My Rocking Cradle

Little Dynamo is very articulate. Coming from his mom, others would smile and find it hard to believe and think that it’s just a result of my being HIS MOM:-) and dismiss my statement. LOL. He speaks his thoughts and emotions clearly. To my and my husband’s constant surprise, he uses words and phrases like “I [...]

I mentioned in my previous post that I have constantly been to malls here in the Philippines… charge it to lack of safe and clean parks and playgrounds. But hey, wherever I go I only get to enter SM and Robinson malls. Is there anything else? Okay, here are the non-SM and non-Robinson malls I’d [...]

I am not an expert on make-up but I do love putting on make-up. I’m just not adventurous as I am too scared to try products other than those my skin had been used to. And by these products, I only mean two to three brands. I go exclusively for Clinique for my foundation, Clinique [...]

Hubby, who was then a boyfriend, once floated the idea of having a hair salon for kids.  Several months after, the Hair Kid’s Salon in Robinson’s Galleria opened. As expected, the place was always full of parents with their tots. After all, a child’s first haircut should be memorable. I only had the opportunity to [...]

Just like the old times… Bonding moments were often done over a cup of coffee in any Starbucks branch… hilarious friends would narrate stories repeated oftentimes (and we didn’t mind – we still roared with laughter). I didn’t mind staying up late and being away from my Little Dynamo until 1:30am last Monday (11-16). I [...]

We had dinner in Don Henrico’s when we went to Mall of Asia last week. Come to think of it, the first time I dined in Don Henrico’s was in Jupiter Street in Makati City. Is it still there? Anyway, my attention was caught by this dessert place in front of Don Henrico’s in Mall [...]

… and he had his first day in school today. My Little Dynamo had his first taste of a real school setting today in the pre-school of the university where his Lolo (grandfather) is the university president. He is the youngest and the smallest… as expected. He isn’t even a regular student… he is just [...]

As a mother, one of the things I appreciate living in Seoul is the presence of playgrounds and parks everywhere. Open spaces are good for children to run around in… to make their legs stronger… to explore… to appreciate. Clean and safe parks and playgrounds are facilities that we don’t have the luxury here in [...]

Perhaps, one of the things that define a Filipino family’s breakfast table is the perennial presence of pan de sal. I think the most successful brand of pan de sal here in the Philippines is Pan de Manila. I love the aroma! I love the softness! I love the taste! There are so many branches [...]

Christmas is one looonnnggg season in the Philippines. For others, as soon as the -ber month enters, christmas carols are played and christmas decorations start to adorn houses. Little Dynamo’s Lola (grandmother) asked for the Christmas tree and christmas decors to be cleaned so she can have bonding time with her apos (grandchildren). Bonding means [...]