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Perfect Party Souvenir

I always wanted a party souvenir that would interest the guests so I didn’t want any of those usual party souvenirs (baby figurines, feeding bottle figurines and the like) for my Baby Dynamo’s baptism. They are most likely to be discarded as soon as they reach your guests’ houses. So, it would be money gone to [...]

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Our Home, Our Daycare

If I am to have my way, I would love my Little Dynamo at home with me and his baby brother. No school… not yet.
I just have to contend with this mess everyday.

But it’s a happy mess. How we come up with this mess everyday is a happy story in itself. I love having Little Dynamo around. [...]

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House Talk: Cleaning Aids

Hubby brings English newspaper at home. Sometimes I browse it, most of the time I don’t. It goes to the garbage. Not anymore! Recycling the newspaper and using it as a cleaning aid is one of the many things I learned during my last looong vacation in the Philippines.
Crumpled newspapers are good for cleaning mirrors [...]

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Good Credit Standing

I have watched an Oprah show more than three years ago and saw how embarassingly in deep financial mess some people could get into. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes. But in case such thing happens (heaven forbids!), I would immediately call on DSI Solutions to take care of my financial quagmire. I wouldn’t [...]

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Filipina Domestic Helper’s Rate

I think I will have to do without a helper… at least until I find a reasonable rate again.
Six months ago, I was giving my part-timer 60,000-won for a 9am-6pm job. When I recently contacted my part-timer again, this time she was asking 70,000-won for the same length of time. She asked me if the [...]

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So Far, So Good

One week’s passed and gone. We did it! Clothes had been properly put in their respective drawers. Baby Dynamo has his own drawers for clothes. I was surprised to see how many clothes Little Dynamo has accumulated in all of his three years. To think that I have given out so many already. Now, some [...]

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Where’s my breakfast?

We’re back here in Seoul.
I woke up on my first morning wondering “where’s my breakfast?”. There’s no one to say, “ate, kain na po kayo”.
Yesterday, we got ready to go to the playroom at the second floor of the building. Six months away from here, my Little Dynamo has apparently forgotten where the playroom is. Thinking that [...]

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To Seoul We Go

The whole family is going back to Seoul…

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Korean Dol Ring

A Korean Baby Dol Ring is a traditional gift given to Korean babies to celebrate their 100th day or their first birthday.
This is a 24-karat gold ring, adjustable in size and weighs 3.75grams.
    
Of course, babies cannot be left alone wearing this ring. They might scratch it on their face or worse, choke with it. Beautiful as they may [...]

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Getting Ready for the Baptism

Little Dynamo was baptized under the Methodist religion. So will Baby Dynamo. Everything is set for tomorrow.
Little Dynamo’s baptismal clothes was a suit. The tailor had difficulty making a suit for a two-week old we made a good laugh out of it. Now, it is safely framed in our house in Seoul for posterity. I [...]

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