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First Family Pictorial with our Second Princess

I gave birth last Sunday–one week ago–to our second princess via C-Section. We spent the week at the hospital and were only released last Friday. Everyday, my husband and my eldest would visit me at the hospital and they would spend most of the day there. Hubby had to stay home to take care of […]

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Marriage

Women Who Get Married Late

In olden days, women who marry in their 20s are already part of those who get married late. The norm was that, the ripe age to tie the knot is between 15-17. Nowadays, young women this age are called teenagers. They are in high school and they dream big. They have plans of finishing college […]

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Family

The Auction of Virginity

When you watch the world news on your set perched on a tv stand with mount or you read the daily news from the paper, you get from being entertained, to angry, to amused, to nauseated in just one sitting. Like for example, I was reading the online news today and came across an article […]

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Family

April Starts Savings Month

I have told hubby that starting April, it will be our savings month. We will intentionally cut down on our expenses and intentionally start saving up for our second baby. And yes, this is no April Fools’ Day joke–I am indeed with child, going 19 weeks this Wednesday. This was not expected so we were […]

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Personal

Knowing How to Cook and Having a Restaurant

A lot of people praise me for my cooking and then would often suggest that I open a restaurant. But there is a big difference with knowing how to cook and operating a restaurant. When you cook and prepare dishes for the family, it is to my delight. I buy the best ingredients that I […]

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Family

The Three Men in Our Lives

Happy Father’s Day to the three men in our lives–Papa Dennis, Ang Kong William and Tatay George! Dennis is my husband, William is my father in law, and George is my father! We are all family! And Dindin and I are so blessed to have them in our lives. God bless the three of you […]

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Family

Paying Off Participation Damage

When we were on vacation in Cebu, my parents borrowed our car. It was not half a day that they used it and my father backed up the car while somebody was driving forward. No, my father is not a bad driver. He had been driving most of his life and has not hurt anybody […]

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Parenting
Personal

Looking Forward to a Barbecue Outing

We had been very busy this month of May that we had not gone over to my parents’ house to have barbecue. But I do miss those times. In the past, we would go there on a Sunday afternoon then my parents would burn charcoal in an open barbecue pit and then grill some pork, […]

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Family

Setting Up a Fun Playground

Ever since I was small, I always wanted to have a playroom inside the house and a playground outside. The playroom will have lots of racks, cabinets and boxes that will contain all my toys. Outside, the playground will be on top of a bed of velvety green grass and complete with a seesaw, slide, […]

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Marriage
Novelty

Get Well Gifts for Him

Of course, all of us have men in our lives with different degrees of relationship. He could be our husband, lover, father, uncle, grandfather, friend or even your boss. And while men can appear tough, there were be times when they succumb to sickness or they just got involved in an unfortunate incident. Try as […]

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