GMA’s Temper Tantrums and Self-Care

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA)’s legendary temper tantrums or katarayan is in the news again because of staff inefficiency which was probably due to miscommunication of a TV taping.
Jove Francisco wrote about “The Prompter” incident including the above footage.

Filed under: Current Affairs, Recovery Principles,

Setting Boundaries for the Plastic or Unhealthy Persons

Over at Plurk, my favorite micro-blogging social networking tool, a plurk from Juned caught my attention:

Juned asks civil and plastic what is the diff? Does it annoy you? When you learn someone is plastic?

Filed under: Recovery Principles,

A Family Bonding Experience

I never planned to upgrade today. I didn’t know it yet but until I searched the archives for my last theme update , what did I discover? Lo and Behold! It is exactly a year ago. How come it took me that long? I usually change my theme every 6 months. I must have [...]

Filed under: Parenting & Family, Updates

How Many Children Do You Have?

It’s the third saturday of the month which means that it’s the monthly meeting of the Compassionate Friends, a grief support group after the death of a child. It’s the time to pay forward and give comfort to newly bereaved parents. Sometimes I cannot even imagine myself in their shoes, going through what they are [...]

Filed under: Grief Education

Photo Hunt: Colorful

It is Photo Hunt day and a perfect excuse to post a photo. I have such a sweet tooth that I couldn’t resist taking such these colorful desserts, the name of which escapes me now.

Filed under: Memes

Hazards of Commuting in Manila and Tara Santelices

Online petition - JUSTICE FOR TARA SANTELICES: Better Crime Prevention
Leaving my kids is never easy no matter their age. I informed my family that I will be traveling to the USA by the last week of September for a series of talks and to visit my 3 siblings. Marielle asked “Who will drive [...]

Filed under: Current Affairs

A Filipina Teacher Hired to Teach in the USA

My Cebu-based 44 year old, sister-in-law is leaving for Louisiana, USA on Thursday as a special education teacher for a suburban public high school. It came as a pleasant surprise to her. The US hiring agency informed her of an opening on July 4. She got interviewed via Skype by a panel of [...]

Filed under: Filipina

August 8 2008, 8-8-08, 888

August 8 2008, 8-8-08, will it be a significant day for most of you? 8/8/08 has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
But what else is happening today?
Today is Sara’s wedding date.
Today , the 29th Summer Olympics will take off in Beijing at 08:08:08 p.m.
Today is just an ordinary day for most of [...]

Filed under: Recovery Principles

Whom Not To Marry

I am invited to two weddings this week. One on friday and another on saturday. Getting invited to weddings is a rarity because every relative or close friend I know is married unless they are my nieces or nephews which is not happening anytime soon. My new life as a blogger [...]

Filed under: Marriage