My Rocking Cradle

We were invited to a 7th birthday party last night.
A 7th birthday celebration is usually a big family affair here in the Philippines. For some, it is a very well-planned, well-organized affair. For a few, it is a grand celebration.  But how grand is grand turns out to be relative. Let me share with you [...]

My internet always opens to the MSN homepage. Today, one of the headlines was “10 Companies  Hiring for the Holidays” and one of them was Toys” R” Us. This brings me back to a week ago when I took a picture of my Little Dynamo happily backpacking his toy purchase.

The joys of being a child [...]

An afternoon in Clark last Sunday was not planned. Mother-in-law knocked in my room at 8:30 in the morning and informed me that we were going to Clark in a few hours. What were we going to do there? “Swimming or shopping, I don’t know“, she replied. “Just prepare“.
Little Dynamo was excited with the idea [...]

33 weeks today!!!

Exercise was not forgotten but was not a priority since my Little Dynamo underwent his laparoscopic surgery to correct his VUR. Travel followed after… from Seoul to HK Disneyland to Manila to Iloilo to Guimaras, back to Manila and now we’re settled here in Cabanatuan… awaiting the arrival of the Baby Dynamo.
I have [...]

While Little Dynamo and I were still in Iloilo last Thursday, hubby already informed me that the in-laws were planning to bring us to dinner at Golden Fortune in Binondo. I mentioned in an old post that we used to go to this restaurant because of its shabu-shabu and dimsum offerings. We usually go there at 9pm, [...]

Last Saturday’s trip to SM Megall was a reminder to never go to any of Megamall’s Mega Sale again. It was irritatingly over-crowded. After the children’s playtime at Dave’s Funhouse, in-laws and I were eager to go out of Megamall for dinner.
Sister-in-law’s restaurant choice was perfect! She introduced us to Amici, a pizza and pasta place in [...]

Being far away from family and relatives, I had been so used to doing things my way and scheduling our own family time. My son’s playtime, playmates, hobbies and habits are mostly my discretion.
Now that my son is of age to know what he wants and when he wants it, he takes pleasure in the [...]

I grew up receiving mails personally. We didn’t have a mail box on our front gate so the post man would always personally hand any mail to me or to anyone who answers his call. When I started living in Manila and in a condominium, I started receiving mails and bills through the commercial mailboxes [...]

If I am going to deliver exactly on my fortieth week, I have 9 weeks to go from today. Yes! I am on my 31st week today.
And I don’t have an Ob-Gyn yet. LOL. If I am to deliver here in Iloilo, I have Dr. Pedro Manzala to turn to. He delivered my first son. [...]

I have lost count of the days when we only had clouds and rain over our heads.
Today, we are blessed with a bright, sunny Saturday afternoon.

God bless the Philippines!

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