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Thank You, 2022!

Whenever someone asks me how I am, I usually make a face and grudgingly reply, “still alive.” I think this is because I was brought up not to talk about myself, and that telling people about myself was a bad thing. That’s something that I’m still trying to unlearn. 2022, despite its ups and downs, […]

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culture, TRAVEL

An Ibaloy Mummy in the Baguio Museum

Visited the Baguio Museum, which was originally built in 1975 and restored after it was damaged in the 1990 earthquake that has left a scar on the City that can be felt to this day. The Museum is inspired by Igorot architecture and features artifacts from Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Mountain Province, as […]

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MYS Universe now available on Quento app

MYS Universe (Ms. Yvette’s Strange Universe) is now available on the Quento app. Aside from being a horror fiction writer, I’m also a paranormal enthusiast whose been interested in the realm of the weird since I was a child (I thank 80s TV host Inday Badiday for opening my eyes to the true weird). While […]

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TRAVEL

What we will lose if we don’t take care of the Pasig River

Went on a Pasig River Heritage Walk organized by Renacimiento Manila. We started at Plaza Lawton in front of the Manila Post Office, crossed part of the Jones Bridge, and ended up at the First United Building along Escolta. The walk showed me how small Manila can be on foot, even for someone disabled like […]

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TRUE WEIRD

Exorcism in the Philippines

The first time Gabriel Cabaltera* noticed that her mother was different was when she was four. She had awoken at three in the morning to find her mother gone from the bed. She searched the house, then wandered outside, where she found her mother Tina” standing on the roof of their house. “I don’t know […]

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