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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Mann Hann at Rockwell Business Center Mandaluyong
As someone who used to live in the heart of Chinese cuisine, Binondo, we never really try a lot of Chinese restaurants outside of it, especially chain establishments. Partly because we know restaurants in Binondo are as authentic as Chinese food can get, but also partly because when surrounded by…
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3 Steps We Took to Answer the Dreaded “When Are You Having Kids?” Question
Dane comes from a large family and they’re all close. It fascinates me when I see them all get-together and everywhere you look, you’ll see conversations upon conversations. It was a slight culture shock to me as someone from a family that barely talked. We’ve attended three large get-togethers from…
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How Taking Care of a Dog Influences Our Marriage
I’ve always wanted a dog since I was a kid, but wasn’t allowed to have one because of allergies in the family. Still, that remained one of the things that I consistently wanted throughout my childhood and adult life. When the pandemic happened and we were all stuck at home,…
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5 Things to Unlearn in Marriage’
Two months into marriage and there are still a lot of things that I learn. But what I realized is there is also a lot that I have to unlearn. Merging two upbringings and different cultures sure offer a lot of surprises, but nothing that two people who choose to…
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Italianni’s at EDSA Shang-ri La Plaza Mandaluyong
Valentine’s Day passed by and as normal couples would, we also celebrated our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple. Dane wanted to take me out on a date. Since the actual celebration falls on a weekday, we decided to eat out the weekend before instead to avoid the crowd.…
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Who Should Deal with the Dirty Dishes?
An interesting post I encountered in one of my favorite subreddits, r/AmItheAsshole (AITA) was entitled “AITA If I Get Mad Over My Husband Not Doing the Dishes?“. Reading the post prompted a callback to several similar opinions about household chores in a lot of Reddit posts, including basic questions of…

