A Filipina Mom Blogger

My default birthday present for my husband is always a kitchen appliance. I just realized we have all the kitchen appliance we will ever need. This year, I wanted to give him something romantic! So I asked my awesome plurk buddies for romantic gift ideas. The unanimous suggestion was a romantic [...]

My daughter, Marielle rarely reads my blog. She tells me that her friends and classmates drop by every now and then. One blog entry that her friends found quite entertaining is Sex Education where I attempted to explain how I got to conceive her only to receive a “ewww. I dont want to [...]

Once upon a time, seven mothers, all bloggers eagerly went out with their kids to meet up, just for fun. They all seemed to have a common ground. They all loved to eat. It seemed but natural that they would convene for this very reason so they could feed (literally and figuratively) their [...]

I called it a night. As is our usual loving ritual, my husband cuddles to kiss me a “Good night!”. Something different happened though. This time he whispered “You smell nice!” as he buried his nose into my hair. I turned around at him, incredulous and thought ” Oh my, [...]

“All kids can fail us at times. “But if you work with them, nine times out of 10, they’ll make you proud.”
says Debbie Phelps, middle-school principal in Towson, Maryland, and mother of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps who won record eight gold medals in the Beijing Games.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Let me explain.

It started when I exclaimed “That’s awesome!” to a plurk. Was it Baddie or Pau who noticed that I said that? I forgot who, but Helga begged that I utter LOLcat words. Lauren seemed visibly “annoyed” that her friends were encouraging me to LOLcat speak. If you don’t know [...]

I woke up this morning to my husband humming the tune to Abba’s I have a Dream. You know how it is when a song gets stuck in your head. Mine was the Dancing Queen sequence from the movie,
Mamma Mia we watched last night. I loved the movie! I was 19 years old at the [...]

This entry is a continuation of PR Companies and the Milk Formula Manufacturers (Part 2)
I still remember my son tugging at my sleeve “Mom, did you do that to me?”
He led me to the room where Maan, his former caregiver was breastfeeding her son.
“Of course, I breastfed you.” I hugged my boy.
“Are you sure [...]