The Art of Changemaking

Father’s Day always gives me something to feel extremely sentimental about, as it reminds me of my very unusual childhood and of the soap opera-ish circumstances that have come to define our family. In spite of all that, I am happy to be who I am and proud of where I came [...]

This trip to Miri, Malaysia to cover the Miri Jazz Festival was special in two ways: one, because I had never been to Miri before and was excited to cover the jazz festival together with my journalist friends from the Sarawak Tourism Board family; and two, because it would be the first time that my [...]

One of my favorite things to do is buy and flip through old magazines, cut and paste, and uncover dreams and hidden passions on an illustration board.
This week finally gave me the time and space to do that. As all the changes and the stress of the past few months took its toll on my [...]

It’s April 1, Maundy Thursday and April Fool’s Day at the same time, and I awoke from a strange dream. In it, my friend Shirley (yes, SB, that’s you!) and I were in an Amazing Race-like marathon, where we had pit stops and tasks throughout the race. The weird thing was that it was held [...]

Here’s the conundrum: if you’re a blogger with a relatively popular blog, are you already eligible to be called a “journalist” or part of “media”? Does your outrageously high hit count automatically earn for you that media pass?
As a writer who began her career in print (ergo, traditional) media, I sometimes find it difficult to [...]