”We are just going over the latest neighborhood gossip..”
(Hanoi, Vietnam)

”He never had to ask me to marry him, because from the moment we laid eyes on each other, it was clear that we would spend the rest of our lives together. We shared a deep love for each other and our country. We were both officers in the army and together we fought in two wars. We were twenty three when we got married and we had three children. We both loved painting and whenever we could, my husband and I would travel to the countryside to paint landscapes. Five years ago he passed away. A few times a week I come to the park to think. This park is where we used to paint together. When I sit here, I think of him and then I look how beautiful Hanoi has become. I feel proud because that is what we both fought for.”
(Hanoi, Vietnam)

”I give them the same presents, an equal amount of attention and kisses. I don’t want them to fight with each other or develop an unhealthy sibling relationship. They know that there is enough space in grandma’s heart and on grandma’s lap.”
(Manila, Philippines)

”It won’t be long before my family will start to ask me about when I am getting married. I’m 23 and currently I’m really focussed on my work as an investigation journalist. I come from a middle-class family, In The Philippines that means you eat 3 meals a day. My dad worked most of his life as a driver. Unfortunately he never got to finish his education because his parents simply did not have the money to pay for it. My dad worked really hard to be able to send me to private school. I am the first one in in my family who graduated college. Now, I help my brother pay for his tuition and I also support my parents. So yes.. getting married is the last thing on my mind.”
(Manila, Philippines)

”Saturday is my favorite day of the week”
”Why is that?”
”Because on Saturdays, I take off my ”cab-driver-hat” and I put on my ”grandpa-hat”.
(Manila, Philippines)