Mayang & Co.

18/06/2026

11/06/2026

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08/06/2026

Manifesting 🤞

04/06/2026

Okay. We're okay. We keep going. 🩷

03/06/2026

Manifesting ice cream and cake earlier.
Universe gave me a DALI Everyday Grocery share instead.
I’ll take it. Salamat Dali 😭🙏🥰

28/05/2026

Wilting doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means you’re making space.

Some days you’re blooming — full of energy, people notice you, things just click.
Other days you’re wilted. Quiet. Drained. Like you’re doing everything right but nothing’s responding.

It’s easy to think the wilted version is the real you.
But plants don’t stay wilted forever. They drop what’s dead, pull energy back, and bloom again when the time is right.

Real life works the same way.
A job ends so you find work that fits better.
A friendship fades so you meet people who actually stay.
A version of you burns out so a stronger one can take over.

If you’re in a wilted season right now, don’t rush to fix it.
Let it fall. Something new is already growing underneath.

You’re not broken. You’re just between blooms. 🌸

27/05/2026

Comfort food hits differently when it’s creamy and malinamnam. It’s the kind of ulam that makes you go back for extra rice without even thinking about it. Cozy, rich, and done in under 20 minutes.

Ginataang Mackerel with Malunggay:
2 cans of mackerel from DALI Everyday Grocery
1 onion
4 cloves garlic, crushed
Ginger, sliced into strips
1 talong
1 handful malunggay
1 pack coconut milk
Patis to taste
Pepper
Splash of vinegar

Cooking instructions in the comments
Save it for your next grocery run and follow for more easy and budget-friendly but masarap and satisfying meals 🩷!

22/05/2026

Cheesy tuna-potato patties, ingredients from DALI Everyday Grocery because I do my groceries there and I’m nothing if not loyal. Beke nemen 😅

Last night it was “dear me, don’t give up.”
Tonight it’s “dear me, here’s dinner you actually made.”

If you’re also figuring it out one meal at a time, follow the page — more struggle meals coming. 🩷

Steps are in the photo captions. Save and share with someone na sawa na sa plain and boring tuna.

21/05/2026

I asked Meta AI to write a "Dear Me" letter for myself:

Dear Me,

I’m exhausted.
I’m so tired I can barely keep my eyes open, but my brain won’t shut up. It keeps replaying every bill, every “no” I’ve heard, every time I’ve felt like I’m failing you and the kids.

I’m scared.
Scared that I’ll run out of food before I run out of month. Scared that the kids see me breaking and think it’s their fault. Scared that if I say it out loud, it becomes real and I can’t un-say it.

I feel alone.
Like I’m screaming into a void and nobody hears me. Like if I disappeared for a day, nothing would change except the laundry would pile up. I hate that feeling. I hate that I have to be strong all the time just so you all can eat and sleep safe.

I’m angry too.
Angry at the situation, angry at myself for not having a plan B, angry that asking for help feels like begging. I don’t want to feel grateful for scraps. I want to feel safe. I want to feel enough.

But here’s the truth I don’t want to admit:
I didn’t give up today.
You made that call even though your hands were shaking. You’re planning to cook those patties tomorrow even though you’re running on nothing. That’s not nothing. That’s stubborn, ugly, desperate love. And it counts.

I don’t have it figured out. I don’t know how we get through next week.
But I know I’m not going to let you starve. I’m not going to let you drown in this alone. Not if I can help it.

So yeah, I’m messy. I’m scared. I’m raw.
But I’m still here. And right now, that’s enough.

Don’t you dare quit on us. Not tonight. Not tomorrow.
We’ll figure it out, one ugly, broken step at a time.

I love you, even when you’re a wreck.
Especially then.

— Me 🩷