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Lifestyle with Filipina Wanderer

Welcome to the Lifestyle section of FilipinaWanderer.com, where we celebrate the beauty of life in all its forms and inspire you to live your best life!

I’m CT, your Filipina Wanderer, a digital marketer, a traveler, a foodie, an artist, and a mom to my beautiful daughter Ava. In this section, you’ll find articles, tips, and insights about my lifestyle and the things I love.

Navigating the Future: Key Trends Shaping the Filipino Digital Lifestyle

As we gaze into the future of the Filipino digital lifestyle, key trends such as increased digitization of services, the rise of e-commerce, growing importance of cybersecurity, sustainability, and digital activism, and bridging the digital divide will play a significant role in shaping this landscape.

Digital Culture and Societal Changes: Unraveling the Filipino Experience

The digital revolution has sparked significant cultural and societal changes in the Philippines. While this has given rise to a vibrant digital culture and fostered societal transformations, challenges like the digital divide must be addressed to ensure an inclusive and equitable digital journey.

Balancing Work and Play: Lifestyle of a Womxn

Striking the perfect balance between work, family, business, and social life is a challenge, but it is indeed manageable. Learn from the Filipina Wanderer how she navigates her roles as a mom, a workaholic marketer, and the eldest in her family, all while ensuring her personal fulfillment and contentment.

Jing Monis Salon at Bellevue Hotel Alabang: Two Toned Soft Long Layered Goddess Hair Makeover

Jing Monis Salon at Bellevue Hotel Alabang: Two Toned Soft Long Layered Goddess Hair Makeover:  Early this month, I am getting frustrated with how dull and lifeless my hair was. In my frustration, I took the scissor and began cutting 5 inches of my hair. It was a relief and a celebratory of freedom. Women normally do crazy things with their hair when they are heartbroken, I am one (haha). I am an avid fan of hair treatments and hair color. Lately, my trips to the salon are getting frequent. I used to have my hair rebonded and now I…

EMEX, The Electronic MusiCon and Expo

The Philippines’ annual electronic music convention, the Electronic MusiCon and Expo, comes back to SMX Convention Center in SM Aura at BGC, Taguig from June 19-21 this year. Popularly known as EMEX, it is the event every electronic music enthusiast looks forward to because of its creative lineup of educational talks, gear exhibits, and acclaimed speakers and panelists from the local and international electronic music scene.   Last year, a broad range of industry topics were covered from essential production tips on music software, skill discussions for DJs, sound engineering workshops, new product demos, and debates on industry issues, all…

FengShui Paint How to attract Prosperity, Health and Harmony this 2015

Chinese New Year is coming and people look forward to a  fresh new beginning. Everyone’s optimistic about the year ahead and can’t wait to start the year with positive changes like New Year’s resolutions, bucketlists, and even home renovations. In the Philippines, home design and renovations are now done by an increasing number of Filipinos that adapt a Chinese tradition of attracting positivity through the arrangement of one’s home – Feng Shui. As Angi Ma Wong defines it in ‘Feng Shui Dos & TABOOs,’ literally translated as “wind-water,” Feng Shui is the art of placement and is one of the…

Lee Cooper Philippines

Lee Cooper Philippines If you have been walking across the Metro, I am pretty sure you have seen their ads everywhere. It is indeed a fine British Denim Brand. I am honored to witness and participate the British Council Festival last March. This was a two day event happened in the High Street at the the Fort Taguig City. Receiving a message from our good friends from AQAdvertising. Me and some bloggers enjoyed the night filled with music and style with Ms. Kat Alano as the master of events. The night started with a fashion show featuring the new collection…

How I Met Your Mother slash self waiting game over

Kids, remember almost a decade ago and we started to watch how i met your mother. I was 20 then. Young and romantic. Somehow the elusive feeling of love overtakes me and started loving the show up until the finale. You would hear spoilers everywhere of what should have happened or not. Yet by the end of this great era for television. I could say himym touch my heart to the fullest. We all know that the title himym is not approriate. Like the old good ones, friends, beverlyhills 90210 or even melrose place  and sex and the city. It…

WhenInManila.com Rockeoke Blog Party Happening this December 17 in Aracama

WhenInManila.com is celebrating a Rocking Xmas Rockeoke Blogger Party at Aracama this December 17, 2013, Tuesday. If you are within the area, Filipina Wanderer absolutely suggest that you dress and prepare to be entertained. This will serve as a after party from the much successful Blogapalooza event. For more details about this awesomeness: Visit WhenInManila.com  http://www.wheninmanila.com/blogger-party-wheninmanila-xmas-rockeoke-blog-party-at-aracama-on-dec-17/ Filipina Wanderer have attended several WhenInManila events. And we can assure you that it is fun and meaningful. There will be surprises. But the best surprise will be gifts and raffle prizes from our sponsors. The bonding you get from fellow bloggers is worth…

Mariah Carey #Beautiful featuring Miguel

Filipina Wanderer had always been a fan of Mariah Carey. Normally I don’t post non-related stuff to my wanderers but Mariah Carey is again on fire. You should watch this. WHY WE LOVE THIS VIDEO 1.  Its Mariah Carey. Enough said. 2. It is only explicit because it says “fucking” beautiful several times. 3. We think this is a good sex song. Literally. 4. She looks so innocent in that yellow dress but it confuses the fashion heart, why is she wearing an orange bra?? 5. The chandeliers look great. Very kinky. 6. We are sure this will be a hit…

ZALORA PH Launches iPhone Shopping App

EASY MOBILE SHOPPING WITH ZALORA IPHONE APP Philippines’ fashion and beauty e-commerce leader ups the mobile shopping experience to a whole new level! Filipina Wanderer Shopaholics and Fashion Lovers, heres a good news for today, 25th April 2013. ZALORA, the Philippines’ first and leading fashion and beauty e-commerce site, today announced the expansion of its mobile repertoire with the launch of its iPhone shopping app in the country which can be found at the local app store.(http://itunes.com/apps/zalora). After the successful launch of an award-winning mobile-optimized site, ZALORA is aiming to up the ante in every shopper’s mobile shopping experience!   Now all…

Legworks Booze Cruise: 80’s Booze Cruise Party

Hit the music… pop up the booze… hop aboard… it’s time to party on a yacht! Turn up the beat as Legworks Events Management and Consultancy brings you the hottest pulse-pounding wild euphoric event this summer – The Legworks Booze Cruise. Unleash that inner party soul of yours as we cruise along the serene waters of Manila Bay. Let that body sway in a carefree attitude to the heart-thumping beat of disco music courtesy of our guest DJ on-board. Heat up your veins on the inclusive two cocktail drinks of your choice. As if it is not enough to enliven…

AUDISEE Productions’ GAME CHANGE: The AUDISEE Launch Party

Filipina Wanderer is proud to present AUDISEE Productions’ GAME CHANGE: The AUDISEE Launch Party   Featuring performances by: Game Theory The Squibs Makopa IndayBote Amongst Wolves I-ray Kursonada Plagpul Strawberry Bomb and more Bands and Music Enthusiasts will be jamming. B-Side, The Collective 7274 Malugay st., MakatiGates open at 8pm Show starts EXACTLY at 9pm Entrance: P150 inclusive of one free beer Powered by DZUP 1602, WhenInManila.com, Filipina Wanderer, Fashion Hub, Munting Media Group and our friends from ZigZag Animals. Audisee Productions Like them on Facebook For inquiries: 0916 734 6651

Hello Valentines Date Ideas

February 14 came too quick and fast. Will you be single? Or will you be spending time with a date? I got good things for you guys. Whether you will be spending it alone, with your friends, your family or that special someone, it is best if we celebrate this day by treating our love ones in the best way possible.   So here are few suggestions to make your Valentines suave with a date or not. For the Date Valentine Concert A romantic musical journey awaits at Crimson Hotel in Alabang with a Valentine’s Day concert entitled “LOVE MATTERS” on…

Pope Resigns: Five Strange Facts

Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger decided to resign as the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and leader of the Catholic Church. Pontiff says he lacks the strength to do his job. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the resignation was not due to any specific illness. The pope may have wanted to resign now to avoid the exhausting rush of Easter engagements, Benedict XVI is the 265th Pope, a position in which he serves dual roles as Sovereign of the Vatican City State and leader of the Catholic Church. As Pope, he is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter the Apostle. There are Five…

Filipina Wanderer 2012 in review

For a Beginner/ Noob like me this is wonderful news already!!! Get ready 2013  I will be more creative and happy 😛   The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 11,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 18 years to get that many views. Click here to see the complete report. Related articles 2012 in review (goodoldworld.wordpress.com) 2012 in review – Via WordPress…

Filipino Stereotypes

  Filipina Wanderer. Ever wonder what other cultures say to us Filipinos? Recently, I have been interacting with foreigners. I was amazed and sometimes appalled with how they think Filipinos are.   A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality.   The Ideal Pinay.   She is exotic, petite and submissive.  Half of this is true.  Filipinos is mixed. We are either from a Chinese, Japanese, Spanish or European decent. In general her looks will be like this: her height is 5’2,…

beats and more beats

Filipina Wanderer and beats. Recently, I have been flooding your pages with some eargasmic pleasures. I always believe that to empower the world today you should have a great content. And by great content, it should always be creative, fresh and 100% yours. The wonder of beats. I have met new people from this new circle, from producers, djs, and productions. They are all nice and sweet. Giving me great feedbacks for every new compositions. They would instruct me to watch youtube videos so I can learn the basics, they added me on their groups which is so awesome since…

Ilocos and Beyond

Filipina Wanderer travelled Ilocos and beyond. Most of my shots are my stock photos from a previous travel in Ilocos Norte particularly in Pagudpud and Laoag. Hello there! Welcome to Pagudpud. Pagudpud is in the tip of Luzon. This is actually the gateway of Ilocos Norte (where my father’s clan is) and Cagayan Valley (my mother’s hometown). As a kid we usually pass by this route, I was able to ravel the changes thru the years. Its a 4 hour drive from Laoag to my Mom’s, which oftentimes I am sleeping from the entire trip. 🙂  There are actually great…

Hello Ilocos

Filipina Wanderer and Ilocos. This has been taken some years ago. And I would like to share some of the pictures taken from Laoag. I promise to take more pictures on my next trip to Ilocos.  🙂  

Crimson Holiday Offering

CRIMSON HOTEL FILINVEST CITY, MANILA LINES-UP HOLIDAY OFFERINGS Christmas and New Year are just around the corner. Celebrate the yuletide festivities with the holiday offerings and room packages at the new Crimson Hotel Filinvest City, Manila. This is the best time to celebrate with loved ones.  Guests can feast with its tempting ‘Dine for 2 for the Price of 1’ buffet offer, priced at P1,100 for lunch and P1,400 for dinner at the hotel’s main restaurant Café Eight from December 15 to December 30, 2012 (not applicable for dinner on December 24). On Christmas Eve, families and friends can celebrate…

November 2012 Magazine Covers

Its November 1st. The time of the month to check our subscriptions. FW is running a quick look for our November 2012 Fashion Magazine covers all over the world 🙂 Related articles Fall In: November 2012’s Magazine Covers Are Here (fashionologie.com) Could You Envision Similar Photos in a Fashion Magazine? (fabsugar.com) Gwen Stefani Covers ‘Nylon’ Magazine (Picture Perfect In Pretty Plaids!) (styleblazer.com) Lena Dunham For ASOS Magazine Is a Perfect Mix of Everything We Love (fabsugar.com) Linda Evangelista Covers the 35th Anniversary Issue of Fashion Magazine in Lanvin (fashiongonerogue.com) Solange Knowles graces cover of Elle South Africa, Oprah snapped for…

Halloween Costume 2012

FILIPINA WANDERER – Halloween 2012 – Costumes et al. Last weekend, me and my friends went out for our usual bonding night. We completely forgot that its a halloween weekend, meaning clubs or any parties would have a halloween theme. With this inspiration. I research well enough for my favorite halloween costumes for this year. I would promise I would be bringing my camera most of the time, so I can snap all the creative things on my way. I am posting the halloween costumes used this year 2012 from all over the social media world. Enjoy 🙂 If you…

Filipina Wanderer and my blogging excapades

Filipina Wanderer had been up and running for a year, however I only decided to focus on blogging a month ago. Without any knowledge, I focused on the things I would want to write about. I may have been in the social media for a very long time but this is the only time I really gave a particular time and effort for blogging, and it did pave a good price. A month ago this blog is a nobody. But now, I am really happy with the reach I have accomplish. If I can do this and so can you.…

Alma

Filipina Wanderer watched Alma years back from Vimeo in random. For the second week we are offering our Animated Mondays. And we hope you get scared, we mean, happy with our great find 🙂 Alma Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States. Alma Written and directed by: Rodrigo Blaas- Produced by: Cecile-Hokes Music: Mastretta- Art Director: Alfonso Blaas- Lighting Programmer: Jonatan Catalán- Modeling Technical Supervisor: Jaime Maestro – Design Modeling: Bolhem Bouchiba, Carlos Grangel, Sergio Pablos,…

Jump In Apl.De.Ap. Jessica Sanchez

I am Filipina and proud of it. Apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) and Jessica Sanchez (American Idol Season 11) collaborated in a very fun creative song, they are both Filipino and proud. The song is catchy. I would bet in a few weeks time this would be our party song 🙂 So come on Jump In!!! Jump In Music Video Directed by Marc André Debruyne Composer: Music (apl.de.ap and Marcus of Loudbox) Lyrics (apl.de.ap, Jimmo Garcia, Donna Dimayuga) Artist: ap.de.ap and Jessica Sanchez     ***No infringement intended. Just wanna share the Filipino Pride.   Filipina Wanderer is connected to the real…

Loving the Vibe by CT

Filipina Wanderer is CT.   Loving the Vibe is Trance Progressive, inspired by my man who digs music and beats.  Its fast yet messy. I will get better I promise. Lemme hear your cry! 🙂 Yes. It says “Cher beats Loving the Vibe”. You can follow me on SoundCloud for my other tracks 🙂 http://soundcloud.com/chergorgeous  

50 Shades Contract Review

The world went crazy when the E L James published the book. So what is this fad about? You would see the ladies going vocal about their love for Grey. It was originally a fan book based on the characters in Twilight and the authors unique question on what would it like to be if you are engaged in a Dominant-kinky-kind-of-relationship. I love the author. I followed her on twitter before I even read anything, and she followed back. (Sweet) And I am now taking my own big and small insights of the chapters, the books and the entire trilogy.…

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

Filipina Wanderer will be posting Animated Short Films worth blogging. I have collected this materials which I was able to watch via Vimeo in random or saw it on Youtube. These are all great finds and we will be starting to post this films every Mondays 🙂 Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Oscar nominated “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” In this computer animated short film, Granny O’Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified grandchild. Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the…

Chairs are like Facebook

I was reading my feed and came across Mashable’s article. Facebook Is Like Bananas and Boxes, Says the Internet by Stephanie Haberman.  At first I thought this was just a parody or a mockery but no its official. I am embedding the videos which have been distributed publicly. No infringement necessary. You may view the original link too. Originally I wanted to copy a picture and use it as my cover.But hey, my name is Cher. I can be facebook too? right? If this will turn out as a fad thing. This ad will be the same as “Its Not Fun In The…

Mahatma Gandhi 143

Today October 2, 2012 we celebrate the 143rd anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.  Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2, 1869. He is the hero of India’s nationalism during the British-ruled India. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa, using the new techniques of non-violent civil disobedience that he developed.(Wikipedia) A maintenance worker tosses a pail of water to clean a statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed outside the Gujarat state legislature in Gandhinagar, India, on October 1, 2012. The philosophy of non violence as trancribed in Bhagavad-Gita wherein Mahatma Gandhi became…

hongkong street photography

This is from Hongkong. I was then inlove with this kind of editing. I just added some layers and a water mark.  This is at a crossroad intersection at Central. Shot at  Ocean Park Hongkong. I completely boosted the color lenses into blue and yellow. I added a vintage effect. I love how the picture becomes different and fresh. This is an air balloon in the middle of Ocean Park.       Related articles Photography Background (filipinawanderer.wordpress.com) Ch-ch-ch-changes of Fashion in ’09 (fabsugar.com) Ch-ch-changes (hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.wordpress.com) Hot Air Balloon Engagement Session from Finessence Photography (stylemepretty.com) Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-check out Jennie Claire Jewelry…

Categories

Here at Filipina Wanderer, we cover a wide range of lifestyle topics:

  • Food: As a self-confessed foodie, I share my favorite recipes, restaurant reviews, and cooking tips. Dive into Filipino cuisine with me! You can also follow my TikTok account, Filipina Tiktok, where I post all the food experiences from my travels, weekend dates with my family, and work lunches with my officemates. As my travel adventures thicken, I look forward to exploring new flavors and culinary experiences both locally and internationally.
  • Travel: I believe that travel is the best form of education. Join me as I share my travel experiences, tips, and guides from around the world.
  • Art: Unleash your creativity as we explore the world of art. From painting to digital art, get inspired to create your own masterpiece.
  • Motherhood: As a mother, I share my parenting journey, the joys, the challenges, and everything in between. This is a safe space for moms to share, learn, and grow together.
  • Personal Development: I believe in living your truth and reaching your highest potential. Dive into articles about personal growth, positivity, and finding happiness in an imperfect world.

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Are you a fellow foodie, an entrepreneur about to launch your new café or restaurant, a brand manager looking to promote your food or beverage product, or simply someone who’d like to dine out and have a food adventure with me? I’m always open to collaborations that align with my passion for food and travel. Feel free to [contact me] to discuss potential partnerships.

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