Katz Salao

Katz Salao Hi! I talk for a living. "To make people feel good about themselves through everything I do" is my long-term goal.

12/05/2025

A new chapter 💕🤗

10/25/2025

Your body gets you through 🤗

It’s 4:30am. I’ve just landed from Portland, groggy from a red-eye. My brother’s in Manila, so for the first time since ...
10/25/2025

It’s 4:30am. I’ve just landed from Portland, groggy from a red-eye. My brother’s in Manila, so for the first time since I got to America — I'm all alone in Chicago.

All I wanted was to get home. No small talk. No smiles. Just bed.

The lift to the train opens. Inside, an old man pushes his wife in a wheelchair. “Downtown?” he asks. “Yes,” I say, pressing the button for him. I don’t fit, so I let them go ahead. Then, impatient, I take the escalator.

At the platform, I see them again. I wave. “Downtown,” I say, feeling a little responsible for them now.

The Blue Line is almost empty. They sit across from me. I don’t want to talk —but they never tell me their stop. So I ask.

The old man pulls out an envelope. “Embassy of Turkey,” they both say, in an accent that feels like it has lived many lives.

I check my map. Train. Bus. Walk. I try to explain, but it’s not going well.

So I dig through my bag. Maybe I can write it down. At least they can show someone. Ask for help. A man a few rows down gets up and hands me his pen. I thank him for noticing. Just like that, we’re a little team.

I kneel in front of my temporary grandparents and write: Get off at Jackson. Take Bus 65. Embassy opens at 9. There’s a coffee shop here.

They thank me like I’ve just saved the world. The old lady likes my phone. She shows me hers —the same one! She asks me if I’m married. Titas are the same everywhere. 🤭

I return the pen. The man nods, smiling quietly. I say goodbye to the couple. They tell me they’ll never forget me.

On the bus home, I realize I never gave them my number. Maybe I should’ve gone with them. But I breathe. Hope for the best, and let it go.

Such a small moment, but I’ll never forget them either. The old couple’s gratitude. The man who noticed. A little kindness before sunrise. Strangers in a new place, just looking out for each other. 🤍

Still out here trying to be sunshine 🌞From the lens of my love 🫶🏽Nacho Ordinary Love night ✨
04/18/2024

Still out here trying to be sunshine 🌞

From the lens of my love 🫶🏽
Nacho Ordinary Love night ✨

POV: Tara, swim? 🤭Bringing back hihi life is the best life 🌞
04/08/2024

POV: Tara, swim? 🤭

Bringing back hihi
life is the best life 🌞

Scammer alert!!!!!! Pagtripan niyo nalang Siya if they message you hahaha
03/24/2024

Scammer alert!!!!!! Pagtripan niyo nalang Siya if they message you hahaha

BILANG BIRTHDAY MO AT MATAGAL KO NANG PROMISE POST ITO: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our most creative, most supportive, most hatak...
12/18/2023

BILANG BIRTHDAY MO AT MATAGAL KO NANG PROMISE POST ITO: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our most creative, most supportive, most hatakin bagetsz, !! 🌟🥰💖

I wish you get all that you dream of. As a go getter! And many more days of rest and peace ✨ pero later manggulo muna tayo. You are one of my favourite blessings post pandemic. And I'll always be here to support any and all your ganaps. But also here para batukan ka kung kailangan, as I know you'd do for me 🤗 Love you so much, Jo!! 😎

Cc r u ready hahaha

I like Nickelback, pineapples on pizza and talking about my feelings. Come at me bruh 😎💪🏽I read one of the best forms of...
12/18/2023

I like Nickelback, pineapples on pizza and talking about my feelings. Come at me bruh 😎💪🏽

I read one of the best forms of self love is discipline. Show up for yourself everyday. Especially important in fitness when you want to see results. Since physical changes are the last to show. No short cuts, but also for me, no punishment! I rest when I need to! I eat good food! 😛 And do workouts I enjoy!

That's the secret. Keep showing up for yourself til the clock runs out. 🌟

I've taken X number of selfies in the bike room, but this one from the other day is a favourite. 😊 Content, at peace, an...
11/13/2023

I've taken X number of selfies in the bike room, but this one from the other day is a favourite. 😊

Content, at peace, and happy. After days filled with work I love - hosting, doing VOs, and teaching.

I had this weird feeling at the start of the week, like I was anticipating stress.

Then I remembered, aound this time last year, I was in The Pit. Very dark confusing times. Not aligned with my purpose. Not working towards a life I wanted. Always worried about what hasn't happened yet. I was unkind, impatient. None of my tools were working - meditation, journaling like crazy, praying, gratitude. Gratitude was the worst, bec I would feel guilty for feeling bad. Because my life was ok naman? I carry it well? I'm strong? But I didn't even like myself. Every day, I would wish for time to go faster so I could start over again. But I always ended it with "and tomorrow will be better."

And it did. 😊 It took a while. Took months of sitting with my feelings, acceptance, and letting go. Of processing intense grief that one of my best friends won't grow old with me. Of really being honest with what I want in life. And I'm still going through that. Healing isn't linear nor smooth. Most times, it doesn't even feel like healing. It breaks you down, so you can see clearly - the parts to leave behind, or choose to keep. And so far, I'm quite pleased with my choices. 🤗

We all have wounds. Wherever you are in your healing journey, keep going. Tomorrow will be better. And tomorrow will come. 🤗

Spent Friday night hanging out with my buddy on 's Facebook live ✨Talked about all the Smart deals, gave away Smart Bro...
11/12/2023

Spent Friday night hanging out with my buddy on 's Facebook live ✨

Talked about all the Smart deals, gave away Smart Bro pocket wifis and a phone, and shared how to be a Smart Power Partner. If you missed it, find them on shop.smart and smart.com.ph/partners 💚

Do what makes your soul shine ✨What an experience to be at the 🤍 All the stars I admire in the wedding industry were t...
11/08/2023

Do what makes your soul shine ✨

What an experience to be at the 🤍 All the stars I admire in the wedding industry were there! 🥹

I would only ever host friends or friends of friends' weddings, cause I loved being able to tell personal stories about them and it's always an honor to be part of their special day. 🤍 But I just felt like their host friend, not a wedding host. 😆 This year I finally accepted that I really do LOVE hosting weddings! Friends or strangers, it's always so beautiful and full of all kinds of love. And all I needed for that same personal touch is one great conversation with the bride and groom before the wedding. 🥰 I get to ask them how they met, what they love about each other, when they knew. And they get to reminisce on how they fell in love. 💘 ..and then I get suuuper kilig 😄

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