Unsullied Perspective

Say Goodbye to Molds: Must-Have Home Appliances for Filipino Families This Rainy Season

2025-09-06T02:10:00.000-07:00

As the rainy season pours over the Philippines, many Filipino homes—especially those with poor ventilation—face a silent yet serious threat: mold infestation. Recently, I just found out that my passport seemed to be infested with molds. It was just kept inside my closet so I was confused what caused it. Aside from that, me and my daughter had relentless cough and colds that seldom trigger

Protect Your Money: Things to Consider Before You Invest

2024-12-15T07:33:00.000-08:00

Republishing this writeup for awareness as this is still applicable nowadays.A while ago, I just learned that a friend was one of the many others victimized by an investment scam in Batangas. The scammers got away with the money he saved up for his four kid's education amounting to more than half a million pesos. I remember posting this only last February so I decided to repost

How To Apply for Passport in the Philippines

2023-03-15T20:40:00.003-07:00

Passport Application then: The first time I applied for a passport years ago, I found the process to be too complicated and time consuming. Passport application was done at the DFA Office in Pasay City where I was greeted with numerous fixers and legitimate-looking passport processing offices just outside the office building. There were too many people outside the area that I had a hard

Family Relaxation at Azumi Boutique Hotel, Alabang

2019-01-01T22:12:00.000-08:00

Hotel Name: Azumi Boutique Hotel Location: 2205 Market Street, Madrigal Business Park, Phase II Alabang Muntinlupa City 1780 Contact No. +632 869 9888 My family ensured to welcome the new year 2019 with a new adventure at a place which we have never been to for us to collect exciting memories to reminisce someday. A week before 2018 came to a close, I booked Azumi Boutique Hotel in

Family Relaxation at Bayview Park Hotel, Manila

2018-10-28T02:41:00.002-07:00

Hotel Name: Bayview Park Hotel Location: 1118 Roxas Boulevard corner UN Avenue Ermita Manila Contact No. Tel: (+632) 5261555 Booking Details: My favorite booking application Agoda always makes my hotel stay extra special by giving me promotional discounts on my accommodation. For my husband and my daughter's birthday, I decided to give them a special kind of treat so I again searched for a

Family Relaxation at Grand Hoyah Hotel, Subic Zambales

2018-09-01T23:17:00.007-07:00

Hotel Name: Grand Hoyah Hotel Location: Canal Rd, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo, Zambales, Philippines Contact No. Tel: (047) 252.9978 (intl: +63.47.252.9978), Manila: (02) 404.4784 It is really memorable to visit Subic!!! To help you in packing your things, get this original Adidas Duffel bag👍💙 #paidlink Booking Details: The family needed some sandy beach fix to enjoy summer time as we

Family Relaxation at The A.Venue Hotel, Makati

2018-07-30T04:37:00.001-07:00

Hotel Name: The A.Venue Hotel Makati Location: 7829 A. Venue Makati Avenue Makati City Contact No. +63(2) Booking Details: My husband and I planned another family get-together for the summer vacation. Since both of us had busy work schedules and the kids were raring to go swimming, we decided to spend a long weekend at a nearby hotel. I searched through Agoda for hotels that

Family Relaxation at BSA Twin Towers Ortigas

2018-01-07T20:27:00.000-08:00

Post Exchange 01-2018 Hotel Name: BSA Twin Tower Ortigas Location: Ortigas Bank Drive corner Julia Vargas Ortigas Center Mandaluyong City Contact No. +63(2) Booking Details: December 27, 2017: It had become a start-of-year family affair to spend bonding moments at a new place like in 2016 at Dusit Thani and Hotel 101 in 2017. For 2018, we decided to spend the remaining two days

Family Relaxation at Destination Hotel Tagaytay

2017-11-09T21:59:00.002-08:00

Post Exchange 17-05Heading to Tagaytay? Wear these comfy Adidas Shoes or adjustable cap to complement your OOTD while you stroll around town. Click the image to shop👌💓 #paidlink Yay! It's been 3 years since I last visited Tagaytay and the kids never been there so this is a great time to give them that memorable experience. I searched for a place where our family could have an

Family Relaxation at The Exchange Regency Residence Hotel

2017-09-25T03:32:00.000-07:00

Post exchange 17-04 It was another long weekend and we just felt that we need to do some family bonding considering that my husband and I were too busy with office work and the kids with their school activities. We hardly dined together or spent quality time for several weeks that we all felt alienated from each other. Thus my husband decided to have some get-together to create

How to Get the Improved Postal ID from PhlPost

2017-06-19T18:47:00.002-07:00

A valid identification (ID) card is very important when you need to apply for a passport, open a bank account, engage in business deals and many other engagements. At least two valid primary IDs with your picture and signature are usually required to validate a person's identity. I have seen people who have been turned down to open a bank account or denied access to establishment

Hotel Review: Winford Hotel and Casino

2017-06-01T02:54:00.002-07:00

**Post Exchange 17-02** Hotel Name: Winford Hotel and Casino Location: 352 Zone 35, Sta. Cruz,, 1800 Consuelo St, 1014 Metro Manila Contact No.: 63(2) 528 3600 Booking Details: I booked this hotel two weeks prior to our intended stay through Agoda. I just wanted to have some relaxed time with my family after the Lenten break. As we all know, hotels tend to be packed with visitors

Thoughts of a Sad Soul

2017-05-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

This piece was originally written dated July 1, 2007 with original title "My Own Piece of Sadness". Reaching almost ten years, I guess the wheel of life had took its turn once again and I am at the lowest point at this time. Not yet ready to share the experience though. Maybe in due time...but as of now, I need to find a way to cope with it. MELANCHOLIC, DESPONDENT,

blessed is he who reads...

2017-04-11T18:41:00.001-07:00

Reposted...just some reflections for the Holy Week... Got quite overwhelmed by the voluminous work and readings I had to deal with. Sometimes I feel more like "frazzing", got this word from TIME magazine’s article which means "frantic, ineffective multitasking, typically with the delusion that you are getting a lot done. The quality of the work, however, is poor". Grace under pressure…:-)

Dispose those bill statements the proper way (Home Improvement Tip)

2017-03-31T01:07:00.000-07:00

Lately I have been sorting through papers that I accumulated for years. Those mostly were bill statement from credit cards, utilities, receipts and the like which I intentionally set aside for safekeeping and reference. Also, since I sometimes have this guilt feeling if I throw paper incessantly, I just tossed most of my papers inside boxes until I find a good way of how to reduce,

Family Staycation at Hotel H2O Manila

2017-03-16T23:24:00.000-07:00

It was Oppa C's birthday so even if we had a depressing start of month, I decided not to spoil his day by giving him a surprise birthday treat. I just got out from the hospital and there was no way we can stroll around. Our only option was to celebrate at home or have a staycation. It would surely be a tiresome day to celebrate at home since we need to prepare food and

Earth Hour 2017

2017-02-16T06:06:00.000-08:00

This is the 10th Year for Earth Hour and we feel delighted that Unsullied Perspective has been part of this movement since 2010. So what is Earth Hour? "Earth Hour is a worldwide grassroots movement by WWF to unite people to take action for the planet. Engaging a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues, Earth Hour was famously started as a lights out

Maynilad Wastewater Management Service: A Pro-Environment Initiative

2017-02-08T07:25:00.002-08:00

Sharing my own learning: My kids and I attended the Daloy Dunong Program of Maynilad thru the invitation of Nuffnang Philippines last February 4, 2017. Since the seminar has something to do with health and environment which is part of the advocacy of this blog and also because of a great parent-child bonding opportunity, I grabbed the chance to be present with my kids. It was such an

Unsullied Perspective 2016 Year in Review

2017-02-06T07:48:00.000-08:00

Looked like the year 2016 ended without too much activities in this blog with only four posts listed. But it did not mean that we hibernated for a year long. It was only like that because we needed to re-prioritize and re-arrange our plans. We moved some of our articles on travel and fun activities in our new website at Mosey Butterfly. We had to spend much time in the layout, design

Q and A on SSS Maternity Benefit Part 4

2016-06-14T23:58:00.003-07:00

As part of Unsullied Perspective's public service, here is another round of question and answer on SSS maternity benefit package. SSS members who lodged their concerns here were only given advice to the best of the author's knowledge. SSS members are encouraged to visit your SSS servicing branch to resolve your maternity benefit issues and other concerns. Q. gud pm ask ko lang po my

My Thoughts on the 2016 Elections

2016-05-06T02:52:00.001-07:00

Roughly in three days, we will have the power to choose who among the candidates will lead our beloved Philippines. At this point, I am still weighing the options, my vote has never been and will never be for sale! Dahil nilalaan ko yan para sa kinabukasan ng mga anak ko at ng iba pang kabataan. Ayaw kong mamuhay sila sa kawalan ng pagasa, sa kahirapan, sa takot para sa kanilang

Unsullied Perspective's 2015 Year in Review

2016-01-09T04:21:00.000-08:00

We opened our 2015 with Unsullied Perspective's 2014 Year in Review. With the resumption of work and classes for that year, we were greeted with transportation fare hike so we provided you the Commuters' Guide to New MRT/LRT 2015 Fares that you can use for budgeting your family’s transportation allowance if you are using those train lines in your daily commute. Since it was

Free Downloadable 2016 Financial Calendar Planner

2016-01-04T03:30:00.002-08:00

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that you had a wonderful celebration with your loved ones. We just bid goodbye to 2015 and here we are again planning for 2016. I also wished that you accomplished most of the plans and budget that you wrote in your 2015 calendar planner. It is best to have something to follow when it comes to what we want to achieve for the year. To

Bringing Home Essential Lessons from Singapore

2015-12-20T03:37:00.003-08:00

My husband and I took advantage of the week-long declared holiday during the APEC summit in Manila last November 16 to 20 that we decided to have a family bonding in Singapore (again, last was in 2010). It was a great time to take a break from stress brought by demanding work, monstrous Manila traffic, and rising crime statistics that send fears in every corners of my mind . At last! After

Book Review: The Big Ideas of Lee Kuan Yew

2015-12-12T00:29:00.002-08:00