Princeton thought it was gonna be an ordinary day today.. This is the daily drill: Poy walks him for 15 minutes in the morning, we both leave for work, I come home & walk him again. Today it was different.. I walked him almost close to an hour. We took a more beautiful path. He did not sense anything extra ordinary with this treat. I felt heavy ( Read more... )

When you have been away from Manila this long, it suddenly becomes the "Far Far Away Land".. There are no ogres, no princesses, no fairy tale characters, but it is a fairy tale coming true for me. I dreamt so many times of coming home, & corny as it sounds, visions of my family waving gloriously upon my arrival.. Isn't it true balikbayans feel like ( Read more... )

I offered to host our July 4th celebration at our house because July 3rd is Epoy's 29th birthday. This is meant as a Surprise party for him because he is not the type of person who likes celebrating birthdays with other people.. In other words, di sya kulang sa atensyon, katulad ko. Anyway, I am really excited about planning the whole surprise ( Read more... )

I had my fitting yesterday for my Nursing Program. As I drove to school, I envision a seamstress taking my measurements, jotting it down on a small piece of paper (by pencil)-- remember in the Philippines.. those "modistas" would even place the pencil above their ears & will hold on to measuring tapes as if it was their lifeline to the world. So, ( Read more... )

My baby is now a teenage dog. He does not sleep in the room anymore, which means ( Read more... )

I can't really shake off my "no-work" mood for today. People here at the office can't stop complaining about the rainy weather. I refuse to complain.. Let me just use up company time to blog. That's a lot better ( Read more... )

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I grew up in a family where dogs rule.. literally rule.. they piss & defecate anywhere they want; bark during ungodly hours & just do what the hell they want to do. My mom never did much disciplining... Compared to other people who would get pets to feel their sense of empowerment, my mom, on the other hand, valued these dogs for their affection. ( Read more... )

My first creative attempt in the house is our console table.. I'm actually proud of it (grinning from ear to ear) coz I sweated a lot just to make sure the accents do not overpower the style of the console. We used to come home empty handed until I made a decision of practicing impulse buying... & of course, having that Filipino mentality of " ( Read more... )

HAPPINESS IS FINDING A PENCIL ( Read more... )