Fact.

Lauren’s the first Philippine blogger according to some research.

Fact.  She writes a column for PhilStar‘s blog section (Philippine Star’s Unblogged).

Fact. She does lakwatcha in Southeast Asia, attends gets invited to events,  owns an online shopping store, and writes for a living in the comforts of a condo she bought some time ago.

Fact. This girl is only 25.

Lauren Dado, co-owner of UkayManila.com and Social Sciences graduate of the Ateneo, gives a damn straight statement in her “style and beauty blog”: I am bourgeois.

 

She ‘published’ her first post at worldkids.net when she was 10. In this interview, we’re not gonna argue if she’s really the first blogger. Here, we check out why Lauren’s young adult life is a perfect lakwatcha.

LAKWATCHA (Ai): You seem to be the kind of person who’s tried a hell lot of fun things in life, learning and doing this and that. Can you name some of those?

 

"surfing (or learning to) at la union"

Ai: What are the top five interesting places you’ve been to and what makes them a happy place to visit? (ai put a link on each place for you to see Lauren’s blog about it)

Answering this question made me realize that it’s a lot easier to think of places that you want to go to than the best places you’ve been.  Maybe it’s because I haven’t traveled enough?

 

 

Anyway, here are my top five picks

San Francisco, USA -

I’ve been in love with San Francisco since I first visited when I was 11 and have since been back four times.  It’s a very beautiful, very romantic city with lots of interesting stores (the bookstores especially), museums, and people. Thinking of San Francisco makes me feel warm and fuzzy, like remembering a happy childhood memory. There’s just no place like it in the world.

Singapore -

I like visiting Singapore because it’s how I imagine the Philippines would be like if we could just get our shit together.

Bangkok -

People have no excuse not to visit Bangkok. It’s near, it’s cheap to fly there, and it’s teeming with all sorts of delicious food and amazing shopping.

Dumaguete -

Because the food is delicious and extremely cheap, like 1/4 of what we pay at Manila restaurants. And there’s great snorkeling to be had at nearby Apo Island.

Pagudpod (or Ilocos Norte in general) -

I think I love traveling to cities because most rural towns aren’t picturesque enough to spend a lot of time in. Not Pagudpod though. I was completely taken aback by the natural beauty of the place. Lush green mountains and white sand beaches in one area – who would have thought that was possible? Plus it feels amazing to be literally standing at the end of the Philippines.

interview by Ai Macalintal

photos from Lauren’s laurganism.com and iambourgeois.com

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Post Published: 24 June 2011
Author: Lakwatcha Editor-in-chief
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