Spotlight: maganda.org

Last night on my way home, I suddenly remembered this website I used to visit before, a site I found way back when I started to make websites ((That’s about 7 years ago, first hosted in gurlpages)). I knew I found her site through some search in Yahoo and I loved it ever since. It’s been years since I last visited and since most of the sites I used to love are now gone, I was surprised and pleased to see that this is still up when I checked last night. :)

maganda.org by Christine Castro-HughesMaganda.org is the personal domain of Christine, a Filipina who has been living in California since she was five. Her first design of maganda.org was nominated for a Webby award and has been mentioned in different magazines, which brought lots of attention to her and it is where she found her love of design and writing. Obviously, what attracted me to her site other than the design is the name — maganda is beautiful in Filipino. During the time I found her site, there were just a few websites made by Filipinos, so discovering one (even if she lived in another country) is simply thrilling.

One of my favorite parts of her site is this: fr gm nts, which according to her, “Fragments are sometime fictional, sometimes true, always delicious reading.” And it is. See for yourself:

i want a boy who can come over and hug me if that’s all i need.

“i need a hug,” i’ll say to him.

and thirty minutes later, he’ll be at my front door, arms open wide, ready to take me in and wrap me up in his affection.

Altogether now, awwww. :) And another one:

i knew a boy who would walk a few miles down the street from his house on a night in december, just to sit shivering on the cold pavement and — with the cord stretched as far is it could go — talk to me from a payphone. he would do that because he didn’t have a phone in his apartment. he would do it because he liked me. i was worth it.

More awwwww!!!

I’m not yet done reading her 100 fr gm nts. She also has other small projects, which are a delight to read through. :)

There are so much more things to see and read in her site, so if you haven’t seen it yet, go and do so! It’s worth your visit. =)