Crybaby Approved ★★★
There's a choreography to crying in public in this city, and I've gotten good at it the way you get good at anything you practice (even without meaning to).
AWSL
Salary Negotiation Tips in the Philippines (And Why Most of Us Never Try)
The salary negotiation guide for Filipinos who were never taught they could push back. Including salary negotiation tips in the Philippines context - what to say, how to research your number, and what to do when they say no.
What Even Experienced Solo Travelers Don’t Say Out Loud
I have already been to Japan solo three times. I've also navigated Vietnam alone, buses, motorbikes, a night train where I definitely got on the wrong car and ended up in someone's sleeping bunk. I had done solo trips across the Philippines where nothing went according to plan and everything turned out fine anyway. And then - I booked Seoul for Seventeen's 10th Anniversary concert last year. And for two weeks before the flight, I was nervous in a way that made no sense.
“Welcome to My Corner of the Internet”
Every About Page move I reached for was a move designed to make you trust me faster. Welcome you warmly. Establish my credentials. Tell you what you'll get out of being here, in a tidy list, so you can decide efficiently whether I'm worth your time. And every single one of those moves is the thing this site exists to not do.