My Rocking Cradle

For the first time in my life I was called “dark” and “chubby”. My Korean friend said so. It wasn’t condescending, though LOL.  She said I was “dark” while we were talking about make-up. We were talking about which shade was good for us. I had to tell her that she was the only one [...]

Summer has arrived in Seoul! And the coffee shop at the first floor of our building welcomes the warm season with its Summer Spesial. Enjoy your summer!

Poor baby! This baby is not alone. This has two older brothers, Jazz and Kio, trapped in their parents’ “crusade against the tyranny of assigned gender roles“. Read this excerpt from the news article (you can read the full article here Parents Keep Child’s Gender Under Wraps): “We’ve decided not to share Storm’s sex for now–a tribute to [...]

We went on a fishing trip last Saturday! We did it the Korean way… A family friend, with his wife and son, picked us up early morning for our 3-hour drive towards Taean, a quite town in South Chungcheong Do. Upon arriving in a fishing port, we took a very short boat ride towards our fishing [...]

The nearest taste to the real pistachio that I have tasted was pistachio ice cream. And I loved it. But it was only this year (embarassed admission from here) that I got to taste real pistachio nuts. And I love it! And hubby knows that I do so each time he comes home from the Middle [...]

The production team of Rated K was here in Seoul last week. They were sponsored by a Seoul-based media company and they went around Korea filming some tourist destinations. The show will feature karaoke bars and I think they filmed some Filipinos in this setting. I remember in a game show hosted by Kris Aquino back [...]

Headline Title: Bimby: Are you my tito’s Girlfriend? Read the last part of this news: No privacy On the sidelines, Mr. Aquino again lamented how the public had often encroached on his private life: “Someone passes by and a picture has to be taken. You’re putting food in your mouth, you’re just barely beginning to [...]

I love hotel toiletries. I usually ask for extras and bring them home:-). I do. I give extra tip, that’s why. So far, this is the best-packaged sewing kit I have seen. Hubby brought them home from his stay in The JW Mariott Hotel in Jakarta. Most sewing kit from a hotel toiletry set is sealed [...]

When I speak English, nobody tells me I don’t sound like a Filipino. In fact, every bit of my diction tells my listener I am a Filipino. Add to that my Ilonggo accent… I am 100% Filipino. But I would hide under the blanket, out of shame, if somebody points out I speak in Taglish (Tagalog-English) [...]

Yesterday was Buddha’s Day here in Korea. No office. No school. But it was a rainy day. Little Dynamo requested that we bake a chocolate cake together. Of course, I obliged. We baked Layered Chocolate Cake. I got the recipe from the net and I would love to share it here: Ingredients: 1+½ cup (340 [...]