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Happy Mother’s Day

 

 
My reasons for a happy mother’s day:
 

He overhauled my world to become a daily frenzy of baby baths, feedings and diaper-changes. He made my everyday a daily challenge to become the best mom he could ever have… He made me realize that motherhood is my vocation. His very existence made me willingly submit myself.
At 3 years old, [...]

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Korean Dol Ring

A Korean Baby Dol Ring is a traditional gift given to Korean babies to celebrate their 100th day or their first birthday.
This is a 24-karat gold ring, adjustable in size and weighs 3.75grams.
    
Of course, babies cannot be left alone wearing this ring. They might scratch it on their face or worse, choke with it. Beautiful as they may [...]

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Getting Ready for the Baptism

Little Dynamo was baptized under the Methodist religion. So will Baby Dynamo. Everything is set for tomorrow.
Little Dynamo’s baptismal clothes was a suit. The tailor had difficulty making a suit for a two-week old we made a good laugh out of it. Now, it is safely framed in our house in Seoul for posterity. I [...]

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A Valentine Greeting

 
With hubby four-hours-by-plane away, there was nothing to expect for Valentines day.
But a sister-in-law was thoughtful enough to send these to mother-in-law, another sister-in-law and me:

Happy Valentines Day!

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Picture of Exhaustion

The holiday season is over.
It couldn’t be for our Little Dynamo.
Everyday is a holiday. Everyday is his day. Everyday is full of activities.
And so…

everyday is an exhaustingly fun day!

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

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Christmas with a Large Family

With a large family like ours, gifts under the Christmas tree couldn’t be lesser than this:
 
 Little Dynamo received gifts from all the titos and the titas and of course, the lolo and the lola. He had been asking for his own laptop, so Hubby and I got him his own V-tech learning laptop which he received with [...]

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Christmas Carolling in the Philippines

Christmas carollers who go from houses to houses enliven the Christmas season. 
Check this out:

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Beginning of the Christmas Season

Christmas is one looonnnggg season in the Philippines. For others, as soon as the -ber month enters, christmas carols are played and christmas decorations start to adorn houses.
Little Dynamo’s Lola (grandmother) asked for the Christmas tree and christmas decors to be cleaned so she can have bonding time with her apos (grandchildren). Bonding means the [...]

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Shopping after the Free Lunch at the Philippine Fiesta

I was with Cathy last Sunday for the Philippine Fiesta. Of course, she was covering the event. I told her I’ll be her photographer but didn’t even bother to take pictures when we got there. Oh well, I got a picture of our free lunch in a bento box.
The Philippine Fiesta was held in Banpo [...]

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