Little Miss Honey

I BOUGHT MY PARENTS AIR SUPPLY CONCERT TICKETS!

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sun, 1 Mar 2026 18:49:00 +0800

Last January 11, 2026, in Passi City, Iloilo, I surprised my parents with tickets to watch Air Supply live!

For the longest time, I had been wanting to take them to a concert of their favorite artists - Air Supply or Mama's all-time favorite Dionne Wardwick. They both love music — the kind that tells a story, the kind that lingers. Air Supply has always been a household favorite.

I remember the cassette tapes and how Papa would carefully insert them into our stereo components. There would be that soft click, then suddenly the house would be filled with “All Out of Love,” “Making Love Out of Nothing at All,” “Lost in Love,” and “Even the Nights Are Better.”Sundays were almost always accompanied by Air Supply playing in the background.

We sing along to the lyrics. We loved the melody — how soothing it was to our ears. Air Supply songs are timeless. Even now, decades later, they carry the same warmth.

When I heard they were coming to Passi City, I didn’t think twice. I bought four tickets. Originally, I thought my husband and I would join my parents and make it a little double date of sorts. But I had work early the next morning, so I couldn’t go. Instead, I asked my youngest brother if he could take Mama and Papa to the concert. He happily agreed and brought along his girlfriend who lives in Passi.

It wasn’t exactly their genre, but they went anyway and they enjoyed it too.

What made the evening even sweeter was that my parents were coincidentally seated beside the parents of my workmate friend. Out of all the seats in that venue, they ended up next to familiar faces. It felt like one of those simple but meaningful coincidences that make you smile.

Throughout the concert, my phone buzzed with photos and short videos — Mama smiling brightly, Papa singing along word for word. I could see how much they were enjoying it. It wasn’t just about watching a band perform. It was about reliving memories — their younger years, their love story, the days when those songs first became part of their lives.

I felt so happy knowing they enjoyed it immensely.

After the concert, I sent money to my brother and told him to make sure they all had dinner on their drive back to Iloilo City. I wanted the night to end slowly — not rushed, not tired, but full. A proper ending to a beautiful evening.

Later, my brother told me they all genuinely enjoyed the show — even he and his girlfriend. Music really does transcend generations.

As children, we grew up with those songs blasting through our father’s components. Back then, we were simply listening. This time, I was able to give my parents the chance to hear those timeless songs live. And seeing their joy — even just through photos and videos — was more than enough for me.

BOOKS I READ IN 2025

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:57:00 +0800

How many books have you read last year?

2025 swept by in a blur of responsibilities, deadlines, and endless to-do lists, leaving little room for the quiet joy of turning pages. Yet, beneath the rush, I carried a longing to read more—to sink into stories that transport me far from the noise of everyday life. For me, reading has always been a way of escape, a secret doorway into worlds where time slows down and imagination takes over. It feels like a guilty pleasure, indulging in chapters when I should be tackling tasks, but it’s also the one indulgence that restores me, reminding me that even in the busiest years, there’s magic waiting between the covers of a book.

With my busy schedule, I managed 2 finished fiction books. I have wasn’t able to finish 1 fiction book. And I am currently starting (restarting) 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction.

Books read in 2025:

1. The Vegetarian by Han Kang

A haunting symphony of desire, repression, and quiet rebellion. Through lyrical prose and unsettling beauty, it unravels the cost of defiance in a world that demands conformity. A novel that lingers like a dream—fragile, violent, and utterly unforgettable.

2. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Reading it felt like being pulled into a labyrinth where every corridor promised a secret, and just when I thought I had the map figured out, the floor shifted beneath me. The suspense was relentless, the kind that makes you forget the world outside your window, and the plot twists were so sharp they left me reeling. I found myself holding my breath, flipping pages with equal parts dread and exhilaration, chasing answers I wasn’t sure I wanted to know. It’s rare to find a story that feels like both a guilty pleasure and a genuine escape, but this one reminded me why I love thrillers: they let you surrender to the unknown, trusting the author to lead you somewhere unforgettable.

Book I yet to finish:

1. Welcome To The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

Books I started reading this 2026

1. When Things Don’t Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times by Hain Sunim

2. People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry

Books are my sanctuary—my pause, my me-time, my doorway to emotions that run deep within us. They feel like gentle cuddles on a rainy night, wrapping me in comfort when the world outside feels too loud. Between their covers, I find not just stories, but entire universes that remind me of the beauty of slowing down, of savoring words like they’re warm tea on a cold evening. Each page is a quiet rebellion against the rush of everyday life, a reminder that imagination deserves its own space to breathe. This year, I’m wishing for more moments to get lost in their pages—moments where I can trade deadlines for plot twists, noise for narrative, and reality for the kind of escape only a good book can offer. Still hoping, still yearning, because I know that even a single chapter can feel like a gift, a guilty pleasure that nourishes the soul in ways nothing else quite can.

How many books have you read last year? Any recommendations?

HELLO 2026! WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO?

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 3 Jan 2026 20:02:00 +0800

I haven't updated this space for months now. Maybe for 2026, I need to write more in my blog. I realized that memories are precious. I love looking at archives of photos in Instagram and Facebook - makes me appreciate life more and the lessons, opportunities and blessings it bring.....

It has been my tradition in my blog (those all of it has been deleted now because those post got corrupted ) that every new year, I would do a Hello (This Year), Goodbye (Previous Year) post and would write down things that I am grateful for the year before. But maybe this time, I will give an update of my life.

In the end of 2024, in September to be exact, I left Singapore, left a high-paying doctor job in a new hospital in Singapore which great opportunities for learning a speciality in Family Medicine. I flew from Oman to Singapore in February 2024, hoping that this was the life choice I wanted - what my husband and I had decided. He and the kids will return back in the Philippines - he will start a Korean grill restaurant franchise business (we will franchise my sister's Korean restaurant business) and kids will go to school in the Philippines. Our main plan was for them to go home in Philippines and if business will do well in 1-2 years time, I will resign from Oman and move back to the Philippines. If the business is thriving enough to support our family, I might have the chance to do the residency training I always wanted before - Psychiatry or I can just open a Family Medicine private practice. But if business is so-so, I will stay in Oman until retirement or maybe until 55 years old. My good friend Mel in Singapore told me of a new hospital in Singapore needing doctors. I was hesitant. I know Singapore may be a beautiful, comfortable country to live in but work life can be extremely demanding and stressful, not to mention that living expenses there is so expensive. I replied to my friend that I will mention it my other friends if they are interested but it was a No for me. I told J about it, hoping we will get a laugh out of it - No way I will live & work Singapore again! But his response was - "Why don't you try it out?" He said that I have lived in Singapore for 6 years so adjustment in the life there would be such a shock and Singapore is near the Philippines - flying to and fro would be easy. So it was settled, I applied for the job in Singapore with a mindset that if it is for me then I will be accepted for the job. I chose the department of Palliative Medicine because it is specialisation in Family Medicine with component of Psychiatry in it. I got accepted for the job and the application for my Singapore medical license started. It was a long and tedious process to acquire my old Singapore medical license. It took also 8 months of 2023 for me to get the approval of my Singapore medical license. Resigned in the Ministry Health of Oman by end of 2023 and flew to Singapore by February of 2024. I thought it will be easy for me - like riding a bike. But alone in Singapore without my family, working in a very new hospital with less manpower because they just newly opened so I have to juggle few responsibilities in different departments which I adjust to the new work culture. I felt like I wasn't performing my duties as efficiently as I should, I started to question my medical knowledge & abilities to be part of the team. Loneliness & homesickness of being away from my family started to permeate my very being. I was doing duties under Palliative Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine and General Medicine. Out of the 3, I wasn't particularly fond of General (Internal) Medicine and never will be. I felt like I was forced into a specialisation training that I don't like. I had a thought in one of those days, if I am just like going into a specialised training, should I just apply to one that I really like? Plus the electronic medical record - EPIC- was cumbersome. It felt like the criteria to being a good doctor there is how much you beautifully placed all the informations you can find in an absurdly long notes even before you see the patient. Don't get me wrong - I have worked in different companies (in Singapore and Oman) using EMR and I know EPIC is a ridiculously expense EMR but navigating it & the way we were suppose to add repetitive data can be frustrating. I was exhausted and anxious all the time. I was so scared I will make mistakes - small or big. I was on edge all the time. Three months in my probationary status, I was a nervous wreck, depressed and almost suicidal. I didn't know what to do but all I know is was unhappy, anxious and tired. I was thinking maybe I was just experiencing perimenopausal symptoms. I would have nightmares about work. I would go home, physically tired and wake up physically tired. I miss my kids so much and the guilt of being away from them pains me everyday. I feel sad when I miss their birthdays, events in school and they would ask me, "Why are you not here, Mommy?". I go to work super early before earth crack of dawn to do rounds and go home dead tired, wondering if I missed anything in my rounding notes or made errors in prescribing. I love to crawl in my bed, curled up in fetal position, comforter over me. I didn't know what to do next. I was scared to give up my job because I know I couldn't get that same salary if I returned in the Philippines. I was so used to being the breadwinner of the family. But I opened up my struggles to my husband and he said - "Come home. We will be okay." He said that his brother - our business partner- will be leaving soon to work overseas for year so it will be helpful if I can come home to help him with the business. I was sooo relieved. I breathed a sigh of relief. It was all that I needed to hear. My husband being okay that I will go home. Then I started to think of what my plans are when I get home. I spoke to my senior doctors and boss that I will tender resignation. I informed HR of my resignation. For my plans going back to Philippines - I wanted to make sure I would find a job that can make me earn as close to how much I earn abroad. I know that is a tough call but I started strategizing. I can just help my hubby out with the business but I think it is better if one of us has a regular paying job. I thought of maybe starting a private practice clinic in Family Medicine but I know I would earn as much, would just be cutesy side hustle. I can also work as hospitalist in some hospital. If it is in the city, the pay will be really low but if it is outside the city, it will pay more a bit but it would mean travelling far & away from the kids. Then I thought maybe this is the chance for me to do the training I have always wanted - my TOTGA (the one that got away)- Psychiatry. I will be working in a government hospital which mean better higher pay with great benefits, protected because I am in training and I will be doing the thing I am interested in. So it was decided, I will apply for Psychiatry Residency Training. I submitted my requirements online and the chief resident contacted me via phone call. He gave me a schedule for my interview once I settled back in the Philippines. By August 22, 2024, I officially resigned from my hospital job in Singapore. I stayed for a few weeks and by September 1, 2024, I flew back to Iloilo City.

By September 11, 2024, I was interviewed for the Psychiatry training. I got accepted and I was due to start my pre-residency training by October 1, 2024. By Dec 11, 2025, I signed the contract to be officially a 1st year resident in Psychiatry.

By January 2025, my residency training was in full swing. I expected it will be a chill residency training but I was wrong. I always have an inclining it will be tough and exhausting from what I have witnessed and encountered during my pre-residency days. It was far cry from my Family Medicine residency training which was quite chill for me. OPD duties were tough - lots of patients. I was back to demanding 24-hours duties after hardly having a 24hours hospital duties or even if I did in my last work place in Oman, I slept most of the time during my hospital night duties. There were loads of didactics, presentation, supervisions, assignments, lectures and extra hours of work that extend beyond work hours. I also had some admin responsibilities that I have to attend to. I was exhausted honestly but I felt I was exhausted with purpose and if I didn't love it, I would have quit right then & there when things got tough. Honestly, I got frustrated at time, complain, cried a bit and questioned do I really want to do this. But I have an end in mind and I have wanted this for so long. It is a rare opportunity to be in it when I was always outside hoping to be in this community. It helped that I have amazing colleagues that were awesome to work with and have the same sense of humour to tide us over our current misery. Because what they say misery loves company, haha. So I kept on. This was on top of my duties at home - as mom, housework, etc. We didn't have any helper or nanny at home. We moved out of my mother-in-law's house and rented an apartment while we were having our starter home renovated. I let go of some of my business obligations which my hubby took on and helped with the bare minimum of doing staff schedule & doing payroll. I tried to make time for my parents, siblings and family - carving coffee time after my 24 hours duty. 2025 was an exhausting year, all I did was to survive it. It felt like I have so much on my plate but I just kept on moving forward. Funny that my 2025 theme was supposedly my Quiet Era or Calm Era. I was neither quiet nor was it calm. However besides surviving 2025, I did have several wins too. My hubby and I took my parents to a farm resort for massage and lunch. They enjoyed it tremendously. I also have 2 free trips to Manila sponsored by pharmacological companies. It was a work trip but it was also a relaxing one. I got a free hotel stay in Shangri-La with the room all by myself. I also had a 3-day Drug Dependency Evaluation Workshop Course in a hotel with a culminating activity of presenting a DDE presentation in the rehabilitation center. Our family didn't manage to travel overseas last year because hubby couldn't leave the restaurant with no-one to look after when he is away. I also successful presented my Grand Case Conference under the supervision of the consultant that inspired me to get into Psychiatry. It was a privilege to work alongside her.

Looking back at my 2025 New Year’s goals, I’m not sure I even managed to accomplish half of what I set out to do. There were moments when I doubted I could handle it all—the responsibilities of work, family, and business. I know I have a lot on my plate, probably more than I can chew, and honestly? All I did in 2025 was survive. But if I do say so myself, I was pretty darn good at surviving.

Usually, a New Year gets me excited. But entering 2026, I’m feeling a little anxious. I have a feeling this year might be just as demanding as 2025, if not harder. I’m a little terrified, wondering: Can I handle it?Despite the fear, I’ve written down what I’m grateful for from last year and set my goals for this one. It may be a difficult road ahead, but I know I still have enough grit in me to move forward. Because of that, I’ve decided my theme for 2026 is: Grace in Progress.

I think we can do this. Let’s pray for each other and grant ourselves some grace. Let this be a year of growth without pressure and learning without shame. We are allowed to evolve gently; we are still learning, and we are still worthy.

We are grace in progress, not perfection. Be gentle with yourself, for we are all still "under construction." Learning, unlearning, and becoming—gracefully. We don’t need to constantly prove our stability, productivity, or strength. We are allowed to pause, adjust, and rest, and still call it progress.

Happy New Year, everyone!

STAYCATION BIRTHDAY OF ZEKE (7 YEARS OLD)

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 20:33:00 +0800

Last May 9, 2025, our cheeky youngest Zeke turned 7 years old. We decided to celebrate his birthday checking in a hotel room for an overnight stay, half of the day swimming in the pool and pizza party with the family.

When we were living in Oman, we often do staycation birthdays and we missed it. Daddy have to stay in the restaurant until closing so we ( 3 kids and I) headed to the hotel and checked in after lunch. I messaged my parents to come over and bring the cousins. I ordered online some pizza and chicken wings. We hang around the room watching TV while waiting for my parents and their cousins. We stayed in Marriott Hotel.

When my parents arrived, they brought along my brother's kids. Our childhood yaya whom we recently reconnected with is now helping my parents at home. She took the kids to the pool, while I stayed in the hotel room with parents for awhile and we headed to SM City to buy some stuff. We came back and my brother and sister-in-law arrived too. I asked my brother to buy some drinks and chip in the nearby 7-11. My sister and eldest nephew arrived too. Kids came back from their swim, all happy and noisy. My eldest nephew, Ackie, set up his Nintendo Switch for the kids to play.

The hotel room was filled with so much kids' noise and laughter. They were having such fun. My family went home by 10:30 PM while hubby arrived from the restaurant. It was a simple birthday celebration for our little one and we are glad he loved it!

I pray he grows up to become a behaved and confident young man, always charming and sweet, honest & friendly. This is such a late post but Belated Happy Birthday , Tweety!

WEEKEND WITH GOD AND NATURE

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:48:00 +0800

Last Holy Week, hubby and I planned to spend it in a beach in Guimaras Island - a time of fun leisure under the sun with kids, a boat ride from the city. But it didn't go the way we planned. We all got into our vehicle, with a knapsack of our swimwear and a plastic filled of snacks. We headed to the pantalan to board a RORO that would take our trusty vehicle to Guimaras. The queue to board was long and the wait even longer. We waited and waited like the other vehicles lining up for our turn to board. Hours passed and we asked if there is a possibility of us ever going to board the cargo ship that will take us to Guimaras. J called the cargo ship to inquire. He was told that it would be impossible for us to board the ship anytime soon. They are only take 1-2 cars at this point. The weather was unpredictable and we will be waiting our day in line. So we decided to find another place to spend the rest of the day.

We decided on SOL Y MAR Beach Resort. This beach resort is a memorable place for me and hubby because this is where we first become a couple.

Kids swam on the beach and we ordered lunch. I also got to nap in a hammock on top of tree house - simple joys!

After our lunch, my satisfying nap and kids were done swimming, we fixed our stuff and paid for our meal. We were told we are given a free pass at the Sol Y Mar Farm, a few minutes drive from the beach resort. We checked out the farm and had fun walking around exploring. It was a wonderful day - spending time with family, being with nature and quiet time with God.

Sol Y Mar Beach Resort

Address: Tigbauan, Iloilo

Phone: (033) 321 6069

HALA BIRA ILOILO 2025

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 19:12:00 +0800

This is such a super late post. 7 months delay to be exact. It was Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo this January 2025 and the streets are blasting with drum beats and the feverish pitch of festival air. Dinagyang Festival is a special festival for hubby and I, not only because we are Ilonggos but also because hubby used to one of the Dinagyang warriors when he was in high school. He belong to an award winning Tribu which brought him and his tribemates for free to Singapore to perform in one of the programs there. When we were still in our courtship stage, he took me to watch the real live performances of the Dinagyang competition with actual seats! It was my first time to watch the performance up close because we often just watch it on TV when we were younger and go out to Dagyang on the streets when the performances were done.

Since this is our first Dinagyang that we are permanently settling for good here in the Philippines. We didnt get tickets for the competition and opted to Dagyang in the late afternoon so kids will experience it.

There were still tribes performing like street dances on the streets of Iloilo. The drumbeats were infectious. We couldn't help but sway to the rhythm of the streets.

We walked around a bit more. We tried foods sold in the corners of the streets. It was fun walking arounds, trying street foods and watching the crowd.

J painted the kids faces with my Bobby Brown lipstick and my Faceshop eyeliner. We were too cheap to pay for the street face artist who paints people faces for a fee. J didn't know my makeup cost more than the face painting and my cosmetics were almost unusable after using it in our kids face. Hahaha! But ohh well....

We stayed until the sunset. We viewed the lights in the government buildings nearby and we headed back to our restaurant to spend the rest of the night there.

Til the next Dingyang! Hala Bira Iloilo! Padayon!

CHRISTMAS DAY AT LASETTE RESORT HOTEL

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:57:00 +0800

Last Christmas Day, my family and I spent our day in LaSette Resort in Oton. My husband discovered it online and decided we tried it out. There was entrance fees to the resort. It is a fairly new resort and constructions were still on going. The place was beautiful. We just enjoyed the pool and the relaxing atmosphere. Our table was near the bar and pool. The kids has so much fun the the pool. They even have bubble machine later that afternoon.

I joined them in the pool a little later because I enjoyed my hot black coffee by the pool, first. The service was a bit slow but understandable because the place was packed. The food was average. The dishes was a variety of Western and Filipino dishes. It was okay to say the least

I joined the kids and hubby in the pool after I explored and walked around the area. It is definitely a nice place for family and friends to come over, relax and bond.

Will definitely return back here next time. Will probably bring my parents along with us. Til next time, La Sette

LaSette Resort Hotel

Bray Trapiche Oton, Iloilo City, Philippines

09993669636

lasetteresort@gmail.com

DID I EVER REGRET RETURNING IN SINGAPORE?

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:55:00 +0800

Our plan last 2023 for me to resign from my job in Oman and work again in Singapore was very spontaneous decision made by my husband and I but somehow it fitted in our future plans so we went ahead with it. Start of 2023, my sister spoke to me if my hubby would be interested in managing a branch of her Samgyupsal restaurant in the Philippines and she change it to, if we are interested to franchise her Samgyupsal restaurant which means hubby needs to move back to Philippines. I threw that option to my hubby, assuming that he is not interested. He has always been resistant of us being apart as family. But I was surprised that he was interested in starting a business and bringing the boys along with him. We have been in Oman going 5 years already and it was very difficult for him to find a job. So the initial plan is: we all take a vacation Summer of 2024 - during school break while we would find a suitable location for the business and start the business before I return back alone to Oman. I will stay in Oman for maybe 2 more years and if the business is doing well, I will come home in the Philippines for good. There was the possibility though of business was not as reliable as a stable income, I may be staying in Oman until I decide to return. However, while hubby and I were mulling over our plans, a good friend of mine who has been working in Singapore for years asked me if I plan to return to Singapore to work because there is a new hospital opening up. My instant response is “No thank you. I am quite comfortable already in Oman and anyways, we are planning to move back to Philippines soon.” I told hubby of my conversation with my friend and he said why don’t you try it out, anyways Singapore is near to Philippines, it is easier for us to flying back & forth Philippines-Singapore to bridge the distance between us. I love Singapore but I also know how stressful it is working there, I am not sure if I would want to face that again but then again, I have exposure to living and working in the country, I assume that it will be easy for me. So that was decided. I applied for the job and I was immediately accepted. My family will move earlier than expected back to the Philippines while I was processing my papers to work in Singapore. My family flew back to the Philippines in August 2023 while I aim to fly to Singapore by end of 2023 or early of 2024.

The processing of my papers to get my Singapore license was like an uphill battle and it took longer that expected. I was thinking I will get my license approved fast because I had worked as doctor in Singapore before but it was like back to square one with lots of additional requirements. I admit I cried several times while I was complying with the application for my medical license to Singapore Medical Council. And after many back and forth and thousands of papers to be certified & notarized, I finally had my Singapore medical license approved by end of November 2023. I was due to fly for my Philippines vacation by December 2023. As advised by my employment agency who were processing my documents to file my resignation before my vacation which I did and I will return to Oman by January, work for 2 more months and fly to Singapore by 1st week of March 2024. I really enjoyed my time in Oman - it was like a work break with salary for me. Work hours were so chill and I was well-compensated. It was perfect work-life balance I have longed for. But it was time to move on.

I was employed in a new hospital under Palliative Medicine. I had high expectations that I will love Palliative Medicine. Since I am Certified Family Medicine doctor, Palliative is one of its subspecialty and it has a bit of Psychiatry aspect which since medical school, Psychiatry is something that I have always been interested (will blog soon why I didn’t specialised in Psychiatry). I was thinking if I will love Palliative Medicine, I will probably aim to pass Diplomate Exam in Family Medicine in Philippines and aim to get fellowship certificate in PallMed in Philippines and eventually practice PallMed in Philippines if I plan to return home. Or even open up a nursing home or something.

So there I was in Singapore. Upon arriving Changi aiport, I felt like the airport feels like its has grown old with me - grey, signs of ageing, feel old somehow but I also get to see new and younger version of Singapore like the Jewel but I could seem to connect with it. My first day in Singapore was an exhausting day. Headed to the agency office, met up with my friend, went back to the agency office, went to HR for signing of papers while dragging my heavy luggage and going around a mall to find a telecom to fix my sim & finding the exit for taxi stand while carrying my heavy luggage in escalators. I finally just rode a bus and search for the temporary HBD room I will stay at. I was exhausted to death and somehow that exhaustion and sleepiness carried on up until I started my work in March 25.

I was temporarily assigned in a sister hospital, shadowing different departments. I was the only junior doctor for Palliative Medicine in the new hospital. By April we moved to the new hospital. It was such a beautiful new huge hospital. I was filled with optimism and excitement to start a new. By 2nd week of April, I dive head on to my new role. I was like fish out of water, confused on my new responsibilities and overwhelmed with the new experience of working in a hospital setting and not a clinic (polyclinic). On top of it, I was also an addition manpower for Rehabilitation Medicine and General Medicine. The expectations and overwhelming responsibilities as well as my seniors questioning my medical knowledge, bombarding me with medical questions like I was medical intern had me in bundle of nerves, anxiety and extreme low mood, which made me doubt my capabilities. I was exhausted, missing my family so much - I don’t have the time to videocall them, anxious, depressed and helpless. I was feeling guilty for not being there for my kids but I also lack the energy to do other things but my work. I have worked in many new places, in different roles, different work cultures and I did fine, even excellently if I say so myself. But in the new workplace, I struggling. Every day my guilt for not being there for my kids increased, missing there so much becoming more unbearable and my anxiety towards my work is coming more pathological. I tried to talk myself to try harder or even reach until December 2024 or at least finish my contract. It was difficult to give up a high paying job and the opportunity to work again in Singapore. I was tagging in a full 24 hrs duty call for General Medicine and I could foresee that I couldn’t do this long term. It felt like I was in a residency training that I didn’t like. My body was exhausted and I couldn’t keep up with young doctors. I wanted to sneak out and rest in the oncall room because I was so damn tired. I was thinking I am too old for this (I am 44) and I blame possible perimenopause hormones. I said if I want to go into residency again it would be a specialisation I like. By July 20, I informed my senior doctor and the head of the department that I am resigning. I decided that my last day of work to be on August 25, 2024 - 5 months of working (again) in Singapore. I decided that my chapter in Singapore is officially closed. Other junior doctors call me brave for resigning, they would have wanted to do the same but their life circumstance prevents them otherwise. Some people at work still enticing me to give the hospital another chance - maybe change of department or take a vacation in Philipines & come back. My seniors would approve of my decision because they believe mothers should be with their children and they couldn’t imagine being away from their kids too for a long time.

I officially resigned in August 25, 2024. I went to this cafe shop near the sister hospital that I initially was assigned at first. I felt a wave of relief and freedom when I was out of that work situation. It was not for me - not that it was a bad place, not that people where mean to me - on the contrary there were all so nice to me - but I know I shouldn’t stay longer there. I learned a lot from my short stay there - having a glimpse of Palliative Medicine (some aspects of it which made me fell in love with it, some not so much), learning management of Palliative Care and learning a lot about myself - what I can do and what I can tolerate. I rode a plane back to my hometown in the Philippines by September 1, 2024 - ready to be with my family who I really missed and to pursue something that I have long have been interested in…..

DID I EVER REGRET MOVING TO OMAN?

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 2 Nov 2024 15:49:00 +0800

A friend of mine who also transferred to Oman from Singapore asked me this question when I was still in Oman: “Did you ever regret leaving Singapore a moving to work in Oman? I want to answer this question before I share my new chapter in Iloilo. The answer is NO and Never!

I am so glad that I chose to move to Oman to work and here are whys:

1. I experienced the amazing work-life balance that other people have never experience. Imagine our work would either from 7AM to 2 PM only or 2 PM to 9 PM (or 3PM to 9PM) only. I get to have my nap times or my free mornings. When I transferred to work as a doctor in Internal Medicine in a tertiary psychiatric hospital in Oman, even with an every 3 days 24-hours duty, it was chill and manageable.

2. I learned to love being a doctor (which I really don’t before. I felt I was forced into it). I appreciated being a Family Medicine doctor. It was in my point in my life that I said I am glad I am a doctor.

3. I learned to live a minimalist and simple life.

4. I learned a new language - Arabic!

5. Our family got to save a ton! We shopped less and went to mall less (only once a month because it is 2.5hrs drive away)

6. I met a lot of new friends and interesting people.

7. Oman gave my family and I a wonderful experience and lovely story to tell living in such a unique country

8. Family and I experience the living near the rocky mountains and near the desert.

9. Family and I spent a lot of fun staycations in hotels in the city.

10. Follow up to #2. I learned to be more confident being a doctor. I learned how to deliver babies, do prenatal ultrasounds, manage emergency cases and medical psychiatric conditions.

All in all, I am glad I left my admin work in Singapore and move with my family in Oman to work as a doctor again. Since I only worked 2 years in a non-doctor role, it is still an acceptable gap year as a doctor. If I took a long time off in a non-doctor job, I don’t know if I could have returned back as doctor. I enjoyed my relaxed life in Oman with my family. We didn’t have a helper or a nanny but my husband and I made a system that worked for us and managed to create seamless teamwork in taking care of kids, doing housework, etc. It was a comfortable life, too comfortable I must say. And we know it was time for us to go because it was getting too comfortable for us too…..

After more than 4 years in Oman, my family and I decided that my husband and our kids will go back to Philippines for my hubby to start a new business offered by my sister & for my kids to study there while I will return in Singapore to work in a new hospital in Palliative Care, taking advantage that Singapore is near to the Philippines.

Will write soon if I ever regret returning to Sinagoire in my new blog post. Till then…

THINGS I LEARN FROM CATS

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 18:44:00 +0800

First week of September. I went a little cat cafe in Balestier Street in Singapore for a little me-time to think of what 2024 taught me & what I hope for the remaining years of 2024.

It was the night before my flight back to the Philippines, saying my goodbye to Singapore. Found this cute cat cafe, QQ Cats & Cafe. Ordered my go-to Caramel Macchiato with oatmilk and TIramisu. Observing the cats inside the transparent glass walls playing around.

I have always preferred dogs to cats. But I realised there are a few things we can learn from cats.

1. Independence: Cats thrive on self-reliance, reminding us of the importance of being comfortable with our own company.

We may need people in our lives but it is important to learn to rely on ourselves because at the end of it all, we can only rely on ourselves and no one else. Learn to eat alone in restaurants, take sole trips, watch movies in cinemas alone and just enjoy your own company. Be your own bestfriend.

2. Self-care: Cats are meticulous about grooming, teaching us to prioritize self-care and personal hygiene.

This the era of self-care. It is time to glow-up, baby. We need to prioritise pampering ourselves, grooming and being our best version of ourselves.

3. Patience: Whether waiting for the right moment to pounce or for food, cats demonstrate how patience often pays off.

We stop all the rushing. Let us take our sweet time. We will get there. Stop the non-stop hustle and bustle. Take your time, girl. Enjoy the journey.

4. Curiosity: Their natural curiosity encourages us to explore, ask questions, and never stop learning.

Never stop being curious. Life is beautiful and has so many surprises. Discover life's wonderful surprises.

5. Adaptability: Cats are skilled at adjusting to new environments or situations, showing the importance of flexibility in life.

As life can be unpredictable, we need to be flexible and adaptable to what life's challenges and surprises.

6. Rest and Relaxation: Cats know how to enjoy downtime, reminding us of the need to rest and recharge.

Never forget to rest. When you know your body needs rest, when it feels tired & exhausted, stop pushing and please rest. We take for granted our need for rest and relaxation. Our bodies pay for it if we ignore our internal thermostat asking for rest.

7. Confidence: Cats carry themselves with poise, encouraging us to be confident in who we are.

They don't call it 'catwalk' for nothing. That is why the models gracing the runaway sashay gracefully with head held high with confidence because they emulate the Queen-like aura of our feline friends.

8. Boundaries: Cats are clear about setting boundaries, a reminder of how important it is to establish and maintain personal space.

Ohhh, how essential this is to protect our mental health and our peace. Know how to set boundaries and guard it with utmost care.

9. Live in the moment: Cats are excellent at savoring the present, a gentle reminder for us to be more mindful and enjoy life as it happens.

We live only once. We should live in the present, stop worrying about the past that is gone and the future that is not here.

10. Unconditional affection: Despite their independent nature, cats show love in subtle yet meaningful ways, teaching us that affection doesn’t always have to be grandiose but can be heartfelt in small gestures.

Subtle genuine affection is all we need, no need for over-the-top gestures.

We all can learn from cats...... Meow meow......

THINGS I LEARNED WHEN I QUIT INSTAGRAM

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:59:00 +0800

My last post in Instagram was November 16, 2021. That was around 3 years ago. It was an Au Revoir to Instagram and being active in posting in social media. I was still lurking around Instagram and my personal Facebook. I was still posting some family photos in my personal Facebook because I have been using it as my personal album and free storage space for photos I want to remember by. However, I have completely stopped posting in Instagram - in my feeds and stories.

Why, you may ask?

I have always have this ambivalence in sharing my life online. I love the outlet. I love the community. It was a perfect avenue to channel my love for writing and creating inspiring content or just the chance to share something that I discovered that people may also be interested , ignites my spirit. But it sometimes lives me vulnerable, naked and somehow invites people to comment, criticise and analyse your life & life choices.

In 2014, when I was starting to attract brands and marketing agencies through my blog, they wanted bloggers to have a strong Instagram presence. I have to submit the number of my followers, change my Instagram to Business instead of Personal and I have to ensure that my reach & engagement are competitive enough. Marketing my Instagram account was so hard for me. I hate hard selling it and painstaking needing to drop in to random accounts to comment with hopes that they will follow my account. I feel pressured to get a lot of likes in the post because I get paid for the brand sponsorship and get loads of free products. I just wanted to write and take nice photos to remember but I feel that time I need to do this to establish my micro-influencer status. I also feel the need to document every moments of my life or I will miss out an awesome content.

However, I continued on, I started to feel that little ambivalent voice whispering to me in a soft tone, “Do you really need to keep this up?” I started to feel more protective of my privacy and my plans. I didn’t want to come off wanting attention from the world which was never my objective. I just wanted to document my life in my blog, my Instagram feed and hoping if anyone passes by will find inspiration or a kindred spirit they can engage with. When all these thoughts have been hovering around in the mind on those past months before I quit Instagram, a loved-one told me that all I do is take photos of EVERYTHING. I realised, “Ya, I was so engrossed in creating that perfect Instagram photo, am I still being present in the moments of my life?” Right then and there, I just stopped posting. I said I will not post maybe for a few months. Eventually those few months turned into years.

What have I learned during my abstinence in social media?

I realised that life was more peaceful without the need to document my life every minute of everyday. Life was more uncomplicated. I got to do more things with my time (initially). I realised I have spend so much effort in my Instagram feed to maintain my “influencer” status - doing likes for likes, commenting on other people Instagram post to increase my algorithm, spending so much time in doing content planning and doing all those reels. I realised life got more simpler. I love the peace and the simplicity.

But with all the good, there is also some drawbacks when I stopped posting. I became more complacent and lazy. I stopped seeking for more interesting adventures in our lives. I became so protective of my privacy that I was almost too scared to share anything at all. I became so closed off from people, fearing of judgement, comments and opinions. And I thought, “Wait? That is not the kind of life I would want to live as well”. Too much in my shell, too distant from the world. I needed a balance of both worlds. I missed out documenting wonderful moments we have experienced. I love looking back at the Instagram stories I posted when the kids were younger. I was glad it is still in my archive. I love looking back at those moments. I also didn’t make too much effort in appearance because I don’t take any photos of myself. I did got a bit lazy and tired to even make an effort in myself and finding new discoveries. I know that I experienced more before because I wanted something interesting to share and it eventually enriched our lives. I know I feel great when I would post something - blog or Instagram post. The productivity juices somehow revitalises me.

So what now?

I still like the no-pressure posting in Instagram and in my blog. I will continue to blog and will start to post again in Instagram - but I will do it in my terms whenever I feel like it and with intentionality.

See you in Instagram, my friends…….

Hello Again!

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 16:44:00 +0800

I know I have not been in this space since November of last year. So hello again. I hope you all have been well.

Funny that I am restarting my blogging (even if blogging is dead but I prefer to express myself in writing rather than going in front of a live camera) with an ending. In a different circumstance, I would be writing again to share a start of a new journey but now I am reblogging from an ending of a short-lived adventure that I have embarked.

Let me explain. Many things happened from 2023 to 2024. Many things were brewing - decisions made, plans decided- mid-year of 2023. My husband and I discussed early on 2023. We were well aware that we have been living in Oman for 4 years and it was difficult for my husband to find a decent good paying job in Oman, also considering the logistics of us needing a helper and a driver/ transportation service for our kids if he find a job. It was not at all practical for him to get a job in Oman and his salary will all go to the helper +/- driver. I know my hubby been wanting to back to work for quite sometime now. So even if it is not the most ideal, we decided that summer of 2024, he and kids will officially go home for good in the Philippines. He will start a restaurant business while the kids start school in Philippines just in time for school year of 2024 will open. My sister who owns restaurant business in the Philippines have decided for us to franchise on of their business - a Korean BBQ restaurant. We were excited and accepted the offer.

So early 2023 that was the plan - our kids will finish up the 2023 school year in Oman and summer 2024, we all go home to the Philippines (me on vacation while my hubby & kids will stay in Philippines for good). Original plan was - my family go home and I stay back in Oman for 2 more years. If the the business is going great in the Philippines, I will resign from my work in Oman and plan to go on training in a medical specialty that I have always wanted.

But life threw a surprise curveball and we decided to catch it. My friend who has been working a longtime in Singapore messaged me if I wanted to go back to work in Singapore. My immediate response was: "It's okay. I am fine here in Oman. My family will be going home to the Philippines next year and if all things goes well, I will follow them soon too." She mentioned there is a new hospital that is opening and they need new doctors. I told my friend that I will ask my other friends if they are interested to apply. I told my husband about my conversation with my friend and he said, "Why don't you try applying." He said Singapore is nearer to the Philippines and I can go home easily or they can come other anytime unlike if I am in Oman which is approximately 10 hours flight trip away from the Philippines. I realised that he does have a point and decided to send my CV to the new hospital. I sent in with the thought that if they accept my application to the job then the work is really for me and if I don't get the job, it's really no big deal because I am comfortable in my work in Oman & I am compensated well also.

I sent my CV the next day to the email my friend gave me. By Monday, I received an email reply from the hospital HR. They asked me what department I wanted to join in and the next few weeks of email correspondence, the hospital set a Zoom interview meeting. I was interviewed by the head of department and an HR representative. After two weeks, I got the news that I was accepted for the job! I guess I was meant to get the job. With this news, my husband and I adjusted our initial plans of moving to them moving back to the Philippines by summer 2024 but instead we decided to move up the moving date to July 2023 instead. The next few weeks and months were a stressful series of packing, trying to sell our car in Oman and processing of reinstating my Singapore medical license. Selling of our car was one big hurdle we had to face and it caused us to rebook my husband's & kids' flight trip back to mid- August. But all is well, when finally we managed to settle the selling of our car to car company and my family flew back to Iloilo City while I remain in Oman.

Those were tough few months when they left. It was the first time that we are like permanently apart from each other. I was so used to having them around and the household family routines we do daily. On top of that, my stress levels were through the roof while processing my Singapore medical license even if there is a Singapore agency who is assisting me. I had my experience during my previous doctor job in Singapore that processing the Singapore medical license takes some time and many documents are needed for the license to be approved. It is understandable that the Medical Council will do their due diligence to ensure that the applicant is really a practicing medical doctor. But it was just a stressful time for me and gathering all the requirements brought to tears many times that I vowed to myself this will be the last time I will be applying to a job abroad.

Finally by end of Nov 2023, my medical license was approved and I can tender my resignation to my current hospital. I filed my resignation and by December, I went home to the Philippines for my annual vacation. I was happy that I got to spend with my family before my work transition to Singapore.

I returned back to Oman by early January 2024 to finish my remaining weeks of notice and tidy up what is needed to be done in Oman before I leave. By 1st week of March, I was back in the lah lah land of chicken rice, kopi and the magnificent Merlion. When I arrived in Singapore airport immigration area, I felt like going back to another home, everything looked same but older like it aged like me. However when I went out of immigration area, I saw a glimpse of the new Singapore - The Jewel. I was not sure if I still belong to Singapore, nor do I think I belong in Oman nor even in Philippines. I was facing a residential crisis.

First day in Singapore was so hectic and exhausting. I don't have a hotel booking so I hauled my luggages to my agency office, meet up with my friend, returned to buy agency office and hauled my luggages to the temporary HR office of the hospital to meet with HR executives to review our original documents. I was super exhausted and I have to navigate my way in mall because I can't manage to make my Singapore phone number work and I have to find a bus to take me to the temporary lodging I have rented for a month, while dragging my luggages. I finally arrived in the apartment unit I have booked. The owner of the place was very nice. She chatted quite a bit but my body was screaming to rest. When I finally was able to excuse myself in my room, I called my family in the Philippines and I still have to tutor my eldest son for his school assignment. When I was done, I slept so deeply from the extreme exhaustion, I was probably snoring so loud.

The next few weeks was for processing some administrative stuff before my official work. Those were the time also that I looked for a permanent accommodation while reacquainting myself to Singapore. Of course, I indulged myself with all the foods I have missed here. Laksa, Kopi, Kaya Toast, soft boiled eggs, chicken rice, duck rice, and many more. During that time, I met up with my newly married niece and her husband who stayed in Singapore for a few days before heading to Australia. We visited the Gardens By The Bay and ate in Satay By The Bay.

I was informed that I will be starting work on 25 March. I will be temporarily stationed in a sister hospital before the official opening of the new hospital. I also managed to secure a common room in a condo unit near the new hospital for my permanent accommodation.

I was excited but apprehensive with my new work. It is my first time to work in a tertiary hospital. I have been exposed to outpatient work and my work in primary hospital in Oman was similar to my polyclinic work with added occasional medical emergencies and antenatal obstetrics job scope. Even if the last hospital I worked at in Oman was tertiary hospital and I was working under the Internal Medicine Department, it was a tertiary hospital for psychiatric patients. The medical specialty I will be working at is also very new to me and I haven't been expose to it during my Family Medicine training but I was excited to learn something new. I have always been confident of my resiliency and ability to adapt in new environment.

By May, the new hospital opened. It is such a beautiful new hospital and I was glad to be a part of it. It was up and running by the time it has opened. Patients kept coming and working piled in. My bosses and seniors were all so gracious in teaching me the ropes and guiding me. I like learning the new specialty and opened my eyes to a wonderful collaboration of working with multidisciplinary team & caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses.

As days dragged on, work increasing, patients multiplied, exhaustion manifesting so is my unbearable homesickness and guilt of being away from my family especially my kids. I used to remotely help out with our Korean BBQ restaurant business in Iloilo City but I couldn't anymore. I would often tutor my kids for their school work or have time to drop a video call with my usual sunny self but I couldn't anymore. I would often go home by 7PM and at one time 8PM, too exhausted to even do any of my usual evening routine, I would just climb in bed, pull the comforter covers over my head and doze off to sleep only to wake up at 5AM to prepare for work. My heart broke when during my kids' recognition program where the 3 of them got each a Honor (Scholastic) Award, they video called me and my middle son said, "Mommy, I am sad. Why are you not here?" My heart broke in million pieces. Also during my eldest son's birthday, they video called me so I can sing Happy Birthday with them while blowing the candle from the birthday cake, I have to turn off the video because rounds are starting. When I managed to call them back, they have left the resort where they at and they have finished the party already. I hold back my tears while I continued on to work until next day morning because I was on full call duty that day.

Just this July, my husband informed me that his business partner (his brother) will be leaving soon for a work abroad and he will be left managing the business himself which is quite tough for him to do own his own while taking care of our three kids. I realised that my main reason for taking this new job is my family, so I can be near them. But I realised the distance, no matter how comparably short the plane ride, is still far if I am not with them. I fear that my kids will get used to me being far from them and they will grow apart from me. I thought long and hard and after speaking to my husband, we decided that the best decision would be for me to just go home and be with them. We are always better together and this arrangement will not do for us. So I spoke to my boss and tendered my resignation the next working day.

I felt at peace with my decision. So there it is, my short stint back to work in Singapore. But I am leaving soon. By last day of work will be the 3rd week of this month and by 1st week of September, I will be flying back to the Philippines.

This is me, resigning from a life of moving to different countries, seeking new adventure. I will open a new chapter of life in my hometown, seeking new adventures there and importantly, with my family.

If you want to check in here from time to time, do drop by. I would love to hear from you. Just because I would be in any foreign land my life will get boring. Life can still surprise us in many ways.......

OUR 10TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN JEBEL SIFAH

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:26:00 +0800

I haven't been updating my blog for quite some time. Life happens. Lots of changes going on in my life. Laziness and old age seeping through my system. Also the fact that I lost a years of content in my blog and restarting blogging here in Blogger, I am not sure if my url is really working, makes me feel demotivated to blog.

This post is so long overdue. I have posted since July of this year. Almost 4 months passed. But I wan't to document my 10 years wedding anniversary with J. Our wedding anniversary was on May 18. I know! Like I said, long overdue, really. We celebrated it in one of our vacation place to spend our staycation - Jebel Sifah. I have several blog posts about Jebel Sifah but since I lost most of content - it evaporated into cloud of smokes from the internet. But anyway, we celebrated our anniversary on exactly on May 18 but in between Zeke's birthday which was on May 9 and May 18. I got a free weekend to celebrate with my family.

Jebel Sifah is 1 hour drive from Muscat. We have stayed in a rented apartment there 2x and in their hotel, Sifawy Boutique Hotel, 2-3x, I think. We just love the feel of the place. It has relaxing atmosphere. Lots of space of the kids to play around. There are several pools for us to choose from in the area. We love hanging out at the lovely atmosphere in The Bank Beach Club where we get to have a free swim too in their pool.

We choose to stay in the previous rented apartment to save cost. We are cutting expenses and saving up. We bought a cake and some snacks. We, of course, did our mandatory family picture before we head out to The Bank.

After a bit of rest, we headed to The Bank for a swim and we will be having dinner there. The music was lively. There were a lot of people there. It was different from the pandemic days when the place was very quiet and hardly anyone was there. We loved it! We just enjoyed our time there. We got some snacks from their restaurant and J bought some beers. We stayed there up to dinner time.

After dinner, we stopped by the nearby convenience store, we got some prepacked Starbucks coffee for me & J and mini milk boxes for the kids to go with our late night dessert of donuts we bought with us in our rented unit.

The next day, we lazed around the apartment then we fixed our things to head back to Muscat. We made the kids play for a bit in the playground before we left. We drove to a mall in Muscat for lunch, a little strolling and grocery shopping.

That is it for our combo celebration of Zeke's birthday and J & I 10th wedding anniversary. Do you want me to share 10 things I've learned from my 10 years marriage? Maybe that would be my next topic for my next blog post. I hope I will be more motivated to update this space more often.

MY BLOGGING JOURNEY AND HOW NICE TO BE BACK HERE IN BLOGGER

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 21:52:00 +0800

A few weeks ago, I thought I lost my blog forever......

But I am glad I got it back, even just partially. I learned about blogging from my dear friend Wein, who told me about this blogging like it is an online diary. You see, I love writing. If I am not a doctor, I rather be a writer, if only it can support me financally. So the blogging idea appeals to me. However, I was ambivalent with writing down my thoughts and the invasion of my privacy. I remember how I started writing about how hard my Neurology exam in medical school and I was so scared my Neurology professor will see what I wrote online, I deleted it after writing two sentences in the blog. Then I said I am too cowardly to do this.

By 2008, I just passed my medical board exam. Before I was entering into my Family Medicine residency training, I went to a pilgrimage trip with wonderful young ladies to Sydney, Australia. After our wonderful experience there, we wanted to keep in touch, so we opened a Multiply account (now defunct) that is similar to Friendster and MySpace (remember these?). The Multiply network can allow us to tabs of each other and it has a space to create blog entries which was really cool. KC Concepcion used to have a Multiply account during her school days in Paris and she post lovely blog entries with photos of her life in Paris. So I eventually started writing there and eventually move to Blogpost (or Blogger) when my sister encourage me to join her there. That was 2009. I was a Family Medicine resident training in a hospital in Iloilo City, my hometown in the Philippines. I enjoy writing entries after entries on my blog - www.littlemisshoney.blogspot.com, though sometimes not really consistently. I started dating my husband in 2010. I enormously enjoyed my blog stories and he encourage me to keep writing. And writing, I did. I wanted to monetise my blog and to actually feel like a "real" blogger with brand collaboration, sponsorships and more readership. Frankly, I didn't know how to do reach that but I just continued writing on my blog. My writing voice would change from time to time, mimicking blog voices of other bloggers. I really didn't have enough blog identity to begin with.

By 2012, I got a job offer in Singapore and started working there by the end of the year. By 2013, I told myself I want to improve my blog and become a legit blogger. First I got my own domain and removed the blogspot in url. I migrated to Wordpress and said goodbye to Blogspot/Blogger. I got a professional blog coach to evaluate my blog and give me pointers how to improve my blogs. She gave me wonderful advice and I even hired a web designer to design my blog. I joined Facebook blogging communities in Singapore. And slowly, I started working with different brands. I would received emails from brands and PR agency inviting me for blogging events and collaboration. I got lots of freebies, free food tasting, and got modestly paid for it. I met wonderful friends through blog events and had an amazing experiences. It was an awesome gig! I worked with Zalora, SK II, Sephora, Pink Parlour, Tobi, St. Ives, and many more. I enjoyed it immensely though it was difficult juggling it being a mom of young kids. There were times when I did get burnt out. And my love for writing was replace by the need to get more followers in Instagram to keep up with my blogger colleagues. It was all about having more followers to attract brand sponsorships and PR companies. I didn't like that aspect of the blogging world but I have to play that game to keep up. I hate marketing myself and I just want to write. I also have that nagging feeling to keep my life private.

By 2019, I moved to Oman with my family for another work opportunity. Life in Oman was more laid-back. I relaxed more and I blogged less. Plus we didn't have any helper in Oman so even if my work life in Oman is relatively relaxed compared to my work in Singapore and work hours are quite short here, when I get home I have to do some house chores and take care of the kids than take some quiet time to blog. I started to become more private that I even stopped posting in Instagram by early of 2022. Though I was still blogging on & off, with long gaps of months in between. I wasn't ready to give up blogging just yet.

Early this year, my website crashed. Sometimes, this would happen and my blog host, GoDaddy, would be able to fix it. But after 3 calls with GoDaddy IT people, they were able to get my website back up. I have to accept the inevitable - I will have to say goodbye to my blog. I told my blog host to delete my hosting even if it means that will lost my content. I do I lament at the lost content from 2013 to early of 2023. Those years were the years that I was on my A-game in blogging. But thank God, I still have some bits of it, ready to be resurrected. I will still need to fix a bit of my blog because it is not quite there yet. I am taking my time. This is not a race. Hopefully, I can fully put it back again. I hope to monetise it too. I want to write as I used to write, with my voice to tell a story and share a thought, not to become a emotionless copywriter to promote products only because it is the assignment. I will continue writing here. I will write more..... soon.....

HOW I STARTED FANGIRLING AUDREY HEPBURN EVEN BEFORE IT BECAME A TREND AMONG MY GENERATION

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 03:17:00 +0800

Those who knows me knows that my favorite celebrity of all time is AUDREY HEPBURN. Not the popular actress or social media biggies of these days but an actress from the 1950's.

Let me tell you when I discovered Audrey Hepburn. I was 1st year high school, around 12-13 years old. We just got cable TV. Our local cable station would have one channel which they would play movies after movies before there were HBO and CINEMAX, and of course, NETFLIX came later. We often get excited what they will show on that channel. We can even request sometimes the movies they can play, much like requesting from a DJ in a radio station. Though often they would say yes but never complied to our request. My siblings and I would constantly battle for the remote control until I just gave up, giving my sister and brother (our other youngest brother was not born yet) to fight for it daily.

One morning when I woke up, my brother who won the remote control battle that day (and my sister is nowhere to be found) told me that you like become a nun right, there is a movie about a nun in the TV. You can watch that and handed me the remote. He might have gotten tired of watching so much TV that morning or my brother was just being gracious to me that day. Trivia about me: When I entered high school, I was enrolled in an all-girls high school run by nuns. I loved their systematic schedule; their prayer time and meal time are based on a ringing of the bell; their early morning mass; their minimalistic cloister. I also developed a deep personal relationship with God that I felt like I had a calling to become a nun. My siblings would weirdly look at me when I would put a white cloth (lampin) over my head with the end just like nuns, with the two sides tucked underneath the back of my hair, as I go about my day in the house. They would find me sometimes prostrate on the ground with my face down with my hand spread in the side looking like a cross when I pray. So the people at home are well aware of my obsession to become a nun during the early part of my high school life. (Think Winona Ryder in the movie, Mermaids.)

So back to that day when my brother handed me the remote to watch this black & white movie about a nun. The movie is called "The Nun's Story" starring Audrey Hepburn. I thoroughly loved the movie and the actress. I even called my mother in the phone who is working in an office (we often call her in her work from time to time) and asked her if she knows Audrey Hepburn. I am also a fan of those TNT black & white movies. The local cable TV showed several movies starring Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast in Tiffany's and The Unforgiven. I grew to like her more and more. I started find articles about her too in my mother's magazine subscription.

When my family moved to Saudi Arabia when I was around 14-15 years old. My father's company has this huge library for staff and their family to use. I started checking out books about Audrey Hepburn - her life, her style, her beauty. The more things I learned about her, the more I even liked her more. I love her classic style. I love her fashion sense. I love the little black dress, the white big button down shirt with a black tights, her ballet flats. I learned about her humanitarian project and her connection to UNICEF. Not only is she a wonderful actress with a great sense of style but an amazing kind selfless person too.

When I got older, my admiration for her never waiver. I started collecting books about her, memorabilia, photos, poster, necklace and makeup pouch which her photo on it. I just adore her. I dont often have a favorite current Hollywood or local actress favorite except for Audrey Hepburn.

I will leave you a poem that Audrey Hepburn recited during one of her UNICEF speeches.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived,

reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.

Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

(From: https://thelaglow.com/audrey-hepburn-beauty-tips-poem/)

I AM BACK!

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 17:46:00 +0800

Yesterday, I thought I lost my blog forever. Technically, it did got lost. I have been blogging at www.littlemisshoney.com since 2013 but 2 days ago, my blog site crashes. The screen flashed - Critical Error. I reached out to GoDaddy several times. They told me to check in after 30 minutes to 1 hour and my site will back up. I waited for 24 hours. www.littlemisshoney.com is not yet back on. I called them again and realized that they can't fix it. So I have to decide yesterday with heavy heart to say goodbye to my beloved 14 years old blog. I told the GoDaddy technician to delete my website hosting.

Since yesterday, I was thinking of starting a new blog at either blogger (blogspot) again or wix. I been coming up of new names for a new url. I tried to open a blogger window and I connected with my google account. Lo and behold, my old blog prior to my migration to a my custom domain is still here. All the articles and photos from 2009 to early 2013 are still here. I am so delighted! I am currently writing under my littlemisshoney.blogspot. I still have my domain -littlemisshoney.com. I can't bear to lose that. I was surprised that if I sell my domain today. It cost $1,175 already! But I don't think I am going to part with it though.

So here I am blogging in this space again. I have been thinking.... Should I change my blog & url name?

Here are few ideas:

Little Missus Honey - www.littlemissushoney.com

Honey B Inspired Living - www.honeybinspiredliving.com

Honey B Lifestyle - www.honeyblifestyle.com

Or I will stick to Little Miss Honey - www.littlemisshoney.com

I may still be keeping the blogspot.com for now. I am too scare to toggle and probe my old blog and lose the data.

I also deactivated the comment section of the blog because I don't want to attract spam comments which maybe the reason why blog crashed.

I can be reached through my email: littlemisshoneyblog@gmail.com or DM me at my instagram at www.instragram.com/littlemisshoney

Update you soon guys! Bye for now!

FOUND FOUNDER BAK KU TEH

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:45:00 +0800

My friends and I heard about another popular dish in Singapore called the Bak Ku Teh. It is a pork rib soup filled with strong and delicious herbs and spices. One Saturday afternoon, we headed to Rangoon Road to test this dish. We chose one of the most popular Bak Ku Teh branch in Singapore. The locals say if you want to try Bak Kuh The, go to Founder. Bak Ku Teh is usually a breakfast meal but we decided to have some in a late Saturday afternoon anyway.

After a few directions given by our google map app, we found Founder Bak Kuh Teh in Rangoon.

The place was packed with people. We were given a table outside. The restaurant wall is filled with pictures of (I assume) famous people together with Mr. Founder himself.

With the help of a very nice waitress in the restaurant, we ordered 3 Bak Kuh Teh, 1 Pig Trotter and Sautéed Vegetables.

BAK KUH TEH 6.50 SGD

Don't let this simple looking soup fool you. This soup packs a mean yummy punch! We all love it! It has a strong delicious taste but not too herbally to put us off. It has a bit of a sourish to mild spicy taste in it. It reminds us of our own Kansi in Iloilo but with thicker soup. The ribs was tender and tasty too.If you have slurp up most of your soup, the waitresses would be willing to serve you more (free) soup. Yes, kaldo, hehe. We ate the Bak Kuh The with rice, of course. It also comes with you tiao, a fried dough, to dip in your Bak Kuh Teh.

YOU TIAO

We also love the pig trotter. It reminds us of the patatim in Iloilo. It is perfect when dipped in their spicy soy sauce.

PIG TROTTER 7 SGD

The meat was so tender. We are sure they might have the meat boiled for very long hours. We didn't even have to wrestled with out spoons and forks to shred the meat. It has a mildly sweet sauce and a serving enough for a group of five, even six.

We got sautéed vegetables to counteract the flavors of the Bak Kuh Teh and Pig Trotter. It was surprisingly good. And it perfectly neutralized the strong taste of the two dishes.

SAUTÉED VEGETABLES 3.00 SGD

We were very satisfied with the Bak Kuh Teh at Founder. I will definitely take my husband and sister there again.

Any other Bak Kuh Teh in Singapore you can recommend for me?

Founder Bak Kuh Teh

154 Rangoon Road

Singapore 218431

+65-62920938

BOOK REVIEW: JODI PICOULT'S VANISHING ACTS

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 06:15:00 +0800

I am in a Jodi Picoult phase right now. My sister and I are crazy about her novels. I believe she is pure genius, breaking boundaries and writing about controversial topics in a very empathic and touching voice. I also vowed I should stop reading her books because some topics could be a bit depressing and heartbreaking. But I couldn't seem to stay away from borrowing more of her books.

Vanishing Acts is the second novel I read of Jodi Picoult after blowing me away with the "The Storyteller". Vanishing Acts' storyline remind me of that acclaimed Filipino film starring Claudine Baretto, Diether Ocampo and Jericho Rosales, "Nasaan Ka Man. Three friends growing up together and both guys falling in love with the girl. Of course, the girl falls in love with only one of them. But no, not one of them is a killer nor the other a bad guy unlike the Filipino movie. It is also more about a story of a love of a parent and the measures he/she will do for the love of his/her child. *Spoiler Alert. Delia, the protagonist, learned only that she was kidnapped at a very young age by her dad when police came to their house to arrest her father. Now, she has to ask her fiancé (one of her childhood friend) to be the lawyer to defend her dad in court. Delia, who is a mother herself, struggles with this new revelation in her life. What if her child was taken by her child's father too, away from her? Would she've done the same thing if she was in his dad's position?

In the novel, you realise the special bond that God had created for a child and parent. It is precious, extraordinary and blessing. It is a blessing that comes with tremendous sacrifices and selfless acts to testify your love for God's gift to you. Reading this, I salute all parents and my parents especially. Our parents will always have our best interest at heart. They will do anything to give us a better future and protect us from harm even if it means sacrificing their own life, their career, their freedom...

Book Club points for discussion:

1. Who would you want Delia to end up with? Eric or Fitz and why?

2. Would you've done the same thing that Delia's dad did for her?

3. Which celebrity actress you think should best play Delia?

HONEYMOON IN THREE COUNTRIES

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:38:00 +0800

J and I were psyched for our honeymoon trip. We both love to travel and it was our first time to travel together abroad. We decided to have our honeymoon in three places: HONGKONG, MACAU and SINGAPORE.

HONGKONG

We are a total geeks. We spent out honeymoon in a Science Museum, hehe. We also did a lot of crazy poses at the Avenue for the Stars and hang out for a bit of fresh air at Victoria Harbor.

We did a bit of window night shopping at Temple Street and Mongkok Market. We sampled the HongKong cuisine. Some we like, some we will never try again, ever, hahaha!

We went to Central and rode the tram to The Peak. We love it there. We also visited the Madame Taussauds' Wax Museum. We had so much fun there. I am so happy to be sitting beside my idol, Audrey Hepburn, even if she was just made up of wax, hehe.

Of course, even with a limited time, we dropped by Disneyland. Too bad, our flight was on the same day we went to Disney so we hurried to the airport and we weren't able to catch the fireworks. We will be back, HongKong Disneyland! We promise!

MACAU

Macau is just a ferry-ride away from HongKong. J and I visited this Asian mini-Las Vegas even on a rainy day.

Visiting and exploring the different casinos and hotels in Macau was cool. We get to transfer from one casino to another with the free shuttle buses of the hotel, not to mention free mineral waters in every hotel. People in Macau gives away a lot of free stuff, hehe. Our favourite casinos are Venetian, the new Galaxy and The City of Dreams with their digital mermaids swimming about.

We give the Macau food with its Portuguese influence a four-thumbs up. We love their food. We love their egg tarts, their bakwa and other yummy dishes. If only we can bring a box load of egg tarts and it won't get spoiled.

Getting to know the history and culture of Macau, one must definitely visit Senado Square, The Ruins and The Mount Fortress. I love visiting these spots because it is what made me fell in love with Macau before, and of course the area near the ruins where vendors would shove free bakwa on our faces. Hahaha! I love it!

SINGAPORE

The last leg of our Asian honeymoon was in Singapore. My hubby was accompanying me back to the place where I am currently residing because of work. It was nice to walk the streets and the places I know in Singapore having him beside me.

Singapore is a shopping city, so many malls and all the signature brands are crawling in this city. We took a stroll in the busy shopping center of Singapore: Orchard. I also made J try my fave Singaporean foods: chicken rice, prawn mee,, bbq chicken wings, etc.

By nightfall, we went to Marina Bay to see the wonderful lights that illuminates this Lion City. We also caught a bit of the nightly water fountain show on the decks of Marina Bay Sands.

Last but not the least, we have to experience the Universal Studios together. And it was awesomely-great! It was amazing to be trying all the rides, scary or not scary, with someone beside you who you know will be there for you in times when it may be scary in life or not. We had a jolly good time.

I find the Mummy ride still scary but since I am with J so I didn't mind. But we both find the Cylon roller coaster to be kick-ass! One more time? Yeah!

Can't wait for more travel adventures with my hubby.... :)

WEDDING SUPPLIER: PIHO PRODUCTIONS

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:34:00 +0800

J and I initially have decided we don't want our wedding to be held in a hotel. In search for that 'non-hotel' wedding venue, we found the previously known as Wilfredo's Garden now reintroduced as Sheridan Boutique Resort to be the place for our wedding reception. Then the next step was to look for an event stylist to decorate the reception venue. J's supervisor has friends who does events planning and we decided to give it a try. We met up with these cool people who are behind Piho Productions. I gave them pictures of my inspirations for the wedding reception: a lamps, the couples nook and floating lanterns. Ice, the only lady of this talented trio, totally get me by saying, "Ah, shabby chic!" Yeah! That is totally want I was going for. From there, they bounce back with cool original ideas all on their own. I find creativity, personalised touches and simplicity better than expensive flowers, over-the-top lightings and breakable chandeliers. It was fun working with them. They understand their clients and they also empathic & adjust to the clients' budget. Not only are these guys original and cool, they are also very professional and organised. Some wedding suppliers or business people should learn from these guys in how to deal with clients because they convey to their client clearly from their plans, execution and provide itemized details of materials & prices. The clients in turn will appreciate this so much.

During the wedding day, the set was just what we wanted: laid-back, quirky & so shabby-chic!

Outside the pavilion, a take-you-own-picture photo booth was set up with a big picture frame with strings of pictures of J & me hanging on it. It was my own pink camera & tripod that was set up on the nook. The guest can take their own pictures using the self-timer with their messages on chalkboards provided. It is like our own remembrance from our guests.

Inside the reception area, there is a candy/chocolate corner, an open-bar that serves only green or blue cocktails arranged by my brother Ras and a yummy buffet catered by Mr. Wilson Esperancilla.

Piho Productions decorated the pavilion inside just as pretty as the outside. So many artsy crafts for guests to entertain themselves, pretty chalk board table numbers, large paper lanterns on the ceiling and hanging tea candles on the large tree.

Guests gets to write down messages for us and hang it on the twigs on their tables. As you could see, our friends got some weird sense of humor but we get it, hehe....

Thank you Piho Productions! You guys are awesome! Next time naman? Maybe for our baby's baptismal party? :) Best of luck!

Piho Productions

3rd Floor, Varca Centre

29 Jalandoni St, Iloilo City

+63-9163519071

pihoproductions@gmail.com

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:44:00 +0800

Thank you for all the beautiful people who attended our wedding...

The Bridesmaids and Secondary Sponsors gowns were designed by my talented and beautiful friend, Cath. Thank you so much Cath. I miss you.. Love yah!

Entourage Wear Designed by: Mrs. Catherine Corpuz-Fields

Photos by: Bordoy Photography

Church: Sta. Maria Parish Church

MAKEUP MAGIC OF NORVIC TOTANES

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:11:00 +0800

They say the bride is in her prettiest during her wedding day because she naturally glows. I believe that "natural glow" has a lot to do with a fantastic make-up artist sorcery. Makeup Artists today are modern-day magicians. Days before my wedding, my skin was acting up again which resulted in dry patches and blemishes. I had also dark circles around my eyes because I keep staying up late up chatting with my family. But my makeup artist made those magically disappear on my wedding day. Looking for a makeup artist for wedding day is a challenging task. Of course you want to look your best on your special day. Who doesn't, right? My close friend in high school in Saudi Arabia recommended Norvic Totanes. I did a makeup trial with her in Manila and I absolutely love the results. She uses the best makeup brands & tools and is a whiz with an airbrush. She has done makeup for Daphne Osena, Divine Lee and Maricar Reyes. I told her what I want for my wedding day is a makeup that is 'just me'. I don't want to look overdone nor do I want any drastic makeup transformation. And on my wedding day, I was very happy with the result of my makeup. I did two looks for the wedding: a messy up-do with fresh makeup with a glow and a side part do with smoking eyes & plum lips.

First Look

Second Look

Photo Credits: Bordoy Photography, Antonette Cahilig Patriarca and Jeanne Pearl Cainday

Not only is Norvic Totanes an amazing beautiful makeup artist, it is fun to be with her. She makes the bride feel relaxed and I enjoyed the quality time we spent with Edmarri as I relive love story of J & me. She is highly- recommended.

Thank you Ate Norvic for making me look beautiful on my wedding day. Mwah! And Thanks Edz for introducing me to your Ate Norvic....

THE BRIDE AND GROOM

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:13:00 +0800

I personally prefer grooms to wear tuxedos and was happy to know that J also prefers a tux than the traditional barong. The next step was "where" to find a suit of J. We were hoping to look for a good quality ready-made suit. Feeling that our options were limited in Iloilo, we looked for suits in Manila. Every shops J would checked out would make any regular worn-out wallet cry. 80,000?? Really? Until he stumbled into this shop in Glorietta, MERGER, that makes customized suits for men. It is even promoted by model, Victor Basa in his blog. We ordered a suit in MERGER in a price even lesser than our projected budget. It was such a steal! They measured J and discussed with him what kind of design he wants. Then they added their suggestions based on their expertise. They send the measurements to China where the suits are made. When it is done, it will be shipped back in Manila. Several fittings are done in a case there are revisions. MERGER did a great job in making my husband look hot, hot, hot!

Ok so this wasn't original. This inspiration was taken from Veejay Floresca's designed tuxedo for blogger, Patty Laurel's husband on their wedding. This patch was sewn in J right breast pocket of the suit by his mom.

As for me, it was hard for me to think of what kind of gown would befitting for a diminutive gal like me. I was tossing back and forth if I should have my gown long or short. I wanted to feel like a Disney princess with that white long gown though I could easily pass off as Tinkerbell or the green fairy in Moulin Rouge than a real long slim princess. So the option of a short gown is playing into my mind to fit my vertically-challenged deficiency. But I know what I don't want in my gown is that I don't want too much 'burloloy' on my gown. No need for bling-blings or god-forbid, sequins. I also know that I dont want the traditional viel on my face. My poor vision is already aided by a high-degree contact lenses, I wouldn't want to feel like I missed out of my wedding because half of the time I have a blurry vision of my own wedding and half of the time , I am struggling from the humidity of a lacey materiel on the nose and mouth. I wanted a bird cage veil for easier breathing, bigger holes to witness my wedding and for that modern-vintage feel that I wanted for our wedding.

There were so many talented bridal designers in Iloilo, some of which are my friends and acquaintances. It was hard to choose. But J's supervisor mentioned to us Claire Jarantilla, one of the best couturier in Iloilo, who did her wedding gown also. So we arranged a meeting with her. In our first meeting, J and I know we have find the designer for my bridal gown. She listened to what kind of gown I was going for, she was attentive to what inspires me and she gave her creative spin of I wanted for my gown. She was so pleasant to talk to and it was a joy to have her make my bridal gown. She also solved my dilemma of the long-or-short gown and she said, "Lets do both!" I got a transformer gown! Weee! I wore my long gown during the ceremony and it transforms into a short mullet gown during reception time. My friend were surprised how it became short during reception program without me changing gowns. She also made my lovely bird cage. It was so me! i love it! I matched my pretty gown with a bright green Charles & Keith stilletos.

The Gown By Claire Jarantilla

The Bride & The Gown

The Fascinator

Transformer Mullet Reception Gown

Photo Credits by Bordoy Viterbo and Maam Tonette

Thank you Merger and Claire Jarantilla for making us dashing (groom) and radiant (bride) on our wedding day.

Love,

The Groom & Bride

MERGER MEN
Ground Floor Glorietta lll Ayala Center,
Makati 1200, Manila
Tel: 27866424

CLAIRE JARANTILLA ATELIER
Residence Hotel
Ground Floor, General Luna
Iloilo City

INVITES, WEDDING CAKE, FLOWERS AND FIREWORKS!

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:35:00 +0800

Our wedding motif are avocado green and sky blue because my favourite color is green while J's favourite is blue. Our favourite colors were splash all over our wedding details like our invitations, my bouquet and the men's corsages while we allowed a burst of different colors on the sky to express the happiness that J and I are experiencing.

Our invitations was made by my very creative friend, Dr. Melissa. She designed and made our invitations all from scratch. She is truly amazing! She is also a new bride herself and she too made her own invitations for her own wedding. For those interested, just asked for her contact details in the comment box below and I would gladly PM you her details.

Our cake was made by one of the most sought-after baker in Iloilo, Yvonne Caacbay of Cakeworks. Isn't it cute?

My bouquet and our church where the ceremony was held were adorned by lovely flowers by Flowerbearers by Mae Hope Gomera.

My brother's college friend introduced me to his business, Pheasant Fx, which provides fireworks and special effects for special events. Initially, we never had plans to get fireworks because we thought it was too extravagant. We just wanted a few sky lanterns for our reception but my brother's friend, Darell gave us a good deal and even provided us with a free smoke-machine. It was awesome! We were so glad we got him for our wedding.

All Photos by Bordoy Photography

For interested parties, I have linked our suppliers' pages on their respective names on this blog post. If you have any difficulty in accessing their websites, just message me on my comment box below with your contact details and I would get back to you as soon as possible. I totally recommended them all. They were all superb!

WEDDING SUPPLIERS: WES COORDINATORS

noreply@blogger.com (Little Miss Honey) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:00 +0800

I know I have picked a very stressful job. Being a doctor is not easy, not until I discovered another job that is equally, if not more stressful than my job: being a wedding coordinator. The thought of being a wedding coordinator seems like a cute job: you picture J.Lo in the movie, "The Wedding Planner' and you say I got this in the bag. But it is not as easy as it looks. Believe me, i saw with my own two eyes how hard it is to be wedding coordinators. I realized what a blessing it is for the bride and groom to have their own experienced wedding coordinators than just their own very efficient relative to take care of the details. If I would give a gift to the a friend of my mine who will be getting married, I would give her wedding coordinators. It will make hers and her fiance's life way easier. There as so many last minutes details before the wedding that anyone can miss out and your wedding coordinators can point out to you or remind you. Wedding coordinators absorbs the stress of the bride and groom. If I were a wedding coordinator and doing 5 weddings a month, I will be nervous wreck. I don't know how they able to do it. I am amazed.

I met Sheryl, our wedding coordinator, before through a mutual friend in a party. We hit it off instantly and when J and I started preparing, she was the first one who came to mind. I guess things really happen for a reason. Wedding & Events Specialists or simply WES Coordinators are team heading by She and Jocelyn. Don't let these baby faces fool you because this group know what they are doing. J and I booked them to be our wedding coordinators a year before our wedding. We got the on-the-day coordination package.They are very experienced and has coordinated & planned many successful weddings. They also do wedding & events planning as far as here in Singapore. They are efficient, organised and very knowledgeable about weddings. They thought us about symbolisms in the wedding ceremony and reception program. They thought me to put my bouquet in front my (excuse me for staying this, haha) crotch. They say, "Flower over flower", haha, because it will look got in photos. Even our photographer said the same thing, haha. I guess, its a wedding lingo. Now I know, hehe. Our wedding started right on time and everything went smoothly. Our guests complimented how smooth and non-chaotic the flow of the wedding. They didn't realize how much work our coordinators did to keep it that way. WES Coordinators also wear such lovely uniforms. It shows how professional and serious they are with their jobs. They are polite, never bossy and always have their clients best interest. They want their client to be smiling and wrinkle-free on their special day, just as it suppose to be. They also provided us with an excellent host, a popular radio jockey who kept our reception program lively and fun.

To Sheryl and Jocelyn and their team, thank you so much for taking good care of us. We got a drama-free, stress-free wedding that we want. WES Coordinators rock!

Wedding & Events Specialist
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