Melissa Legarda

Writer & Travel Blogger. Intersection of British & Filipino culture. Blog account: @illumelation 🇵🇭🇪🇸

[John Collison @collision]

As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.

[Melissa Legarda @melissalegarda]

Legit love this remittance ad from @revolut. So on point for its demographic👌🏽

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Productive Sunday writing sprint with @sarajafari. Fronting like we’re abroad but it’s actually King’s Cross. The weather is giving 🌞

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@dominiqueafacan Hey Dominique! I have an organic coconut oil brand virginutty (https://t.co/ld9DQNg28B) and we're releasing a CBD-infused coco oil body moisturiser this summer. [email protected] x

[Mel Legarda | Travel @illumelation]

Where do you call HOME? As travel gets easier, cultural influences blur borders. I loved collaborating with @AdobeUK to create images for @AdobeStock’s visual trend #Multilocalism and my identity using stock photos. Learn how I made them on my blog: https://t.co/XSHHGTHupJ

[TOKEN Magazine @tokenmagazine]

‘Children in the Phillipines need to grow up confident and self-assured, to feel beautiful the way they are, and to feel just as beautiful as their Caucasian counterparts, because they are.’

Extract from ‘Dying to Be White’ (in Issue 2)

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@producerlaura Hi Laura! I have a organic coconut oil-based skincare brand that is 100% natural, fair-trade and recyclable. No waste from coconut farm to e-commerce. Conscious about non-recyclable plastics in business and made a vow to stay green from our launch. [email protected]!

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@AdrihaniR This was so much fun! Mwah x

[lutolondon @lutolondon]

🙌🏼@melissalegarda thanks for the write up. Right on!! #filipinofood #Foodie #londonfoodie #lutolondon https://t.co/zG2uCNTlWt

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Review of @LutoLondon supperclub in Dalston - plus bonus interview with fashionista-turned-chef Mary San Pablo! https://t.co/oySttNujn4

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Meet @_DirtyIceCream_:Europe’s first ‘dirty ice cream’ joint is London’s hottest sweet spot https://t.co/YZ3sDbjOlC 🍦💕

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@BaileyAdam96 https://t.co/wtS0m68cPc & creativeaccess

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No waaaayyyy 😍 big up Milo https://t.co/AxA4oCLo6b

[MAMASONS @_DirtyIceCream_]

Whos excited for our Milo flavour? #dirtyicecream

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I’m sick of ‘liberal’ men whose mask slips every time a woman displeases them, who reach immediately for crude and humiliating words 3/14

[Nick de Semlyen @NickdeSemlyen]

The Prime Minister, Lord Buckethead and Elmo, all in a line. God bless this country.

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@Shambha_v apparently democracy is alive and well

[Romulo Cafe London @romulolondon]

Thank you @TimeOutLondon @melissalegarda for this great article & mention @romulolondon & some of our foodie friends! #LondonLovesFood

[Max Herman @MaxHerman]

Smashed after 30 scores produced, recorded and mixed with @walter_mair the incredible @rpoonline @AbbeyRoad #needashave!😄 @melissalegarda 📸

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Vote Green y'all 🌿 https://t.co/9N9oqhtn3b

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I'm in @TimeOutLondon sharing all things Filipino! Check it out 🇵🇭🇬🇧