My Rocking Cradle

When my Second-born was about to turn 1, I was on a dilemma with regards to the details of his birthday party. I was definite that it was going to be held in Iloilo but I was staying here in Seoul until the week before the party. Good thing somebody recommended Jasmin Wong-Sy of Personalize [...]

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Staying in the Philippines for 6 months made us accummulate things to bring back to Seoul. And ahhhh… lots of things. Imagine having Little Dynamo’s birthday there, the Christmas holidays, Baby Dynamo’s baptism - that means, GIFTS! But I still had to leave a lot of toys behind.
Looking at our things back in the Philippines [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I grew up receiving mails personally. We didn’t have a mail box on our front gate so the post man would always personally hand any mail to me or to anyone who answers his call. When I started living in Manila and in a condominium, I started receiving mails and bills through the commercial mailboxes [...]

My toddler and I are going to the Philippines mid-September. With a pregnant belly and without hubby around, I couldn’t carry much baggage so we decided that we avail of the My Pasalubong service - a door to door service for OFWs to the Philippines.
Good thing, I still have the Sambayanan newsletter which I got [...]

I have blogged before about the safety and convenience of the transportation system here in Seoul and since our family of three rarely goes out of town unless well-meaning friends invite us (and drive us around), we have not had any reason to get a car. This is going to change, however. With another baby coming [...]

Freebies and discount coupons are just some of the things that I love about living here in South Korea. I am starting to pile up on discount cards and point cards. I make myself perennially aware as to where or which store a discount card or a point card is applicable. Even online purchases have discount [...]

These nights my Little Dynamo’s favorite bedtime story is “The Berenstain Bears Go On A Ghost Walk”. He especially loves the spooky characters. When we are in the page where the bears go to a party goods store, he stops me from reading. Instead, he points and identifies all those Halloween spooky characters and decors.
I’m [...]