Trillanes and Lim Camped at Manila Peninsula & Curfew

11:45 AM- Trillanes and Lim Stage a Coup in Makati? As usual, I first heard of the breaking news , the “coup” from a Twitter message by Arbet
“Something is brewing at Makati involving Magdalo.”
This was followed by Ederic’s twit on Trillanes and Lim Walk out of Court Hearing.
Too busy with work or in [...]

Filed under: Asides, Current Affairs

The Filipina Heart

Marie (not her real name) only knew bitterness and heartache after two failed marriages. Now 50 years old, her eyes glimmer with hope as her fiancee’s trip to the Philippines nears. I felt her excitement as I asked “How did you meet him?” and Marie replied “Filipinaheart.com”. She added “My friend is lucky she [...]

Filed under: Women Issues

Earthquake in Manila

A strong earthquake hit Manila at around 12:27 PM, November 27, 2007. It lasted around 5 seconds or so but it was strong. At the second floor of my home, I could see the hanging lights sway. Feeling like the world was going to collapse, I yelled at Lauren who happened [...]

Filed under: Asides, Current Affairs

Shopping with my Husband, my co-homemaker

Yesterday I talked about my gadget shopping spree where I dragged my husband who apparently got bored and tired after walking around for four hours. All that geek-talk made him dizzy. When it was his turn to get his own shopping fix, he brought me to Ikea (Singapore). But [...]

Filed under: Shopping

Mommy Tech Talk

Normally, I just let my dollar earnings sit in the bank because I am lazy to visit the bank and have them converted to pesos. Banks also have silly rules on dollar withdrawals. Anyway, the good side on all this is I am able to save for a rainy day. However, [...]

Filed under: Netrepreneur, Technology

Best Website, Blogs Category in 10th Philippine Web Awards is….

My blog , this blog, Touched by an Angel… Winning last year’s Best website award for Blogs Category in the 9th Philippine Web Awards was enough recognition. Tonight, I told my husband that I was attending the 10th Philippine Web Awards to give support to my friends who were in the Finalists. I told [...]

Filed under: Online Culture, Site News

Filipino Kids and Their Lifestyle

Are you curious about the lifestyle of 7 to 14 year old Filipino children? Sure, we know they have the inherent ability to assimilate new technology and adapt to change at such phenomenal rates but how much? Today, I attended the presentation of Cartoon Networks’ New Generations Philippines results of the first fully-localized study [...]

Filed under: Entertainment, Filipino Culture, Kids, Parenting & Family

A Visit to Doctor Fish

The walking and the shopping took a toll on our poor tired feet. My husband gave up on the Funan Digital Mall while I gave up walking through history lane at the National Museum. I thought of calling it a day but… my thoughtful sister-in-law suggested we visit Dr. Fish. Uh-oh, the first time I [...]

Filed under: Lifestyle, Video Blogging

Just the Two of Us

I just realized that it’s the first time Butch and I are travelling without the kids. The last time we were by ourselves was our honeymoon twenty-two years ago. Since then, our children have always been the number 1 priority in our lives next to us. We have been planning for a family vacation [...]

Filed under: Marriage, Shopping

Future Happy Broadband User

Stay-at-home-moms (SAHM) are so lucky these days. Online job and income opportunities such as a virtual assistant, researcher , problogger or web content writer now transforms them to work-at-home moms (WAHM). Moms get to balance family time, work and personal satisfaction. Now what is the main resource that online users need? [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Technology