A year ago, I went to my OB-GYN for a checkup, because I have not been to see her in years. During that checkup, I found out that I had uterine fibroids. The only knowledge I had about these things at the time was because of a co-worker who had them who had surgery to […]

This week I turn 43. Wow. That’s a big number. I look at old pictures of myself and I wonder how I got from there to here. How this little girl who was starting school at the age of three is now in a job she’s been in for almost 20 years. I don’t think […]

What would you do if the doctor told you that you have a problem with your vision and could possibly go blind? How would you feel? How would you react? I cannot imagine what I would do if that happened to me. But it is something that my co-worker recently went through. As someone who […]

Last February my family and I went on a trip to Tagaytay to attend the wedding of my niece, Dean. She’s the daughter of one of my cousins from my mother’s side. Her mother and I practically grew up together because we were always around each other so it was only natural that when she […]

The one thing that I always wanted to be since I was a little girl was to be a writer. Specifically, to be an author/novelist. When I was in grade school, I was obsessed with Nancy Drew books and I remember I used to write mystery novels in notebooks back then with a Filipina lead/local […]

Today is the first day of the last week of February. The last week already! To think just this past week, it was my birthday week and now it’s all over!  This past week also marked the 4th death anniversary of my former boss/mentor. Everyone at the office misses him dearly. His leadership, strength of […]

I am not a parent, I don’t think I ever will be considering my age and my lack of options, but I am a doting aunt to my nephews and niece who I currently live with. I have been with them from the time that they were born that it sometimes feels like I am […]

I first discovered Colleen Hoover when I read her book, Ugly Love. It was equal parts sexy, romantic with dramatic moments that move you to feel for her lead characters. When she announced the release of her new book It Ends with Us, I knew that I had to have it. If you’re looking for […]

I have been on leave from the office these past two weeks over the holidays and it has been amazing. It’s great being at home and spending time with my family. Not having to worry and stress over things that needed to be done has been such a perk! Just being able to sleep in […]

I am a sucker for romantic comedies. I will always love them, no matter how cheesy they get sometimes. A few months ago I was reminded that one of my favorite rom-coms of all time had just celebrated its anniversary: Never Been Kissed (coincidentally the name of my very first blog from way back) is […]

The Star Cinema movie Past Tense was about a woman who went back in time to try to get her past self to fall in love and give her best friend a chance at a relationship with her, which brings us to the question: After reading the question on Twitter, I did not even give […]

Today, after almost a year of staying at home and only reporting to the office once a week, I went out to the town proper of the place that we live in. I did not realize until I was in the middle of traffic and seeing all these people outside that I was terrified of […]

A successful woman on the top of her game is diagnosed with cancer. Life expectancy is low. What do you do when you know you are going to die? For Vivian (Vilma Santos), the lead in the Filipino movie Everything About Her that is streaming on Netflix, it meant facing her disease head-on while continuing […]

My niece bought a deck of tarot cards online. She said that she bought it because she was curious and wanted to try it. I have had my fortune told before but the fortune-teller used an ordinary deck of cards. I have never taken these things seriously because that last person told me that I […]