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The Gold Gala 2023. I…wow…where do I even begin? First off, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S OVER? What does life look like now that there’s no more invitations to send out or spreadsheets to build? Second, this team. I am truly in awe of what this team pulled together and created. @jeremyntran @rose_yam @bingchen — our brain trust. I can’t find the words for how much I admire, adore, and appreciate the three of you. Thank you for being the fiercest leaders. @jeffreyddelfin — the true MVP of the Gold Gala. DRESSING ON THE SIDE will go down in history. The Lindas @cmaystar @lindangay - you’re magic, truly. @meganjruan @christinesyi , the prettiest confidantes ever. Thank you for being you. @ocwong @the_briann @benchucius @hibairshad @therocsu @kellywaan @joesungrae @teeffany @hemalip @lindazhou_ Thank you for holding us down and for being the strongest team of humans. AND TO ALL OUR FELLOWS — We don’t deserve you! 😭 Thank you for all you do. @kehnuhh & @chiachanchan — You deserve gold medals. I love you both so much. Thank you to everyone who came! Thank you for celebrating with us! Thank you for being who you are! I need to sleep for eternity. Happy APAHM.

Para sa pamilya ko. Alhambra. For the ones who raised me, grew with me, and, most importantly, for the ones who taught me how to be an ate. I equate my tattoos to be my literal heart on my literal sleeve. To have now added the people that fill the most space in my heart to my sleeve feels so right. My greatest joy in life is to be a member of this family. I love these wonderful, dysfunctional, loud ass humans more than I can adequately express. My greatest honor is to be a part of their lives as we all grow up. Whether that’s our titos and titas or it’s the littlest ones of our next generation, nothing compares to watching them all live life and where that takes them. I’ll stop here because I could easily write thousands upon thousands of words about them. So to my family, I hope you know how deeply I love you. Thank you for bringing me so much strength, joy, and love to my life. Translation: @kristian.kabuay Design & tattoo: @maggiechotattoo (if you live in NYC, HIT. HER. UP. She’s so talented!!!)

TOKYO (pt.1) • 28 days gone in a flash. I will forever be in awe of humans, of minds and emotion, of bonds newly formed or grown stronger, of resilience and creativity, of kindness. To everyone on and behind the camera, on and off the field/floor/pitch/pool/whatever it is…you showed perseverance, passion and so much care for one another. If I’ve walked away from this experience with anything, it’s a deeper appreciation for the human spirit. Thank you to everyone who I crossed paths with on this adventure! What a time to remember forever.

*insert big, happy sigh of relief here* Gold Gala 2026. We drove that vibes van until its engine gave out and the wheels fell off. Our core team, our full team, our fellow team, our contractors, our board, our members, our partners, our friends, our family — thank you from the bottom of my heart, to the ends of the earth, and back again. We would not be who we have become without you. I certainly could not have rolled with the (many, many, many, many) punches without you. There’s probably more that should be said, but I am TIRED. We do this for you, and we do this for us. Happy us month. photo creds: @shotbyorion @mikawl @dukewinnn

Jan - Mar. High highs and low lows. Love your humans fiercely while you can. 🩷 And wear the occasional strange hat?

2H’25 ✔️ 2025 realizations - I am surprisingly capable of setting boundaries - Runners’ highs will always be addicting (please don’t let me down, knees) - Solo travel is essential for my sanity - Probably should have kept the cry tally up for this year…first 1/3 of 2025 was misleading - There are several levels to burnout - I will do whatever it takes to maintain airline status. Whatever it takes. - Side quests for your humans are so much fun! (Who needs an officiant? I know a gal) - Home is whoever and wherever you need it to be (and I can be that person for others too) - I really want to be the type of rich that collects perfumes ykwim

cheers to another year around the sun! 📸: @benlauphoto

Well, ne! Three weeks traipsing around Asia wrapped in Seoul. 10/10 would do it again.

Japanese is still rusty at best, but the thrifting skills are decent. Soul = at peace ☺️

Kaya spread is my new personality trait.

The girls get oddly emotional whenever I show affection, so this year’s birthday gets an instagram post to talk about them because they’ll probably cry in response. They’ve hit the 27th year of their lives today, which means they’ll start thinking they’re old now. (It’s a canon event, don’t deny it.) But 27 was one of my most formative years, and I’m admittedly excited for them to embark on this path too. They’re insane, bold, clever, incredibly smart, and know how to, not only take care of themselves, but thrive by themselves. Of course they are and can do all of this — I raised them. Kidding…they figured out so much on their own and likely learned a lot about how NOT to go about life from me, if anything. I just sat with them on endless facetimes while they did. Anyways, they’re my favorite humans (cue the excited “WE ARE?!?!??!!!” that I can hear from them already). We’ve gone on countless random adventures together, and we’re bound to go on many more in our lifetime. Can’t wait for the idiocy and chaos that will undoubtedly come with. Love you, my tiny delulu humans. AND AS IS TRADITION: comment who is who in the first pic.

First half of 2025 ✔️