on anything and everything.
i responded to a call from a good friend to post 5 black & white photos for 5 days and here is my take. on a whim, i decided to caption my photos and it had to be lyrics from a beatles song! this was how the captions went."it's been a hard day's night. and i've… Continue reading the black and white photo challenge
recently, at a fastfood shop, i witnessed one behaviour that just bothered me as i thought it was a sign of how most of us take money for granted.a young couple came in, probably in their twenties with the girl proceeding to the counter to order and the guy electing to sit. while the girl… Continue reading respecting the centavos
24 October 2014it was difficult not to notice him. he was sitting right along the walkway, in front of our office. small of stature, blue-eyed with light brown hair. he was obviously out of place even in an area teeming with people who have no qualms expressing themselves.what caught my attention though was this handwritten… Continue reading need(ing) help
we always had this portrait of our lady of perpetual help prominently displayed in our altar. it always felt that someone was looking after us.as a child, it was more like someone on the lookout for me to make a mistake. someone forbidding, imposing. but then again, that's probably because i was (a little) mischievous… Continue reading mama mary!
while i am not much of a healthy eater, preferring the pork page so to speak against fishes and vegetables, stress eating has not been kind to my clothes. i have been unable to use them as much as i wanted to!in order for me not to give up my sweet tooth, i need to… Continue reading salads! salads!
of late, i have been finding myself doing a lot more queueing, and waiting to get some medical attention or medical service done. and it just struck me how appropriate the word patient is. as mr. webster has it, the word is derived from the Latin pati to suffer. the patient has to suffer the effects of the… Continue reading because being patient is a virtue
cebu night life has changed tremendously over the years. or perhaps i am just going out more these days. as i am the coffee and dessert type of person, the number of cafes and tea spots sprouting all over the city is such a welcome relief.one such place is the TCC or the The Chocolate… Continue reading The Chocolate Chamber
we saw and experienced disasters that had central visayas shaken and jagged. and just a week or so after, swept by strong winds that flattened a number of cities and left thousands dead and wounded.the tragedy though showed how compassionate people can be. we saw local cities coming together to help the earthquake and typhoon… Continue reading helping the PH
17 - 18 january 2014Movenpick Hotel and Spa Cebu has been getting a lot of press and thumbs up of late so it has been in my radar for some time now. My baby sis' vacay and my Dad's upcoming birthday were a perfectly good excuses to check it out.Even with the gusty winds that… Continue reading [laag 2014] Mövenpick Hotel and Spa Cebu
i love holidays, especially when i am able to plan for them. and of course, when economics is not an issue.my love to travel just makes it imperative for me to list in my annual goal to go to a new country and/or a new PH destination. while with some previous years, it was just… Continue reading 2014 Philippine holidays
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