Life Notes

things I've been up to

not a blog — just life, written down

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We'd been talking about Bali since the yoga days. This photo is proof we actually made it.

I thought I was going for the photo. I stayed for something I didn't expect.

I don't do truffle pasta. Except this one from Kermit's in Bantayan, which undid that rule.

One spot, three versions of Cebu all at once. Mountains, beaches, city.

I turned a corner and stopped. White Chapel at Alicia Cafe, Negros Oriental.

Scorpio sun, Cancer rising, always going to be a water baby. Salt water heals.

The cleanest, most untouched beach I've been to. Virgin Island, Bantayan.

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from the journal

01 Life in Cebu

Life is Just Better in Cebu

Not the tourist version. Not the expat blogs. Just what Cebu looks like when it's your everyday: the beaches, the mountains, the city, and why I keep choosing to stay.

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02 Travel

The Island That Got Me

White sand, still water, and a quiet kind of magic. Siquijor is the kind of place that visits you back, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since.

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moments worth keeping

I've photographed a lot of sunsets. This one, shot on my Samsung S23 in Bali in 2024, is still the one I keep coming back to. There's something about a beach sunset that makes you feel like the whole day was worth it, even the hard parts of it. Especially those.

I kept an Instagram account just for this. No captions, no strategy, just the sky doing what it does when the light changes. I never got tired of looking up.

Her full name is Chewbacca. She mirrors my personality in ways that are honestly a little alarming. One of the biggest reasons I'm still sane, and I mean that completely.