Diwa Daily

  • Journey to the Land of the Rising Sun: Kyoto

    Patience is bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Artistotle The family and I are visiting Japan for the first time to celebrate the new year with my dad, his family, and my sisters. I’ve been looking forward to this trip since the beginning of the year that being here at this hotel desk at 5:30…

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  • Mindful love

    Recalling those high school days when all that swirled in my head was the thrill and warmth of being loved, I always considered myself as one who’d love someone like waves crashing onto a beaten shore. I thought I was a person who loved with such unrelenting force, blinding myself to whatever mistakes or flaws…

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  • Bookmark Love with Mark Your Book PH

    I’ve always had this penchant for collecting things—books, stationery, Pokemon, pen bodies, bookmarks. Collecting and using bookmarks date waaay back when I had so much time on my hands. As I journeyed through pages upon pages of words, worlds, and dialogue I’d use anything I can grab as a bookmark. I’d stick receipts, tags, collectible…

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  • Reflections on the (Remote) Job Hunt

    Just thinking about how I even managed to land my new job leaves me speechless and humbled.  I remember how each job-less day was a stressful ordeal Jayson and I had to manage in silence. We did our best to keep our composure and focus to be able to maintain peace and order in the…

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  • The KeepCup: Clean the Earth One Coffee Cup at a Time

    Choosing to stop plastic usage and go reusable was easy-peasy. Training my family to adopt a no-plastic lifestyle was and is still hella hard.  It took me months before I could convince Jayson to stop using plastic bags for our weekly groceries, and even then we’re still not 100% plastic-free. If I don’t have any of…

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  • I’m shutting down pagerie.co

    The title pretty much explains it all, but I wanna explain the details behind this new direction in case you’ve heard of pagerie.co, have tried to visit the site, and end up seeing an error where the site doesn’t exist. pagerie does exist. It’s my very own space where I can talk freely, frequently or…

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  • Cyrus’ first weekend in Manila

    Growing up, I always looked forward to out-of-town trips with my parents, whether that’s through the provinces of the Visayas or a plane ride to Manila. ✈️ Manila was especially exciting because it was a completely different environment when compared to the relaxed and laid back city of Bacolod, my hometown. The capital was filled with…

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  • Book Review: The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven

    Stuck in what the reading community calls a serious “reading slump” I decided to reset my reading progress and pick out a paperback from the Philippine Literature section of my book shelf. Majority of the books were unread poetry collections and novels I acquired and received as gifts over the years. One such gift is The…

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  • MUJI Notebooks and Why They’re Great for Just About Anything

    My first experience with MUJI takes me all the way back to college. I was studying in Manila and had been at SM Mall of Asia when I saw the grand opening of this Japanese minimalist store. Beyond the shelves filled with shampoo bottles and tea towels was a central booth filled with notebooks, notepads,…

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  • The Comp Notebook

    You’ve probably seen it in your favorite teenage TV show, or on the book cover of a series you read as a kid. Images and scenes of students going through school halls, their backpacks slung over their shoulders and a composition notebook in one hand. The iconic black and white marble cover of this notebook…

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