Yesterday, February 29, I finally celebrated my birthday on the ACTUAL date that I was born. I finally turned 8 years old! (Well, at least 8 in leap years, and 32 in โnormalโ years. I prefer 8. It makes me seem younger). (The photo above is of me on my last few hours as a …
I have at least one event every week — a birthday party, a wedding, a corporate function,ย or a blogging event. But a few weeks ago, I was invited to attend a different kind of event,ย and an ultra cute one at that: a dog party! My sister Alexa’s dog Blushย just turned one year old 2 weeks …
The Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan is said to be the busiest intersection in the world. Here, you will witnessย a conflux of people crossing and swarming the street from all directions, then mingling in the middle, trying to get from one side to the other while fighting their way through the barrage of pedestrians. Thereโs …
People often dread the big 3-0. Not me. In fact, I liked being 30. I may no longer be as “ripe and juicyโ as an 18-year-old, but thatโs okay. I think those adjectives are better for describing tomatoes anyway.
As if the Japanese aren’t offbeat enough (case in point: futuristic toilets that play music as you poop), even the way they celebrate Valentine’s Day is unconventional. Unlike the rest of the world where it’s usually the men that are expectedย to present gifts to their women every 14th of February, in Japan, it’s the women …
What’s the big deal about Valentine’s Day? It’s just an over-promoted consumerist holiday marked by chocolates, flowers, and cheesy Hallmark cards. It’s a day of red outfits, bad poetry, heart-shaped anything (candy, eggs, a random rock on the ground — you name it!), and unimaginative marriage proposals, and yet even with all of these, the …
I just killed the Leap Year Lola. Wait, wait! Relax, I didn’t kill anyone. I was just referring to my old Blogspot blog. Blogging there was great. It was easy. However, I really wanted to take the act and art of blogging a notch higher by having my own domain name, a cleaner and more …
Iโve always liked being a โslashie.โ I like being able to say that I am a marketing professional / writer / blogger / emcee / singer / teacher / homemaker, even though I do not practice these professions all at the exact same time. Somehow, more slashes always made me feel more accomplished. The more …
How was your New Yearโs Eve? Mine started with a bang… and not in a good way, unfortunately. While the whole world was celebrating and counting down to 2014, I was spending that climacteric arguing with someone who was close to me. Our voices were loud, just like the blasting firecrackers and our words were …
It is widely known that the number 13 is considered an unlucky number in some countries. Iโm not entirely superstitious but last year, when we were counting down to 2013 as we blew our party horns, and shook our wallets and purses as the clock struck 12:00, I thought to myself, โI wonder if the …
