My Rocking Cradle

I had a date with a female friend in my house last Valentines Day with 2 kids running around and talking in loud voices.We ended up with this: How’s that for Valentines? lol. Hubby was very busy and had to attend to a spoiled company guest but he also made sure to have dinner with [...]

Of course, I had been a good girl for the past year! And my own Santa Claus just proved it: Thanks, Santa!

The Hilton Hotel chains annually display the different looks of Santa Claus from various countries and the Hilton Hotel in Seoul is not an exception. They have this in their hotel lobby on display: I immediately looked for a Filipino Santa Claus. How do you think it looks like? Well, here’s the Filipino Santa Claus [...]

Hubby surprised me with a Hilton Hotel dinner – with the two boys – during our 6th wedding anniversary. At first, he said he only wanted the boys to see the huge rotating indoor Christmas tree of the Hilton Hotel: This huge Christmas tree will greet you upon entering the hotel lobby. When you look [...]

The Little Ones have never experienced Christmas Eve and the actual Christmas day here in Iloilo with my own family. Someday… Anyway, we have always maintained this holiday mornings tradition with Christmas stockings hanging on the Christmas tree for the Little Ones. It used to be only for Firstborn… but now Second born gets to [...]

We were ready to welcome hubby back in time for Father’s Day. We were excited, the kids most especially. And then… the company decided he needed to stay out of the country a little more. So, the kids and I are joining the world say, “Happy Father’s Day!” without their daddy with us. Skype is [...]

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 [...]

May 8 was Parents’ Day here in Korea but I claimed it entirely as my own:-). It was Mother’s Day! Hubby and I, with our two dynamos, went to Times Square in Yeoungdongpu to have a taste of Mexican. We had lunch at the On The Border Mexican Grill and Cantina. This Border Sampler is very filling. I like [...]

I once attended a masquerade-themed Christmas party. I didn’t have the chance to choose my own mask as the organizers took it upon themselves to provide us with our masks. It was good enough but wait till you see these venetian masquerade masks.  These handmade masks are not just masks. I would love to hang [...]

It’s the new year, I know. But I haven’t blogged for a long time so I will still blog about Christmas:-). This is the picture of a Christmas with 10 adults and 10 kids in the family.  I can’t imagine a Christmas outside of the Philippines, far from family. This is one tradition I don’t want [...]