My Rocking Cradle

I first heard of this line in first or second year high school. Thanks to my English teacher, my friends and I were exposed to Gone With The Wind early. We must have watched the movie 4-5 times, I lost count. Those were the days when my friends and I had beta party in my house. [...]

Kahlil Gibran’s “The Broken Wings” isn’t for my appreciation. In fact, he has acknowledged in his book that the story is not for everyone. However, I disagree with the reason he forwarded. He said, “Those whom Love has not given wings cannot fly behind the cloud of appearances to see the magic world in which [...]

The Korean Government does not hide its preference for native English speakers to teach English in Korea. In fact, under Korean law, only those from the USA, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom (what else do I miss?) can be granted the E2 visa (teaching visa). You would think no Filipino teaches Koreans here in South Korea. Talk about bending the [...]

  While my son was sleeping this afternoon, I was writing his guest list for his upcoming 2nd birthday. And then… the Christmas season is coming. Oh yes, back in the Philippines, the Christmas season starts when the month ends with -ber. I wrote down our gift list. My parents, my husband’s parents, nieces and [...]

I wrote this on July 10, 2001. The following is an edited version of what I originally wrote. The unedited version would already be a glimpse into my soul. “Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast” by Mr. Darcy in Jane [...]

     I finished reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez five months ago.  To this day, I can’t get Florentina Ariza out of my mind. He is the most despicable character I have ever come across with (at least, among the books I’ve read). . Of course, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is [...]

  The following was forwarded to me. The author is unknown but whoever she or he is, thank you for making all the expat’s wives smile. Heavenly Father, Look down os us your humble obedient wives, who are doomed to travel this earth following our loved ones, through their working lives, t lands unknown. We [...]

  I am not a kitchen person. My mother has resigned to this fact. My mother-in-law knew about my lack of culinary skills first thing. She, who loves to cook for her boys (husband and four boys), may expect her sons’ wives to be good cooks, too. I guess, she just had to accept me for [...]

Three months ago, I finished reading “A Garden of Eden in Hell”. The book is about Alice Herz-Sommer, her life, her experiences in the concentration camp, her music and how she shielded her son from the reality of the Nazi atrocities. The book was a present from my husband from one of his business trips. [...]

 I haven’t really been a fan of Angelina Jolie. But, look now! She’s on the cover of W Magazine breastfeeding one of her twins. The cynical would say, this is a photo-op. Maybe! But the act of breastfeeding on the cover of a magazine by a celebrity, and Angelina Jolie at that, is a boost to [...]