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โš˜ Figuring out life in #Munich, #Germany
โ˜•๏ธ 4 years in #Hanoi, #Vietnam
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Nov 25 marked the day Miya, Zaki, and I landed at Nov 25 marked the day Miya, Zaki, and I landed at Munich airport. The furry babies have long arrived and settled well. To celebrate the year of thriving, spiraling, rollercoastering emotions, Ambros and I strolled around the city, had mulled wine and the usual eats in Christmas markets, checked out Minkennenโ€™s photo exhibit (the biggest exhibit in his career so far), walked by the river, and checked out Glockenbachviertel, the cool gay quarter of the city. I havenโ€™t arrived yet (more like I refused to), but I cannot deny how beautiful Munich is, even under this cold wintry light. In my second year and with the guidance of Queer Eye, I should stop living with one foot out the door; rather, I should have my two feet in the city, I should treat my life with the same care and intention to details I put in every space I live in. And as Heidi Emily Eusebio Abad succinctly reminded me that I should treat this new life with the same care and patience I give to my plants.
Self-love, if you remove the bubble-bath romantici Self-love, if you remove the bubble-bath romanticization, is actually an ugly painful process. Thoughts from the 32-year-old Jona. Link in the bio
I wrote this when I was 32, single, and nowhere ne I wrote this when I was 32, single, and nowhere near of settling down. Let me live voraciously through the 32-year-old self. * D whom I had an intense weekend affair could not understand why a woman like me: independent, smart, fierce, domesticated as fuck โ€” is single. And I told him that the very qualities he mentioned are the very reasons long-term relationships are not for me, the very reasons men canโ€™t stand me. And he said, you just need a cool man. I knew he wasnโ€™t. Well, according to my definition of cool: well-read, articulate, domestic chore champion, great cook, financially independent (because Iโ€™m no sugar mama), great in bed, patient. Plus points, if he knows a thing or two about gardening and has a rice cooker at home. Guess what is the hardest to find: finding all these qualities in one person. I donโ€™t mind getting and growing old alone, self-sufficient, and warm. And thatโ€™s the thing, once you realize youโ€™re complete on your own, then you become choosier of who to settle down with. Imagine giving up your beautiful singlehood for an equally beautiful yet oftentimes chaotic relationship? https://medium.com/modern-women/single-at-32-in-a-foreign-country-b80eb9c02631
This is an old piece written for Rappler many year This is an old piece written for Rappler many years ago. It went viral back then. I got both love and hate mails. I tried to accommodate all views. Back then this was so hard, so hard to write. And this was the first article that made me cry. Link: https://medium.com/globetrotters/the-painful-stereotypes-of-being-a-dark-skinned-asian-traveler-16c395f69d3b
Link is on my bio. #catsofinstagram #cats #blackca Link is on my bio. #catsofinstagram #cats #blackcat #relationships #couples
The reason why Iโ€™m writing and posting a lot of The reason why Iโ€™m writing and posting a lot of content on Medium now. Because it is therapy. Also because I know that I have to be consistent. What I posted over on Medium is far from perfect. Perfection is not the goal, consistency is. #productivity #growth #selfcare
Dedicating some hours in the weekend for those day Dedicating some hours in the weekend for those daydreams. #hustle #weekend #reelsinstagram #reels #relatable
. The idea of getting married, having kids, becomi . The idea of getting married, having kids, becoming a wife, and working mom scares me. It feels like this whole partnership thing is not worth trading my beautiful fulfilling single life with. Iโ€™m somewhat convinced I will be the happiest alone and single. I can pursue all the travel and book writing plans I have in mind. Getting married and having kids will only get in the way. Iโ€™ve been tempted to pack up several times, and leave a note to my partner, saying, Iโ€™m sorry I canโ€™t do this. Please I will come back for the cats and the books. And please do not entertain the idea that maybe he is not the one because that is beside the point. The point is, my beautiful single life is THE ONE. https://medium.com/illumination/on-my-36th-birthday-i-cried-a-shit-load-in-a-restaurant-so-this-is-midlife-crisis-918db1c95078 #hanoi #vietnam #travel #musing #empowerment #women
Let me reintroduce myself: Hi, Iโ€™m Jona, I got a Let me reintroduce myself: Hi, Iโ€™m Jona, I got a sugardaddy who pays everything for me. I wish. ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ I donโ€™t understand why we automatically think that a woman is not capable of looking after herself, in every sense of the way. That she must have someone who provides everything for her. As a society, thatโ€™s a failure of imagination. It is a cultural and sociological nonsense that has to be debunked. Time and time again. Having a support system is not the same with being dependent and parasitic. Donโ€™t confuse the two. But on the flip side, I also admire those women who decidedly want to be a sugar babe. That is not parasitic. That's mutualistic. Know your relationships. #reels #pinay #interracial #interracialcouple #relatable #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment
A sense of friendship maybe can start with a sense A sense of friendship maybe can start with a sense of community. I look forward to meeting my writing crew every week and to the biweekly poetry reading. ๐Ÿ˜Š #winter #autumn #winterfashion #lostweekend #munich #germany #movingabroad #plantsmakepeoplehappy
A note to self that might resonate with you. Ampin A note to self that might resonate with you. Amping! Amping is a Cebuano word for take care. Cebuanos often end their goodbyes with friends and loved ones with Amping.
It is not just me, right? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ #reels #relatab It is not just me, right? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ #reels #relatable #asian #woc #bipoc
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