My Rocking Cradle

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 [...]

Small kiosks like this are common especially along Calle Real in Ilioilo City:

I missed eating peanuts from these peanut vendors and even from those who carry along their stuff in small plastic baskets. I don’t have a sensitive tummy so I have no fear in eating these familiar street foods. For Filipinos living abroad, don’t you just [...]

Thanks to a break from daily brown-outs of 2-3 times a day, I was able to visit my blog site.
I didn’t expect this daily brown-outs here in Iloilo. Apparently, the lone supplier of electricity here in the city - the PECO - could not cope up with the demands of its consumers. Duh!
Back in Seoul, [...]

Little Dynamo had been making the rounds of houses of relatives. Barely two weeks here in the Philippines and he had slept in four houses already. First was in parents-in-law’s house in New Manila. After one night there, we flew to Iloilo and spent some nights in my parents’ house until after Typhoon Ondoy left [...]

I had been wallowing in my own (bad) health the past week that I had been here in the Philippines that I hardly took notice of the plight of other Filipinos who fell prey to the nasty temper of Bagyo Ondoy.
Little Dynamo and I arrived in Manila Monday last week. We were picked up at the airport [...]

“Viva Sr. Sto. Nino!”
That is what Ilonggos are shouting today on the streets of Iloilo. Today is the highlight of the annual Dinagyang Festival. The Dinagyang Festival draws thousands of tourists, local and foreign, every year since I can remember. Google helps a lot in facts we mostly take for granted. I just learned that [...]

Do you wonder… who is more excited - the ones who wait or the ones who arrive?
Such was the question I pondered upon while waiting for our flight for Manila on December 22.
It’s the Christmas holidays and people are going home to their respective families to celebrate Christmas. In my case, I was to meet [...]

Another destination for the Little Dynamo.
Today, we are flying to Iloilo. It will only be the two of us, though. The hubby is flying back to Seoul today. Business’ over here in the Philippines for him. We will be reunited as a family on the 23rd in time for Christmas.
In the meantime, the Little Dynamo [...]

Little Dynamo and I are off to Iloilo for our pre-Christmas holidays with my parents on December 7. My father informed me that there is a cheaper way to purchase tickets from PAL. Online purchase. Even if I am already holding a non-revenue ticket for myself at 75% off the regular price, this one’s a good [...]