Julie Eleanor Ciron is a 22-year-old budding young actress born and raised in Anayan, Pili in Camarines Sur. When she was younger, all she wanted was to be a celebrity.

11 A.M., the Sunday morning after The Rest Is Noise’s Summer Noise, I wait for Note Panayanggool, who also goes by the moniker X0809, in her hotel lobby.

It was in 2015 when I first learned about June Patcha Poonpiriya. I don't know how it happened, but I've been invested in Thai pop culture for so long.

For Scout Magazine’s May-June 2017 issue, I interviewed six different personalities in an attempt to get a comprehensive look at what makes Filipino street style today. The answer? The same answer as it has always been: there’s nothing like a strong sense of style that comes with a strong sense of self.

I came to think that Stranger Things breakout star, Millie Bobby Brown, was stellar when I met her. I was wrong. She is much more than that.

I wrote an article on the local dance team The Alliance as they represented the Philippines in the Hip-Hop International dance competition last 2016. The article was originally published in the September-October 2016 issue of Scout Magazine.

I come from a not so well-off family. No, this isn't one of those melodramatic tales of life. And trust me, this is not even a rags-to-riches story. I could be a rags-to-rags story, or worse, even rags-to-none at all.