In contrast to our quiet New Year’s Eve celebration last year, our send-off for 2021 was buzzing with party music, disco lights, and lots of chit-chatting and laughter. For one, my mother-in-law flew from Australia to Manila in the middle of the pandemic to spend the holidays with us. Also, my sister Alexa just got …
New Year’s Resolutions: practical or pointless? I wrote down all the things that I hope to achieve for 2022, but I’ve stopped calling them ‘resolutions.’ Somehow, I just find the word too rigid. Sure, I’d like to crush my goals for this year, but I also want to leave a little room for flexibility and …
What were you doing with your life 10 years ago? If you ask me, I was working as a writer for a small international school – a job that I loved even if it didn’t promise any opportunity for career advancement. Aside from my day job, I would perform as a lounge singer once a …
My sister and I are both February babies and our birthdays are only 3 days apart, so we’ve always celebrated together. Normally, we would go somewhere nice for dinner with our family, but because we’re trying to stay as safe as possible these days, we just opted to have our joint party at my mom’s …
Our Little Star is one year old! I can’t believe that an entire year has gone by since I first met that tiny pink thing in the delivery room and held her for the very first time! It has been such a treat and a privilege to watch our beautiful little girl grow and witness …
So I just turned 34. No big deal, except that this is my first birthday as a mom! That’s what made it extra special! I didn’t have any grand plans for my birthday. No travels, no staycations, no parties. I preferred not to spend so much because I would rather spend money on my baby. …
A few weeks after our gender reveal with our family, my sister Alexa sent me a Viber message while Mike and I were strolling around the mall. She asked me if I was going to have a baby shower, to which I replied, “It depends. If someone throws me one!” She then asked, “Can I …
Bring on the pink coz we’re having a baby girl!!! After months of referring to our baby as ‘he or ‘she’ alternately just to be fair, we finally confirmed that we’re having our own Fluffy Space Princess. (That’s an Adventure Time reference!) No wonder I occasionally have some pink dessert pregnancy cravings. Cakes, doughnuts, cupcakes …
Summer is synonymous to the beach, but for our summer weekend getaway, my family and I wanted something a little more… different. And then my mother (yes, my mother!) suggested, “Let’s go to the Inflatable Island!” Inflatable Island, located in Subic Bay, is the BIGGEST floating water playground in Asia. How big is big? At …
