Happy New Year! Can you believe it? 2016 is over and just like that, the holidays are almost over and we are all going to be back to work. Holidays 2016 will be nothing but a memory in the next few days. I wish it could have lasted longer but as we say in Tagalog, […]
Around 15 years ago, I discovered that I had thyroid issues. For a time, it was easily managed. It was just something that I had to take medicine for and have regular blood tests to make sure I was OK. There was weight gain but it was something that happened gradually – any weight gained […]
One thing that you should know about me first before reading this post is that I am the type of cook that depends on a recipe book. If there is no cookbook or recipe to follow, I cannot do it. I don’t know if it’s because I tend to be obsessive compulsive about following a […]
Growing up and spending summers at my maternal grandmother’s house meant regularly seeing vehicles headed out of the town dragging along large amounts of tall bamboo plants. I distinctly remember this because my grandmother’s house was located on a corner so when these vehicles turned, it was more than likely that these bamboo plants would […]
I turn 40 in less than a year. Life begins at 40…or so they say. I don’t know if it’s the same for everyone but I still feel like I am a kid in her 20s and I’m just trying to act like I’m my real age. I’m just going through the motions and taking […]
Life hasn’t been easy with only a teeny tiny bit of thyroid left. Life with thyroid disease is very challenging to manage, especially since I live in an area where there is no specialist in the field I can go to regularly (I currently have an internist looking after my thyroid needs). Getting the right […]
There’s something about a handsome guy who has a good singing voice that really gets to me. Add to that a guy who has done Broadway (and can therefore sing with so much feeling) and I am a goner. I just have to share these guys and the songs that I love hearing them sing. […]
I remember watching Jacky Chan movies in the cinema with my father when I was still a young girl. He was such a big fan and kept explaining to me how this was a guy who could do stunts that a lot of other guys could not. It was no surprise that he watched the […]
Containment was a limited series from the producers of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. I first heard about it from the actor who plays Dr. Cannerts — George Young, who I mentioned in a previous post. The show is about an outbreak that occurred in part of a city in Atlanta. This causes one […]
Stephen Amell did not know what he started. One post about the teaser of the GMA 7 show Alyas Robin Hood and the internet exploded (in the Philippines, anyway). So many things have been said about the issue: there were a lot of valid points, a lot of funny ones and some that just went […]
When you get a star, I’ll give you a prize for it. That’s pretty much what I remember saying when I found out that my niece was attending summer school to get ready to enter the Nursery level this coming school year. I completely forgot all about it until this evening, when she showed me […]
Being that this is the day when most of us remember those who have gone on before us, I just want to post something about someone I miss: my paternal grandmother. We called her Nanay. She was already an old lady while I was growing up, which is due to the fact that my father […]
Rain, feel it on my fingertips Hear it on my window pane… As I type this post, it is raining outside. I can hear the rain from my window and can feel the cold breeze coming into my room. I can’t help but feel good about the weather — after all, there has been a […]
I was watching the Jay Leno Show and was surprised to see that his guest was Arsenio Hall. How long has it been? I can still remember the days when I used to watch Arsenio’s show when I was a little girl – the guy doesn’t look like he’s aged a bit! The guy was […]