Chai Fonacier made me do it. I just finished watching Nocebo and searched for something new on Netflix. I saw that Maria Clara at Ibarra is at the top spot, so I checked out the trailer. It was the scene where Chai met Klay and I got hooked, and as they say, the rest is history. The historical series for me was totally unexpected. First … Continue reading Maria Clara At Ibarra
While at the grocery, I spotted these childhood snacks and I’m glad I did! As soon as I tasted them, they brought me back to those days when we were running free outside, playing 10-20, piko, and other fun games of our childhood. Lala and Mik-Mik! After that, I saw this store selling delicacies and bought 100 grams each of kiamoy and champoy. I remembered … Continue reading Childhood Faves
Around three years ago, Tatay planted mango seedlings in his small garden, and today we’re enjoying the fruits of his labor (literally!) The mangoes are large and can weigh up to 1 kg each. Upon measuring the fruit, it’s 7 inches in length. Tatay harvested all the mangoes in one of his trees this week, and they’re some of the best I have tasted! They’re … Continue reading Tatay’s Giant Mangoes
Culinary Discoveries The opening of Ikea in the Philippines in November 2021 generated a great deal of excitement among affluent individuals who now had a renowned foreign brand to indulge their wealth. The country’s first Ikea store was promoted as the largest in the world, but that claim turned out to be false. The title of the largest Ikea store belongs to the Älmhult store … Continue reading My Not-So-Recent Food Find
It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
– Dale Carnegie Continue reading Kali’s Kitchen
If your life hadn’t stopped what kind of tomorrow would we have lived? Continue reading My Most Favorite Quotes from Hi Bye, Mama!
Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple
Dr. Seuss Continue reading Random Thoughts #1
The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable
– lane olinghouse Continue reading Not a Parental Advice
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
― Barack Obama Continue reading Change
“Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Continue reading Give it a try
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