My Rocking Cradle

I enjoy breastfeeding – other than the nutrients and the emotional bond I provide to my baby, I get to multi-task. I could either browse the net or read. And I get to explore the world with reading! Whether I’m sitting down or lying on the bed while breastfeeding, I make sure that a book [...]

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 [...]

copied verbatim from Mitch Albom’s “Have a Little Faith”: From a Sermon by the Reb, 1975 A man seeks employment on a farm. He hands his letter of recommendation to his new employer. It reads simply, “He sleeps in a storm.” The owner is desperate for help, so he hires the man. Several weeks pass, [...]

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 discovered theses pop-up books here in the Philippines last year:    I bought several series (each series consists of 4 stories) last year and we brought them back to Seoul. The books served as his nap time and night time readings during his vacation. This year, I only brought 3 small books to entertain [...]

This is probably the easiest read I had in a long time. “A Man of His Word” is a love story, that’s why. But here’s what makes it different from the romance novels I read in the past: It’s an Amish fiction, a love story with Amish characters in an Amish community. Here goes: This [...]

I know. I know. I hate to admit it but there’s no denying, I just finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie. I’m glad that I finally did. Among life’s greatest lessons, Professor Morrie Schwartz’s idea of a last day is what caught me most. Mitch Albom, the author, asked him “What if you had one day perfectly [...]

I was reading the first pages of “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” in a leisurely pace. It wasn’t really so interesting aside from the fact that Dr. David Henry, an orthopedic surgeon, delivered his twins because his wife’s obstetrician was caught in an accident. I can’t remember exactly on which part I started to be so [...]

  Some months ago, I wrote about “And God Smiled Back”. I immediately informed Professor Emely Abagat that I got a copy of her book and she informed me that  time that her book will be published by St. Paul’s Publications. The book is now available through St. Paul’s Online.  The book is also one of the [...]

I couldn’t imagine what life is in Afghanistan. Particularly as a woman, what could be in there for you? I haven’t read many literature on Afghanistan but I have read and heard mostly negative news because of the Taliban’s activities. In my mind, Afghanistan is Osama bin Laden’s hide-out. It is a place where terrorists are trained and [...]