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Real freakish weather we’ve been having here in Manila these days. You get really hot mornings and torrid mid-afternoons and then late in the afternoon comes a sudden downpour. That’s a real recipe for instant headache or fever or it can even be an excuse for crankiness which may lead to one working from home.
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It never ceases to amaze me how the Internet and the digital age has enabled us to chronicle the lives of our loved ones online.
Here is our little girl Maia, growing up.
The first photo on top left was taken at Panagatan Seaside Restaurant in Cagayan de Oro City. The second photo is by the front [...]

Quite a few things to be happy about today. I managed to go on a quick shopping trip with my both my babies, something that happens very rarely these days. It was a short uneventful trip to SM Sucat to pick up Kuya Maui’s school supplies, a few groceries, and take-away lunch for the father [...]

A smaller structure stands at the back our house, which in the late 50’s was commonly known as the servants’ quarters. I remember this small room, roughly six metres square and with its own toilet and bath, because this is where we stayed most of the day when my siblings and I were kids. We [...]

Having been raised by a yaya (nanny) I had at one time promised myself never to get a yaya for my kids when the time came. This was not because I had a horrible experience with my nanny, on the contrary. My aunt, the one I lived with for most of my childhood life, worked [...]