Bizarre Marriage

Our Song

As you might have noticed, I changed the theme of this blog. I’ve been using the old one for about a year and a half and I thought that this blog could use a face lift. The project of installing a new theme entailed digging in to our wedding pictures. I needed to look for [...]

I thought it would be easy

It’s a Sunday today and as usual my monumental laundry is already taking their sweet time in the washer and the dryer. I’m already done with my grocery errand and just had a sorbet for lunch. I am not feeling well today. I have not been feeling good lately… I feel nauseous in the morning… [...]

Who said it’s going to be easy?

I was watching a TV program some days ago and it was about people who are in search for partners. One of the candidates is a restaurateur who is once married to a Southeast Asian woman. When the TV host asked him what ended his first marriage he said it was because his ex-wife didn’t [...]

Another side-effect of interracial marriage

I think it is a common thing that when one learns a foreign language, he eventually loses his proficiency in his own language or in any language he learned earlier. This is what I am experiencing right now. Basically, I can speak three Philippine dialects, and two languages (Filipino and English). I also learned a little bit [...]

Welcome to a rice-deprived life

I am married to an Austrian for almost two years but I haven’t really realized the difference in the cuisine until now. Before we moved to Austria a couple of weeks ago, we have been living in as expats in China. China and Philippines have a lot of differences but I am quite glad of [...]

The Secret of Our Happy Marriage

Most of the people we know are amazed at the fact that after almost three years of being together my husband and I still act like we are a new couple. No bickering, no deadly stares, no sarcasms. We are always sweet to each other so people started to ask us how are we able [...]

Simply because he can violently slam the snooze button down

I am not a morning person. The only possible reason for me to stand up early would be because I had more than enough sleep. That’s what happened today when I woke up at 5am. Being able to sleep for 9 hours uninterrupted, my body told me that I have to stand up at 5 [...]

I’m Not a ‘Ho

This week’s post is totally different from the regular posts you normally read here and that is because it is from our guest writer, Kate Yu. I suppose her honest and figurative tone definitely gives an interesting color to this blog. Kate is a talented young writer who is currently teaching in China while pursuing a [...]

Let’s Meet and Talk

I was once asked what difficulties I encounter being in an intercultural marriage and I thought not much because my husband and I talked about almost all of the important things from the start. It was not enough to say that we love each other. It was also important to make some things clear. Money, religion, [...]

Marrying for Money

Marrying for money or wealth can be traced back to the beginnings of civilization. In the ancient times, physically strong men are sought after by women for marriage simply because of two reasons. First is the very obvious one; women can depend on their brawny husbands to hunt and feed the family and the second [...]