My Rocking Cradle

Baby Dynamo bid goodbye to his sippy cups last June 14.

Since then, we didn’t go back to the convenience of the sippy cups. We are dealing with the mess and the spills but we are intent on moving forward.
It was just like with my Little Dynamo. I started using a sippy cup for his water [...]

As if the heavens can feel the heaviness in every South Korean’s heart, gloomy sky clouds over Seoul today. As a family, all we wanted to do was to sleep forever in bed. We eventually got out of bed after 11 in the morning. Looking out of the window, the streets are empty, the sky is [...]

I read “The Prince of Tides” a long, long time ago.
I read “The God of Small Things” a long time ago.
I read “The Kite Runner” not so long ago.
And now my thoughts are again haunting me. Nothing significant to attach the novels in my personal life… but for some reason, I am deeply disturbed by the [...]

Little Dynamo went home last Friday with a Korean flag and a Red Devil’s horn. He was so excited he told me he will shout “Daehanminguk” (Korea).  We all know now that Korea won over Greece 2:0 last Saturday night.
My toddler was proud of his flag and his horn. He was prouder when he showed [...]

O’Fete is a coffeeshop located at the ground floor of AcroTower here in Mapo. For their bread and pastries, you get a nice brown-colored box with the following caption:

Tell me!

After finishing his prayer, Little Dynamo was interrupted by his Dad just before he could say Amen.
Hubby: What about baby?
Little Dynamo: Why?
Hubby: Because baby is sick.
Little Dynamo: Lord, please make Baby healthy.
Hubby: What about me?
Little Dynamo: Why?
Hubby: Because I am tired.
Little Dynamo: Lord, please give Daddy energy so he won’t be tired anymore.
Hubby: What about Mommy?
Little Dynamo: Why?
Hubby: [...]

I found a pre-school for my Little Dynamo. Kinder Liebe. 
I was overjoyed when I visited the place for the first time and discovered that the Directress speaks English. For a foreigner like me who doesn’t speak Korean, this is a relief and this is the most important factor in choosing my son’s pre-school.  Important too was the rapport [...]

The Directress in Little Dynamo’s pre-school called me last week. Little Dynamo was crying and cannot be consoled. He wanted mommy and he wanted to go home. On the way home, I asked him why he was crying.

“I don’t like ballet”, he said.
I actually felt relieved when he said that. His daddy didn’t want him [...]

Since I came over, I have always used Chikka’s free service whenever I send messages to the Philippines. It’s easy and convenient. You just need to have an internet connection and a Chikka account and you can immediately send free text messages to cell phone users in the Philippines. Just follow the correct format of the receiving cell [...]