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She is a freelance writer, editor, breast cancer and depression survivor, environmental advocate, dog mother to three asPins and a three-legged pusPin, and BTS Army Tita. She is an occasional online English writing coach and grammar nazi, and is happily blowing her hard-earned money on scuba-diving while she can still carry an air tank.
    My face time with Frida Kahlo in Mexico
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    March 14, 2023

    My face time with Frida Kahlo in Mexico

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Right boot in red leather with grosgrain ribbon laces, and embroidered with Chinese motifs in silk thread, circa 1952. A metal bell hangs…
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    See you again, Kikay, my first asPin
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    January 17, 2023

    See you again, Kikay, my first asPin

    By Alya B. Honasan
    FRANCISCA “KIKAY” HONASAN, Found 9 May 2009-died 15 January 2023 As always, she thought about me. I had a feeling today would be…
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    Thank you in advance, 2023
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    January 6, 2023

    Thank you in advance, 2023

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefulness, and gratefulness is a measure of our…
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    Adjeng: Singing to keep it real
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    September 23, 2022

    Adjeng: Singing to keep it real

    By Alya B. Honasan
    “Langit natin ay makulimlim/Hinahampas ka ba ng hangin?/Bumibigat ba ang iyong damdamin?/ Kayang-kaya mong bumangon May awit sa aking…
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    Masungi: Can our young government officials help save our forests?
    Passions and Obsessions
    September 12, 2022

    Masungi: Can our young government officials help save our forests?

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Canada Ambassador Peter MacArthur and Second Secretary Peter Wright (in blue) lead the walk. THE promise of interesting company was enough…
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    My Tubbataha homecoming: More than just a pretty fish
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    August 29, 2022

    My Tubbataha homecoming: More than just a pretty fish

    By Alya B. Honasan
    THERE’s a lot happening around us at about 45 feet in Tubbataha—white-tip reef sharks swimming, a green turtle or two passing by, large…
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    My Puerto Princesa ‘in the dark’: Face to face with 20-million-year-old fossil
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    July 29, 2022

    My Puerto Princesa ‘in the dark’: Face to face with 20-million-year-old fossil

    By Alya B. Honasan
    The entrance to the Hundred Caves in Tagbenit (Photo by Christine Enrile Chua) Twenty million years. Think about that for a minute, and just…
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    Tony Mabesa: We called him ‘Mababes’
    Persona
    July 4, 2022

    Tony Mabesa: We called him ‘Mababes’

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Tribute night for the 2022 National Artists at the CCP last June 29 (Photo from Roland Raymond Roldan’s FB page) LAST June 10, Antonio…
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    When BTS met Biden
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    June 3, 2022

    When BTS met Biden

    By Alya B. Honasan
    IT was another moment to make every single BTS ARMY proud, as the seven members of the Korean global super band BTS—Kim Namjoon, Kim…
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    Paddling on my ‘Ferrari’ through El Nido’s magical mangroves
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    March 30, 2022

    Paddling on my ‘Ferrari’ through El Nido’s magical mangroves

    By Alya B. Honasan
    WITH all due respect to friends I travel with, my hands-down favorite mode of travel is solo. There’s nothing quite like experiencing…
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        April 9, 2026

        The crucified Easter dove and my mini crisis of faith

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