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"Learning from the Past, Hopes for the Future, and a Life's Journey of making the most of what's at hand."

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 101 Truths About Me: Why I moved to Pasig?


In 2025, November 15 to be exact at 3pm I suddenly had the urge and decided to move to Pasig for good. Why? Because I want to marry their Mayor haha. Kidding aside with no bias, I moved to Pasig City from staying for more than 4 years in Mandaluyong because of an experiment. I wanted to know for myself if the policies, projects, good governance, etc are true and not just hyped by social media and the media in general. 



Let’s have a back story. It was the year of 1992 when I first heard the song “Anak ng Pasig" and since then that reality was inculcated in my 7 year old brain. I somehow promised myself I will never live in Pasig. The song gave me a notion how environmentally fucked up is Pasig. But then here comes 2025 and I’ve found myself relocating for the mere purpose of validating all claims about good governance. Wanting to prove that it’s not just good on paper and in social media. I’ve been here for almost 7 months and boy, I can attest that everything is legit. Don’t get me wrong, Pasig is far from perfect but when it comes to public service it’s a frakkin’ gold standard. We have politicians here that work and truly deliver. They define public service in a whole new level and to the truest of its essence. In the Republic of Pasig (people are joking that we’re not part of the Philippines here because our politicians here are in a different ballgame) there is no such thing as corruption. Maybe there’s a bit but the city government is slowly eliminating it one step at a time. 


In Pasig overpricing has a consequence, moreso corruption, redtape, even bullying of PWDs or catcalling will make you accountable for your actions. They say “malayo pa, pero malayo na.” Here the citizens are protected and well served. Almost everything is digitalized to avoid the “trapo” way of helping citizens. Less falling in line more of a house to house approach or online commitments. Here people of all classes are respected. The government thinks they owe the constituents better services and programs not having the mindset of “trapos” that we people owe them, not the other way around. Taxes are used innovatively and not sparingly to address everyone’s needs. Projects are created with the people in mind and for the people’s better well being. No big tarpaulins or names and faces indicated in every project. No claims that they did this or did that in building infrastructure because they believe in Magokoro and taxes aren't politicians money they came from the people so they benefit the people less the public glory. 


Pasig is gold. I’ve never imagined that my childhood promise not to settle in this place had been voided because of the city’s good governance. Somehow they truly say promises are meant to be broken and I’m proud of this promise I broke for myself. Truly, giving yourself a chance to change your mind is a blessing too. You’ll never know what awaits at the end of the tunnel, sometimes there is light indeed and it restored my faith in Philippine governance. There is hope, Pilipinas if we just unite and vote for the right people we will turn this dark decades of politics  into something worth living for. Long live, Philippines. May we find the light and prosperity in this lifetime of misery caused by greedy officials. May God bless us all. Mabuhay!





MYTH DEBUNKED: If during a toast you don’t look at the eyes of the other person you're toasting you will have 7 years of bad sex?





Let’s debunk this myth. I don’t know how people have these kinds of beliefs when there’s no scientific correlation to it. Let me break it down to you gently and carefully. Having sex is an art. It’s a form of intimate self expression and by mentioning self for me it’s personal and it’s all up to you. Your sex life does not depend on looking at someone's eyes while clinking glasses. It’s a matter of how well you know yourself. Having a successful sex life is all up to you. Yes, you heard it right the only main element for it is: YOU!


How does self awareness make this all work? First you start to know how you pleasure yourself. Knowing all your kinks, your G-spot, everything that triggers your sensuality and your wild fantasies. When you all have discovered that then no man if you were a woman will ever fail to satisfy you in bed or vice versa. 


Here’s the key. When you know how to pleasure yourself you can teach anyone to pleasure you all you have to do is communicate and tell them where’s the sweet spots and boy, you’ll hit heaven every time you ride the plane. 


But I guess this works only for normal sex but for people that are specifically DEMISEXUALS it’s a little bit complicated. You need more of an emotional connection to reach heaven. No matter how good their partners are in bed it won’t work if they are not in love with them. But then bottom line it’s still always been YOU!


Twas the day of 13th month pay and people at work liked to celebrate that day with a little team feast. This time the whole team wanted a different feast, not that usual pizza, pasta, burgers, donuts, and what not. We decided to prepare pancit canton, malunggay pandesal, eggs, and soft drinks. We had the greatest time eating it but not that I know of. There’s this girl in our team that’s complaining why we had those foods instead of the usual ones. She said “nagmukha tuloy tayong mahirap.” 


WTF! If only I can tell her that it’s not about the food it’s the fulfillment of gathering that’s more important. It doesn’t matter how cheap or expensive the meal is, it’s about the people who simply enjoy your company and any food is a blessing no matter what it is. 


Let  me tell you that it’s not the food that makes you cheap, it’s your mindset. I honestly love poor people’s food (if they want to call that poor people’s food, so be it) like salted egg with tomatoes, sardines, dried fish, eggplant, tofu, and pancit canton. People that know me know how I love those foods and I eat it anytime regardless whether I have money or not and they never tell me that I look poor when consuming those foods. They are even amazed that I eat those kinds of foods. So I know for a fact that having seen in public eating the so-called “poor foods” don’t make me look poor. They make me simple and humble. They make me human and relatable. And in her case she said it made her look poor probably because she really looks poor. So why blame “pancit canton” if you look “dugyot naman talaga, nasisi pa tuloy yung fave ko” since highschool. 


Some people are so full of themselves that they can’t accept their reality. This girl is way too “mapagpanggap.” Why can’t you just be real? Our team was laughing at her because she’d been seen eating “pancit canton” almost everyday. Aha, so maybe she’s just too “umay” about it, the same thing the others feel towards the usual food she’s requesting to have for the team lunch. If you are a really rich girl you should be “umay” with pizza, pasta, burgers, donuts, and whatnots. Stop pretending na kasi haha. Tara kain na lang tayo ng “pancit canton” ulit. Mic drop.





I woke up this Monday morning at 6:30 am in the calendar year of May 25, 2026 to a facebook notification regarding the Camarines Sur’s Kaogma Festival clash of ideologies through the comment of Klasik Titos and Titas of Manila in Joy Barcoma's page against the post of Jeriel Agua. Honestly, I don’t know these people but I’ve done my checking so here’s the gist and my unbiased but well aware of the situation point of view being a native of Naga City, so yes I'm a Bicolana currently residing in Pasig City. (Screenshots taken from their FB.)






There are a lot of points here that need to be tackled so bear with me while I slowly point it out one by one. If I may appear biased in my view of points, the bias is with my fellow Bicolanos. I'm a Bicolana and a proud one but this Kaogma thing is nothing to be proud of as a native. Did you know that there are a lot of problems in Camarines Sur specifically about most locals having no NAWASA or proper source of water? Did you also know that we suffer in provincial rate that's the main reason why I'm in Pasig right now rather than in my hometown because they can't even provide a decent salary for workers there. There's flooding as well and a lot more. What I'm trying to point out is that a festival so extravagant like spending 75 million pesos in a week's festivity is so frakkin' not practical for such a province that the rest of the population is in grave poverty. When you can simply allocate such big of a fund for facilities, infrastructures, flood control, services, wages, and what not versus spending it in a week's KAOGMA Festival. So I guess you know where my bias is coming from, right? 


Joy Barcoma agreed that "Advocacy is not a shield" though contradicting it with purity politics. Pointing that the blame should be solely claimed by the politicians that invited them adding more so dodging  accountability for accepting the invite. So technically if you were invited to a festival with a 75 million budget you are getting a part of the millions as a talent fee. And accepting that literally means you are agreeing to be the brand ambassador for that specific politician. In lay man's terms you are literally endorsing that event packaged with the personality that invited you. So saying that you don't have an accountability towards what's happening is a freaking contradiction. Your accountability starts with your judgement and given that you are saying to yourself that  you are a beauty queen with morals and advocacies regarding corruption aren't you signing up to be a face of the start of a budget deficit of a province so poor that can't even provide proper water sources? Isn't that corruption or you're going to give a damn label again to that just to justify your crooked ideal? 


This isn't a misplaced blame because you are technically part of the problem. It's even more alarming that you claim yourself as a beauty queen that's fighting against corruption, an advocate and an influencer. Haven't you thought out that having followers that look up to you and having these kinds of decisions have a critical impact towards the good of the community. You said that you want to talk about and be part of disrupting the system from within then this very moment is that crucial part of proving your advocacy that's why I agree with Jeriel. This is the very moment you can prove and walk the talk and yet you are begging for your bread and butter? WTF is that? So it kind of says something like we're just going to kind of minimize your values, morals, and advocacies for the meantime and prioritize the money. Is that how it is? Tell me. Can we just flip the coin when it inconveniences us personally? I understand that you should prioritize yourself first but this is a different ballgame. It's like you're saying we should forget about corruption for the meantime if you were the one who's going to receive the TF for the certain corruption. Am I right?


You're technically saying that it's not important for you where's the source of money, any money is okay, clean or dirty just so long it funds your lifestyle? Isn't that how it is? Can you truly sleep soundly getting a million (I'm just assuming) from the 75 million funds for hosting that stupid festival while the rest of the Bicolanos suffer for years from budget deficit just all for your one week stint? Is that how a beauty queen thinks? I'll be blunt, you are selfish, a fame whore, a two-faced professional gold digger with no regards towards the welfare of other people. Your advocacies don't define you, it's the decisions that you make in crucial moments like this that unveils your reality. 


If I may put it... "INTEGRITY means doing the right thing when no one is looking" and it's a shame that you are doing the wrong thing when everyone's eyes are on you. The audacity. You might be just another potential trapo in the making. 


Let me answer your question or have you ever thought about this? You know why people are clamoring and obliging the artists or the invitees rather than the politicians? Because they know that they can't do anything anymore about the government there so they are asking you to decline and prove your advocacy as a last resort for this mess and that's why they are holding you accountable. People have been doing a lot of things already to make these politicians accountable but that's a different story. So if you want to help, don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution. If you want to disrupt the system, listen to the people, boycott the festival. It's not rocket science to know that it's too unnecessary and impractical to waste that kind of money in one week. We can have a festival for a week but not with that big of a budget. Where is the justice in spending millions in a week when everyone else will go home back to their miserable realities except you? Are you getting my point or do you need more elaborate explanations on this? Hit me up, I'm willing to have a lengthy discourse on this one. Cheers.











I’ve got a back story. Twas the summer of 1994 and I was playing outside our house when the San Pascual basketball team approached me to become their muse. At that time I’m super shy and had no confidence so all I did was run towards the house and hid in our restroom. They begged my Papa and he tried to convince me but I said I’m not going to get out unless the boys are no longer there. They tried to get my middle sister but she didn’t want to. They can’t do anything so they just settled for my cousin who agreed with them. I went to the plaza and watched happily while my cousin was doing her walk on the stage.


Fast forward… Sunday, May 24, 2026 7am. After more than 3 decades (32 years to be exact) I’m here at the Pineda Basketball Court as barangay Greenhills muse. No longer timid, I’m almost 42 by September and so confident about myself. I’m no longer that shy girl who hides in the bathroom just so I can dodge being a muse. It’s been years of building myself up and now I’m a success. I’ve built my confidence from the ground up and I’m too sure about my worth now that no one’s opinion can shake me. 


In this video, someone said that I’m trying to embarrass the team so she was suggesting that the team should just get someone else lol. I’m already the prettiest, sexiest, and smartest muse there. What more does she want? I’m getting curious about what Yanyan looks like? Can she measure up with me? Haha she’s so funny and I can smell the envy and insecurity miles away. The guy that responded “napulot sa tabi” was probably just “nakikisakay” so the girl can stop saying bad things since the whole basketball team knows that they’ve been begging me to be their muse for months since this very day. Haaayyyysssttt some people are just so out of touch and such a tool. Anyway, there’s no showdown (don’t know why? probably cost cutting) I was so ready to sing and dance but thanks to the experience. Finally, after more than 3 decades I’ve fulfilled being a muse. Why is Papu so good to me? 






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