Live Life in Lenses

I always tell myself just one chapter. And then it is 3am and I am still there, completely gone into someone else’s world, and I don’t even feel bad about it. I’m Klara, and I live in Cebu City. My evenings go to school, where I’m studying Special Education, and the rest of my time […]

I wasn’t supposed to hear that conversation. But I did, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. I’m Dot, and I live in Cebu. My days are mostly school, requirements, and whatever Korean drama I’m currently losing sleep over. From the outside it probably looks like a pretty ordinary student life. But underneath the

I was in the middle of a clinical rotation when it happened, and nothing about that moment felt like I had imagined it would. I’m RKD, and I live in Cebu City. If you asked me what I do day to day, I’d tell you honestly: I sleep. Life as a nursing student is a

I didn’t figure it out in one big moment. It just hit me one random day, the way realizations do when you’re not even looking for them. I’m Nemie, a college student from Pit-os, Cebu City. Other than studying, most of my mental energy goes into trying to rationalize my decisions and my thoughts, even

For a long time, I thought going outside was just for getting from one place to another. I didn’t know it could feel like breathing for the first time. I’m Caloy, and I live in Cebu, Philippines. My days are built around work, the kind of life that looks responsible and steady from the outside.

Some mornings I wake up already inside my own head, and the day hasn’t even started yet. I live in Cebu, Philippines. My days follow a rhythm that looks simple from the outside: wake up early, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, rest. But inside that structure is something quieter and harder to name,