My Rocking Cradle

I am so looking forward to my trip to the Philippines. What’s in there? Inexpensive spa, massages, facials… the works. Pampering! The last time I had a body massage and a foot spa was last month in Kuala Lumpur:     And before that? It was ages ago… I only got an almost daily massage at home last [...]

Freebies and discount coupons are just some of the things that I love about living here in South Korea. I am starting to pile up on discount cards and point cards. I make myself perennially aware as to where or which store a discount card or a point card is applicable. Even online purchases have discount [...]

A year older and… wiser? At two days and 33 years, I would like to say: Thank you to friends who brought along endless chatters with tons of laughter… Thank you, my Little Dynamo, for the everyday peek-a-boo of surprises – a little bit of tantrums here and there compensated by the hugs and kisses and I’m sorry’s and I love you’s [...]

It was my first time to bake meatballs… in a muffin pan. The recipe from Babyfit actually calls this “All-Star Pork Meatballs”. I excitedly told my son “We’re having All-Star Pork Meatballs for dinner“. “Yehey” was the prompt reply. On the table, Little Dynamo asked, “Mommy, where is the star?” Toink! Undaunted by my son’s [...]

I was picking up the books scattered by my toddler before the school bus picked him up yesterday morning. I was smiling at the images running in my mind as I was putting them back in the bookshelves. What makes me smile? My son loves to mimic the way I read and tell him stories. [...]

I was reading the first pages of “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” in a leisurely pace. It wasn’t really so interesting aside from the fact that Dr. David Henry, an orthopedic surgeon, delivered his twins because his wife’s obstetrician was caught in an accident. I can’t remember exactly on which part I started to be so [...]

I love her! I once read that she was the real organizer in Bill Clinton’s rise to political power. But, of course, Bill Clinton has the charisma. They are the epitome of a power couple. But, watch this: Even this highly-driven woman needs to struggle out of her husband’s shadow.

Oh, yeah. I was a true-blue ajumma this morning. Little Dynamo slept for close to fourteen hours, waking up at 9 in the morning. That means, riding the school bus was no longer an option. He was sleeping so well, I bet he was really tired from all the playing yesterday. I didn’t have the [...]

It’s nice to look at the souvenirs from places you’ve been to. I know of people who collects bottles of shampoos, conditioners and lotions from the hotels thay have stayed in. Others buy key chains. In our case, we buy plates. Actually, they are not all strictly plates. Some countries do not have these plates souvenirs. Others are in the [...]

These nights my Little Dynamo’s favorite bedtime story is “The Berenstain Bears Go On A Ghost Walk”. He especially loves the spooky characters. When we are in the page where the bears go to a party goods store, he stops me from reading. Instead, he points and identifies all those Halloween spooky characters and decors. [...]