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Published July 9, 2016 at 3264 × 2448 in Life Hack: My 5 Question Guide to Shopping with Intention

I only have 2 formal gowns and this one is still on repeat

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So inspired by all the recipes and how-tos shared these days, so I tried to make my own cup of coffee!!! It is not Dalgona Coffee, but it tastes.. okay, I guess 😂 Here is how I did it and how you can do it too! 1. Carefully mix coffee, creamer, and sugar (all in powder form) together according to your preference. The ratio and proportion are important! But for this recipe, I’ll use a 3-in-one pack 2. Carefully tear the packaging from the top where you can see the “tear here” label 3. Pour the contents on to your favorite mug. Be careful when doing this because the electric fan or any source of ventilation may blow some of the contents away. Losing a few granules should not make too much of a difference but it won’t be the same of course 4. Boil water / go to your hot-cold water dispenser. Pour hot water into the mug. Step 4 can be interchanged with Step 3. But again, practice caution 5. Using a spoon or a reusable stirrer, carefully stir the coffee, sugar, creamer (or 3-in-one) and water together 6. Enjoy! If you have tips on how to make this even better, let me know!:) For those who will ask, I have no idea how and why the thin foam appeared 😂🤷🏼‍♀️ Good morning everyone! How are you holding up? Taking this short mental break from all my COVID-19 related posts and activities and entertaining you (ish) with my “skills” #mentalbreaks #sharingskills #coffee #coffeeloversdonthateme #notdalgona #dalgonacoffee #notreally

Sharing my letter to our @rags2richesinc and @thingsthatmatterph advocates. These are very challenging times indeed. Priority must be given to the health workers and front liners. Donate when you can, do not hoard the medical tools they need (or better yet, give them some of yours), support their families, and prevent further infection by following prevention guidelines (wash your hands, don’t touch your face, keep your distance from each other, stay home as much as possible) But also, please don’t forget some of the most vulnerable members of our society. They are the guards, helpers, sales people, retail staff, factory workers, and others who don’t earn when they don’t work. The metro may stop right now but the bills and the feeding continues. Many will go hungry and will find it hard to start over. So while we all go through this, please be intentional about supporting the local businesses and enterprises who employ others. Some of these businesses do not have enough cash to weather this kind of storm. When they run out of resources, many will lose their jobs, go hungry, and become even more vulnerable at this time. If and when you can, support local businesses and enterprises. You can order from them, purchase gift certificates for later use, hold off from refunding your reservations or bookings, and help keep their spirits up by getting in touch once in a while. We all need each other right now. And we’ll all get through this not by accident, but by intentional thought and action Tagging a few of the businesses I love (more in the next days)! Please check them out and support them!:) Hope you are all keeping safe and healthy!

This morning, we announced a partnership that we have been excited about for nearly a year now ❤️❤️❤️ we are finally here! @rags2richesinc is the official sewing services partner of #ikeaphilippines opening 2021. We are so happy about this partnership because it is a way to scale our impact, open more opportunities for our artisans, and up-cycle in a systemic way. It is also a good model for how big companies can include communities in their supply chains. But what I really want to share today during #WomensDay is more about how we got here and what women can do when we are empowered. We met with IKEA early 2018 with zero expectations and some possibilities. We kept in touch with their team, coordinated, met so many times, and reviewed documents. I also had lots of adventures while working on the partnership. I rode an Angkas from Quezon City to Mall of Asia to get to the launch on time, got a beautiful IKEA chair as giveaway, brought said chair to the meetings I had that day, and when I was 8 months pregnant, @_santiagocarla and I went to Malaysia to learn from their sewing services team there. Throughout those almost 3 years of building the partnership, taking care of a toddler, and having another baby, our @rags2richesinc team and artisans consistently and compassionately held the fort. Our company would not have gotten here without our team and I would have collapsed under the weight of my #MomGuilt and expectations if not for the team’s love and support. The reason why we got here and why I am keeping myself healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally, is my tribe of like-minded and like-hearted team members, artisans, and advocates in @rags2richesinc. I am an empowered woman because of my own strength but also because I am powered by those around me. The next stage of this partnership will be more challenging for sure. But with this great tribe of artisans, team, and advocates rallying for us, I think we’ll be just fine :) And by “just fine”, I mean we’ll be a great example of how this kind of collaboration can work and hopefully be that proof of concept for other enterprises like ours and companies like IKEA to make impact together :)

People often get surprised / shocked when I talk about my past. I am only 34 but feel like I have lived a few lifetimes already. 😂 I am well aware that my “image” (wow haha) now is so wholesome, admirable, and inspiring. . And while I try to embrace that because I have evolved for the better throughout the decades, there are still so many things about my past that I’m not proud of — Like that time in college when I said yes to dates because I just wanted to have a full free meal. EEK. As in I scheduled breakfast dates so I can cover breakfast. 🙈 That thought still makes me cringe haha (that is awkward laughter). I mean, sure, I was quite poor during that time, but that did not justify taking advantage of others . And for a long time, I was in denial about things I did in the past (THINGS. As in lots of them) so I justified them, tried to change their narrative, beat myself up over them, and made them excuses for me to not love myself completely . After years of processing my past, surrounding myself with good people who stuck around when I was not that lovable, and intentionally and deliberately improving on the person I wanted to be, here I am today, loving myself completely.:) I realized that loving myself did not mean that I should be faultless in my eyes. It meant that I should always nurture myself to become a better person. . I accept my past, forgive myself without forgetting the lessons, appreciate who I am today, and work towards my potential. We are all dynamic women. Our past is part of us but it does not define us. Our present is ever evolving. And our future is infinite. :) So love yourself for who you were, who you are, and who you could be. This love will guide you . #LoveYourselfCompletely #HappyWomensDay

This week has been rough on my sleep 😴 I forgot how lack of sleep can affect my mood (and I’m not moody at all). It is a good thing I have some bits and pieces of things and moments that make me happy. One of them is this #RockwellistClutch; a collaboration between @rags2richesinc , @pattyang_ , and @powerplantmall :) It is woven by our R2R artisans and lined with recycled tarps from Power Plant Mall! Follow @powerplantmall to know how you can get one of these!

We have a new @rags2richesinc fanny pack and it has the cutest name ever!:) Meet the Rafa fanny pack (haha see what we did there?). It is our biggest and most spacious fanny pack ever. It could fit two big phones, essentials, money, cards, and even a small umbrella :) . I know the Rafa fanny pack looks great on our super in-demand model @christian.cera , but I promise it will look good on you too 😍

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