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Life in bullet points
Six months without posts, that's a personal record :D- For Lent I've given up Facebook and sugar. That means no syrup on my pancakes, no honey in my tea, no sugar on my buttered toast and of course no cookies, brownies, cakes, chocolate bars, or ice cream. The biggest challenge so far has been the champorado mix and champorado ingredients my mom ( Read more... )
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How Pinoys abroad can help the Ondoy victims
If you know of more ways to help, please post them here. I got these from Facebook.
How to make monetary donations:- https://www.myayala.com/ayalafoundation/ayalafoundation.asp - Ayala Foundation
- http://www.kapusofoundation.com/donate - GMA7
- http://www.txtpower.org/2009/09/philippines-help-typhoon-victims-in-luzon-philippines/ - ABS-CBN
- Here is the BEST ( Read more... )
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Just sharing...
I read this article from Stockholm City a few days ago and liked this quotation:
Dalai Lama har träffsäkert uttryckt vår tidsanda i "The paradox of our age". I vår tid... har vi bredare vägar, men smalare perspektiv...spenderar vi mer pengar, men njuter mindre... har vi flerfaldigat våra ägdodelar, men förminskat många av våra värden... kan vi åka ( Read more... ) -
What They Didn't Tell You About Breastfeeding (from PMN)
It's almost a cliché to say that breast is best. The nutrients in breastmilk are more easily absorbed by the body than formula. It contains disease-fighting antibodies; reduces the risk of the child developing asthma and allergies, ear infections, and reactions to vaccinations; and it even benefits the mother's post-partum emotional health and ( Read more... ) -
Baby carrier recommendations
A few days ago, former colleague sent me a Facebook message asking which baby carrier she should buy. Rather than sending her a very long reply I decided I would update this LJ instead and just send her the link, since some other expecting moms might find this info useful :) and I guess I was right, since this morning I got a question about slings ( Read more... ) -
Only people who've never had kids are perfect parents
Before I had a kid, I knew exactly what kind of parent I was going to be. For one thing, my children would never go to bed hungry. Proponents of tough love would give their kid his dinner, and if the kid didn't like it, the parents would say, "well, that's all you're going to get" and not give him any more food until the next morning. I thought ( Read more... ) -
And who would have thought it figures?...
... naalala ko si Alanis dahil sa isang recent na entry ni ( Read more... ) -
The day is nigh...
... the day when I won't even be able to cut my own toenails. :D ( Read more... )
