Posts by Regina Sienra

Regina Sienra

Regina Sienra is a Staff Writer at My Modern Met. She is a Mexico City-based journalist, translator, and digital media professional with over a decade of experience creating bilingual content in English and Spanish. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a specialization in Journalism from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Her work spans both hard and soft news, with a focus on arts, culture, and entertainment. She has a particular interest in highlighting emerging and independent musicians, a passion that earned her recognition as CBC Radio 3’s Fan of the Year in 2014. Sienra brings a broad pop culture perspective to her writing, with interests that include music, film, and cultural trends across media. When she isn't writing, she is watching films, attending concerts, and building out her growing vinyl collection.
Animals
February 27, 2026

Google Displays an Adorable Surprise if You Search for “Punch the Monkey”

Embed from Getty Images Over the last few days, the world fell in love with Punch the monkey from Japan. After being abandoned by his mom at birth, he found comfort in an orangutan plushie from IKEA. Since then, he has made progress in his path to be accepted by the troop, as he is making friends and being guarded by at least two adult monkeys.

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Animals
February 19, 2026

Baby Monkey Abandoned by Mother Finds Comfort in Orangutan Plushie and the Internet’s Heart Swells

The internet is no stranger to championing cute animals, but one seems to have the entire world rooting for him. Punch (or Panchi, among the local crowd) is a baby monkey born in the Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo. Sadly, he was rejected by his mother at birth. Sparing him from certain demise, the zoo caretakers looked after him.

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Design
February 17, 2026

How Creative Collaboration Brought the Bad Bunny Halftime Show Stage to Life

Embed from Getty Images The music of Bad Bunny alone would have given us one of the most joyful Super Bowl Halftime Shows of all time. But it was the collaborative work of creatives across different fields that drove the empowering and uplifting message home. The production, led by creative director Harriet Cuddeford and show designer Yellow Studio, turned San Francisco's Levi's Stadium into a slice of Puerto Rico.

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