My Rocking Cradle

One of the things that keeps Firstborn – and me! – busy here in Iloilo is “Sikat Academy“.  It’s Iloilo’s 4-in-1 summer workshop for kids. Originally, they only have 1 program for kids from 6 years old. Now, that they are on their 4th year, they added the Junior 4-in-1 playshop and the Junior Chef programs. [...]

Whenever I go home to Iloilo, I never fail to cross the Guimaras Strait. My cousins live there. My maternal grandmother stays with them. And I spent a year in my aunt’s house when I was 4 years old when parents decided that I spend my visitor year (pre-K) in a daycare in Guimaras. Come to [...]

Had a good lunch with our wedding ninang when I passed by Manila before settling down here in Iloilo! She brought me to Restaurante Pia Y Damaso in Greenbelt 5 for lunch. The restaurant occupies a small space, kind of cramped in fact because tables and chairs are too near each other. My ninang would have wanted [...]

The line-up of movies for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival had been announced. South Korea’s The Taste of Money directed by Im Sang Soo is officially in competition.   Casts include Kim Kang-woo, Kim Hyo-jin, Baek Yoon-sik and Yoon Yeo-joong. Filipina actress Maui Taylor portrays the important role of Eva, the Filipina nanny hired by the [...]

There is an interesting way to do trade shows nowadays and display products and services. Pop up displays make products and services stand out from among those participating in trade shows or trade exhibits. It speaks volume about the sophistication that a company or a manufacturer has. It also tells that a company or a manufacturer [...]

I had lunch in Burgoo at The Podium with the Chic and Sassy Homemaker, Des, and this is what we got after we paid the bill: When I had to meet my cousins for lunch, I didn’t have second thoughts about where to bring them to eat. I’m a sucker for freebies, discounts and perks:-). [...]

One of the things I needed to do during my stay in Manila was to check/confirm our condominium ownership at the Registry of Deeds in Mandaluyong. There was nothing wrong with it. In fact, we have the certificate of title with us. I just wanted to make sure since we got a clean title even though we [...]

It was time for me to buy the body wash and lotion of the kids. I let them use Canus Goat’s Milk which is only available at Beauty Bar outlets here in the Philippines (now blogging from Pinas!). And it was also a perfect time to have my nails to be done. The Beauty Bar [...]

I got a red… and I got an Ipad 2!   I got a red case with a built-in keyboard. It took me a while to learn how to sync my word documents to my Ipad… Yeah, word docs! I expect to work while waiting for the kiddos while they are having their summer activities. Excited [...]

The purpose of this post is to help out foreigners like me who cannot browse through Korean internet sites for English pre-schools in Seoul, particularly in the Mapo area where I live. I am grateful to a friend (Ann) who really took the time to browse the net for me and to even go with [...]