Summer is not my season. I’ve never enjoyed it. It’s too hot, it’s too humid…you can see steam from the pavement and you can feel the hot air suffocating you whenever you go out of the house. It’s never been my thing. I think I need to move to another country. I heard the UK […]

One of the realities I was not prepared for as an adult is the payment of taxes. I mean, I am aware that as an employee I am supposed to pay income tax but the other types of tax I was not prepared for. An example of a type of tax I wasn’t ready for […]

Full disclosure here: I am overweight. I have been overweight since I had my thyroid issues. I’ve been struggling with it for a long time. I am now seeing a different doctor to treat me for my thyroid problems (among other things) and for the first time in a long time I have been losing […]

One of the things that I have been doing to distract myself from the gravity of the whole quarantine/COVID 19 situation has been watching K-Dramas. One of the shows that I watched on Viu was an old favorite, Princess Hours (also known as Goong). Here’s a trailer of the Tagalog-dubbed version: Princess Hours is one […]

One thing I realized after learning through the years about equal opportunities in the workplace is that I have been lucky because all the places that I had worked for had female bosses. The owners were still male, but the people I worked under were female. When I was an intern for a magazine and […]

I recently celebrated my birthday. It was my 41st. I have gotten to the age where I know women shouldn’t even be saying their age anymore, much less celebrating their birthdays. I know that it seems a bit much but this year, I truly did not feel like celebrating. Like most of my birthdays lately, […]

Back when I was a young girl my uncle, who worked at one of the once-popular resorts in Cavite, met and married a Japanese national named Yoko. Looking back, I realize that I don’t even know what her last name was before she married him, just that she was supposedly a model and was at […]

Once when I was in grade school, my mother told me that I had fainted and that it gave my teacher and my family a big scare when it happened. I don’t remember this, but I do remember having to go to one hospital and doctor after another taking all sorts of tests to find […]

As Joey Tribiani used to say, “How you doin?” I know I haven’t blogged much recently because, well, life happens. To make up for that, allow me to make this post a bit of a diary of my activities so far for this year:  January  It was a busy month, I guess you can say […]

Ladies’ Man. Heartbreaker. Suave and sexy. Romantic lead ideals. Openly gay actors in Hollywood are sure making straight guy roles sexier and more attractive…for me, that is. Illustration from Kaz on Pixabay.com Matthew Bomer, Neil Patrick Harris,, and Jonathan Groff are just a few of the actors who have played guys like that on TV. […]

Life has been very stressful for me lately. The weather has been unbearable. I have work responsibilities and problems to take care of. I have family responsibilities that need to be addressed. I have personal goals that I would like to accomplish. I have people in my life who have greatly disappointed me. I have […]

Last month I had the opportunity to travel to Iloilo for work. My niece and nephew are part Ilonggo, so it was nice to see the province where their grandfather came from. They were able to take the trip over a few years ago and I have been curious about what the place was like. […]

Full disclosure and probably TMI for some, but late last year I had a major problem with scalp acne. I’m not sure what caused it exactly. It could have been due to too much stress, hormonal issues or it could have been something else. When the problem broke out, it didn’t matter what the cause […]

If you’ve read my previous recipe posts, you’d know that I’ve been tinkering around in the kitchen trying out recipes that I’ve discovered through Pinterest. I prefer simple recipes and something that I’d love to eat. When I found an easy baked chicken recipe, I knew that I had to try it. Here’s a recipe […]