My Rocking Cradle

Saturday morning, my Little Dynamo asked for a sausage. I didn’t have one in my refrigerator so when he woke up from his nap yesterday, I asked him if he wantd to go out. With toddler in tow, I took a taxi for Itaewon. We went to the Philippine Store there near the Philippine Embassy. [...]

I wonder how excited Americans feel whenever they celebrate their Fourth of July holiday. I think, it would be interesting to hold a private costume party:-). I would go for the goddess costume at the right. Ambitious! There are many costumes and accessories to choose from in this website. One of my personal favorites is a [...]

John Lloyd Cruz is a very respectable actor in the Philippines. His acting has depth and his interviews are well-answered. He seem to be a principled man. But Ricky Lo reported in Startalk that Ruffa Gutierrez’s monster of a mom is in war mode again because a young man (Ricky Lo assumed that it is John Lloyd) is [...]

One of the best seminars I attended when I was still working with Smart Communications was Financial Stewardship. For me, the best advice given by the speaker was “Don’t live within your means. Live below your means”.  He went on to illustrate why this has to be so. Before this very enlightening advice, I was a [...]

I can happily say I’m on the right track. I started off at 51.8kg when I learned about my pregnancy at 6 weeks.  Yesterday at 12 weeks and 6days, I visited my OB and my weight is at 53.3kg. That’s just an increase of 1.5kg. Just ideal. Ideal weight gain is important for me because, as [...]

The poem “If” is just the best for me. I first encountered this in high school and it’s so inspiring I would love to share the poem here as read by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Full text of the poem: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming [...]

YM really bridges distance. The last time my college friend and I met for two brief meetings was in 2007 in Iloilo and Manila. These days, we update each other through YM. Just like last night, we had so much to chat about as she is also pregnant just like me. While she is in [...]

  Another week. Another thing to rant about. Thanks to Maria’s Friday Frustrations weekly meme, I have a venue for this week’s frustration. I’d been here in Seoul for more than three years already. But I can’t speak the language. I can hardly understand the language, too. Don’t you think that’s just a little pathetic? [...]

My limited experience in learning how to play golf does not hinder me from writing about it. Good thing I had a few basic lessons in golf and my Pro gave me some useful tips for beginners. The very first thing that I was taught to learn was the proper grip. I didn’t end up [...]

The only pet I ever had in my life (which I shared with my brother) was a bird. We called him “Bogart”. We were quite attached to our bird until he was able to fly away when we left the cage door open. My brother also loved dogs. Though I don’t remember him too attached to [...]