The Insight Out

<p>🧧 Have you ever heard how we appreciate others' <b>success</b> only as much as we appreciate ours? This concept holds particular significance among second-generation Filipino immigrants residing in Hong Kong, who...

<p>🥂 "New Year, New Me" has become an overused and overrated phrase, often leaving us less motivated to set our resolutions effectively. In fact, a 2025 Forbes study revealed that nearly half of the respondents...

<p>"But 'with great power, comes great responsibility' and once you recognise your privilege: what can you do with it? That's where the magic happens." (Vicera, 2024)<br/><br/>📚 Christine, co-founder of Be/longing HK...

<p>"There are people out there who care for you - <b>they</b> can support you. Not someone who you just met." (Miley M., 2023) <br/><br/>💸 Miley had gone through “hell” and back when she was recruited by one of Hong...

<p>🎭 "I have to remind myself you can <b>cure it</b> later on - it doesn't have to [be/look/feel] right, right now. " (Rivera, 2023) 🎨<br/><br/>🏋️ Felix Rivera lives a life surrounded by creativity and creative...

<p>"Since you have the freedom of doing other things, you don't have the freedom to look for yourself. You are subjected to do things that other people are doing." (Lang, 2023)<br/><br/>Malcolm Lang highlights the...

<p>"The essence of travelling, the way I see it, is just going to a place that is <b>unfamiliar</b>. I have not met anybody who has been to every corner of Hong Kong." (Grospe, 2022)<br/><br/>Aljon Rae Grospe identifies...

<p>"It's not really a description of a specific flavour, but more of an experience; a memory." (Mel, 2021)<br/><br/>Mel P is a Hong Kong based tea enthusiast whose early introductions to tea helped brew her current...

<p>"Whatever job, business - or whatever I do - if I died tomorrow: would people remember me for my job or me as a person? If you take me out of my job, would others still see me as the individual that I am - it's about...

<p>"Therapy is for everyone, and it comes in different forms - you don't have to spend for that. But you also have your friends, it's important to reflect why can't you share with your friends?" (Puentespina...

<p>"I like things simple. There's no going back [with technology, or trends]. But when it comes to clothes - you can stick to your roots and show which era you're from." (Caceres, 2021)<br/><br/>Rustom Caceres is a...

<p>"When you're in a performance you don't really need to [always] feed off the audience reaction - you're doing for yourself." (Urbano, 2021)<br/><br/>Jose Urbano is a Hong Kong based street dancer that currently...

<p>"It lets us take a step back, with how fast we want everything to be. It's also tapping into your creativity - it's not just writing." (Madrid, 2021)<br/><br/>Ajel Madrid stans K-Pop music and through this, was able...

<p>"Connecting to people and their mindsets, that enables you to tap into the scenes and moments that are more alien...You'll collect these things and eventually down the road, you have to play XYZ, but you'll have ABC...

<p>"The first step is to call myself out. I will admit from the get-go: I am uncultured ... It's a balance of matching what I know [about food] with what I don't know and how I can bring that together. " (Chavez...