tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31516098088957535562026-06-16T19:09:54.192+08:00Welcome to the exciting world of a Filipino working mom.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-56131249375790606432023-01-08T09:55:00.004+08:002023-01-08T10:05:55.342+08:00

Enjoying the morning view with my flowering plants in full bloom.Taking time to relax before starting the household chores for the day.Whatever we do, let us enjoy the rest of the day.A blessed Sunday everyone. God bless.

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For the past few years, I was reading books and articles online regarding overall wellness.  I don't know, maybe I'm already at the age where health issues are already starting to manifest ... aching joints, elevated blood pressure ... just to name a few. Actually, I am already taking maintenance medicine to control my blood pressure since 2011 and I don't want to add more maintenance

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-73421362714238978432020-05-10T22:01:00.000+08:002020-05-10T22:01:24.702+08:00

Today is the second Sunday of May and it's a special day for all mothers.  Whether you're a biological mother or you're a mother at heart, today is our special day. In the past years, me and my family celebrates this day either by going out of town or by eating lunch or dinner in a restaurant.  Usually no gifts or flowers ... we're not really into gift giving ... we're more on service

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It's more than a month since the Enhanced Community Quarantine was imposed.  The number of cases of infected individual is still rising and it's just heartbreaking. For individuals like us who are not part of the frontliners, our most important role is just to follow the rules and cooperate with the government's efforts in controlling the spread of this virus. For me and my family, staying

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As of this writing, the World Health Organization declared corona virus as pandemic.  This means, the virus has already infected a lot of countries. Here in the Philippines, specifically here in Metro Manila area, the number of infected individuals started to rise this week which prompted the government to cancel all classes starting last Tuesday, March 10, 2020 until Saturday.  My

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-7630197380182165652014-02-07T00:01:00.000+08:002014-02-07T00:09:33.666+08:00

Hi folks.  I'm back. After a long silence, here I am, writing my first post for the year. I'd been trying to write something to post here these past months but I didn't finish any of them ... I don't know, I just can't concentrate ... but today is different.  I think I need to finish this one. After more than a year of being a full time mom, I decided to go back to a full time job (

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Today is January 10 and it's the 10th birthday of my daughter Christine.  Hubby took a half day off at work and we prepared a simple celebration for our daughter who invited some of her classmates to come to our place after school.   The children enjoyed the food and swimming in the pool.  I'm happy that my daughter enjoyed her day.  Thanks to her friends and classmates

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Happy New Year everyone. Time flies really fast that it seems just like yesterday when we welcomed year 2011 and now we are bidding it goodbye. Having fun posing for the camera while waiting for the clock to strike at 12:00 o'clock midnight. Year 2011 had been a fruitful and blessed year for me and my family.  My plans of becoming a stay-at-home mom was realized, I earned from my stock

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-46639571890266171932011-12-03T23:48:00.000+08:002011-12-03T23:48:23.089+08:00

Me and my family attended a baptismal ceremony at St. Francis of Assisi Parish this morning and since the church is near SM Megamall and the reception is in a restaurant just inside this mall, my husband decided that we'll just park at SM Megamall.  We are not familiar with the traffic flow within this area but since we brought the children with us, we decided to bring the car. We were

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Have you heard about Logico products by Grolier? I learned about Logico products two weeks ago when their authorized distributor did a demonstration of their product in a community hall near our place.  My five year old son saw it and he tried his hands on Grolier's Fun Thinkers product.  He enjoyed doing the activity because he felt like he's just playing with tiles.  My husband

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My family and I are planning to take a 3-day/2-nights vacation in Bohol with a side trip to Cebu just to taste the famous Zubuchon lechon. I had been to Cebu with a friend last April and I only had the chance to taste CnT lechon.  CnT lechon is the best lechon I ever tasted but I have read some blogs that made a good review on Zubuchon lechon so I want to taste it and this time together

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-54421134284168856872011-11-19T12:14:00.000+08:002011-11-19T12:14:19.565+08:00

My children love to watch Phineas and Ferbs.  They love the inventions the brothers are always undertaking, the new songs being introduced with every Phineas and Ferbs episode and not to forget the always hysterical and funny character of Candice. A lot of Phineas and Ferbs episode were missed by the children since school opened last June so when my daughter learned a few days ago that

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Are you a cellphone prepaid subscriber?  How much does your family spend on all your cellphone loads for a month? In our family, hubby and I are both cellphone prepaid subscribers and the average prepaid load we buy every month is 600 pesos. Two months ago, a friend introduced me to V-Mobile's LoadXtreme, an on-line one-stop shop where you can buy prepaid loads at a wholesale price. 

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Steamed lapu-lapu, okra and camote tops with sliced fresh tomato. One of my reasons why I decided to be a full time mother is to make sure that my family eats healthy and since I started staying at home, one of the changes I made on our daily meal is the way we prepare food. My children loves to eat fried foods but as we all know fried foods are not so good to our health so hubby and I

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-15694711969042953352011-11-14T11:55:00.000+08:002011-11-14T11:55:57.912+08:00

Manny Pacquiao won over Marquez via unanimous decision. My husband went home yesterday after watching the live telecast of Pacquiao-Marquez third boxing match at the clubhouse but not like the previous fights, he did not asked me to open the television and watch the delayed telecast of the fight, he was not even happy to inform me that Pacquiao won.  He said he was disappointed with the

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-31064056642501594152011-11-13T11:15:00.001+08:002011-11-13T12:31:40.201+08:00

It's November 13, 2011, the day most Filipinos are waiting for.  It's the third boxing match for Filipino Pride Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Pride Juan Manuel Marquez.  After several weeks of rigid training of both camps, it's now the moment of truth. My husband is a boxing aficionado and he really loves to watch live all of Pacquiao's fight.  Good thing here in our place, our

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-60160865412622050612011-11-11T12:43:00.000+08:002011-11-11T12:43:50.670+08:00

For those who are superstitious or those who are fond of lucky numbers, today may be a special day but for most people just like me, today is just an ordinary day which just happened to have a rare calendar date and that is 11-11-11. Here is the Philippines specifically here in Metro Manila, the weather is hot.  I fetched my son at school at 11 o'clock in the morning and whooo ... it's so

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-22981552939437910162011-11-10T12:44:00.000+08:002011-11-10T12:44:16.128+08:00

I hate it but I'm feeling so low today.  I think this is part of my PMS (pre-menstrual symptom) but I hate it when I feel this way. I woke up earlier than usual but aside from cooking rice and transferring some books on the shelf, I did nothing but sit on the couch.  I just want to cry for no apparent reason ... oh I'm so unproductive during this time. Mid morning, my son gave me a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-42400315093840548702011-11-09T09:25:00.000+08:002011-11-09T09:25:47.278+08:00

I'm watching the news this morning and news about another price increase on our electricity bill is going to be implemented by Meralco this month.  It's just like a few months have passed since they implemented an increase and now they are again implementing another increase. Their reason is that the Malampaya Powerplant was shut down since last week and repairs was made to this plant and

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-5980852465919053322011-11-07T12:46:00.000+08:002011-11-07T12:46:38.564+08:00

Well, everybody does.  Who wouldn't be afraid if you see something or someone who looks like those creatures in horror movies?  But what I found unusual with my daughter is that even if she has not seen any of these scary creatures in real life, yet she is afraid to be alone anywhere in the house not only at night time but even in broad daylight.  She said that she can't get out of

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-13977564848759182052011-11-06T12:36:00.001+08:002011-11-06T12:37:48.229+08:00

I have mentioned in my post here that as much as possible, I serve my family a well-balance meal everyday but once in a while we indulge on "fast food" meals or what many call as "unhealthy foods". Today is one of those days that we treat the children with what they love to eat ... Jollibee! Hmmmmmmm ... yummy.  If the children can get their way, they want to have this everyday ... but

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-4943867763073979612011-11-03T11:32:00.006+08:002011-11-03T11:35:39.122+08:00

After a week long vacation for the semestral break, it's back to school again for my children in grade school and pre-school.  Back to the normal activities of bringing and fetching the children to school, preparing their food, checking on their assignments if they have done it and so on and so forth. Our week long vacation was just spent here at home, doing some cleaning and organizing

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-26192377657373003282011-10-16T22:54:00.001+08:002011-10-16T22:58:52.259+08:00

As a mother of two growing  up kids, one of the challenges I face is getting them to eat right.  Aside from the fact that children love junk foods and foods from fast food chains, the temptation of serving my kids these not-so-healthy food is so strong because of the convenience it offer. Once in a while we indulge in these not-so-healthy foods but for our daily meals, hubby and I see

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151609808895753556.post-12681596890889979702011-10-13T12:45:00.001+08:002011-10-13T12:47:52.890+08:00

Yes, you read it right.  Japan's tourism agency in it's desperate attempt to lure the tourists back to their country after the deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit part of the country early this year is proposing to give 10,000 free round trip tickets to those who want to visit their country. Personally, I love Japan and I was assigned in Yokohama for 17 months last 2007 and

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As seen on the result of the EMG test performed on both my arms, I was diagnosed to have a Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on both my hands with the left hand more severe than the right hand ... I have not yet felt the symptom on my right hand but it also has that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The doctor explained to me that nerves are compressed on the carpal tunnel (wrist bones) ... thus the name came from .

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