Mandatory and the Singers Volume is Directly Proportional to Their Level of Alcohol Consumption The Domestic Stage of the High C-NoteIn Pateros, the **Home Karaoke System** is not a…
Pasig Fake Organic Produce
The Art of the Soil Lie: Why Pasig Vendors Are Selling Aggressively Labeled ‘Organic’ Produce That Was Grown Behind a Gas Station The Market for Manufactured Virtue In Pasig City, the demand for ‘organic,’ ‘all-natural,’ and ‘ethically sourced’ food has…
Valenzuela Work From Home Struggles
The Commute is Gone, But So Are Your Sanity Pants: The Valenzuelano WFH Experience The Never-Ending Background Noise Symphony of Malinta Your important Zoom call with the head office in Taguig coincides perfectly with your neighbor’s renovation project (jackhammer symphony),…
Taguig Sports Bloopers
The Uncoordinated Pursuit of Athleticism in a Corporate World The Corporate Sports Fest: A Carnival of Unseen Agony Every year, companies in BGC mandate “fun” in the form of a Sports Fest. This is not the Olympics; it is a…
San Juan DIY Beauty Treatments
The “Natural” Avocado & Coffee Scrub That Cemented the Sink The Pinterest Inspiration Seeking spa-quality glow on a supermarket budget, Anika followed a viral tutorial for a “Detoxifying & Exfoliating Coffee-Avocado Mask.” The instructions seemed simple: mash one ripe avocado,…
Pateros Community Gardens: The Suburban Utopia of Organic Vegetables and the Fierce, Passive-Aggressive Competition Over Fertilizer
An Examination of the Local Plots Where Green Thumbs Battle Over Soil Quality, Seed Superiority, and the Mysteriously Disappearing Tomatoes The Turf Wars of the TopsoilIn the orderly confines of Pateros, the **Community Garden** is the most deceptively peaceful locale….
Pasig Aggressive Niche Podcasts
The Audio Assault: Why Pasigs Podcasters Are Creating Highly Specific Shows That Only Their Immediate Family Listens To The Cacophony of Pasig Content Everyone in Pasig City seems to have a podcast. Not a general-interest podcast, but an aggressively specific,…