Great Britain is honouring the mothers today. Back home in the Philippines, we celebrate Mother’s Day in May, not March. Here, they simply do things differently from everything that we are used to, so we go with the flow. At least, in the case of Mother’s Day, we get to celebrate it twice each year.
We paid Read More …

As my hubby and I are working so hard here in the UK, we make sure that we hide a small portion of our income in the form of investments so that we can have something to show for all our efforts when we retire. We are paying a small lot in a small subdivision Read More …

One of the most special things that ever happened to my boys when they were in the Philippines albeit, for so short a time, was to have an up-close-and-personal experience with their grandmother’s free-range chickens. Well, our little boy had a first-time encounter with a big beetle, too, but that was nothing compared to feeding grandmother’s Read More …

We’ve been together for 14 years of uninterrupted happiness. I guess I am truly blessed, because this joy in my heart while married to this man never left or faded, never caused me to doubt for one single moment that I did the right thing when I committed to him. Perhaps, it is because we Read More …

This fickle world of ours is all set to be lovey-dovey tomorrow, St. Valentine’s Day. Sadly, most of us are of the persuasion that we can only show our love on this one, single day of the year. We just don’t realize that love is not something that goes on for one day of the Read More …

While we are in the topic, let me also share that it was not just me who had a date with the beautician, or in their case, the barber. One of the things my boys did was also to get new haircuts.
This is Jonathan at the airport on our way to Tuguegarao City.
My hubby thought Read More …

For the first time in my entire four decades of existence, I succumbed to an unseen, intangible, inexplicable  but nevertheless real pressure to colour or dye my hair. I succumbed because being a weak, ordinary mortal, I have no strength to turn back the hands of time. Seeing my used-to-be-thick,-black-&-shiny mane turn into grey ruins my Read More …

I am ecstatic, delirious, happy, glad, joyful, excited, exuberant, cheerful… and all those superlatives to describe a wonderful feeling. Actually, I feel like I have won the lottery, simply because I have my website back – yehey! I’d like to thank Gem of Lady Programmer and Jessie of  What Have You for their patience and Read More …

It was a hectic week for me. I just got home from work as I write this. Over and above work, there are the usual Christmas concerns and church work as well. I am not complaining. In fact, I am listing all these reasons of my busy-ness, in order for me to be more thankful Read More …

It’s December. When I hear this word, my mind starts to clog up with all sorts of thoughts, memories and ideas. My brain goes into high gear sorting out the crazy schedule of the family for the coming days and figuring out how to manage buying, wrapping and distributing the presents we want to give Read More …