Jun 26 2010
We’ve always been an unconventional family, having become a mixed group of relatives, neighbors and childhood friends that have come together throughout the years. We have been bounded by blood, love, support and loss through our years as a family. Even if admittedly we only get this complete during the holidays, more or less you could say that we are a tightly-knit bunch.
Jun 24 2010
Nephew came in from the US last night and got the belkin one for pasalubong
One down, three more to go!
May 27 2010
I can’t help but keep on listening (and sometimes weep a little) to the song Home that was recently covered by Kristine Chenoweth
When I think of home, I think of a place
Where there’s love overflowing
I wish I was home, I wish I was back there
With the things I’ve been knowing
Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning
Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning
Sprinkling the scene makes it all clean
I realized very recently where, or to whom, my heart resides - and it makes me happy and almost overwhelmed. Continue Reading »
Mar 11 2010
If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit
There comes a point in your life that you realize that it is more productive to complain less and act more. During the last few months, I have gone through that stage.
Jan 27 2010
So I wore my foodie hat today and brought my nephew Jude to one of my fave restaurants, Red Kimono.
Studying in a Japanese university, I think he really appreciated the experience.
Jan 11 2010
Three years ago from today, my sister died. This ordeal in our lives left us financially, emotionally and spiritually devastated for a time. We had no way of knowing that we would suffer another loss so soon. At that time we were still licking our wounds from the loss of our mother.
This time around, I had to do the arrangements without her. You see, when my Mother passed away, I also had to make the arrangements, but my sister was still there at the sidelines. I knew that I had to be the strongest, but still I had extra wind under my sails. With my sister passing, it was different. One sibling was missing.
Jan 01 2010
Feeling nostalgic, I’m wanting to show a run down of the past year:
My first stay in Gothenburg with my whole team
Dec 03 2009
I am currently listening to the Ally Mcbeal albums. This particular song - 100 Tears Away - I was not particularly drawn to when I used to listen to it during college days. But now, more than eight years after, it struck a chord.
Go ahead and cry now
Just give in to the madness
The only way to feel your joy
Is to first feel the sadnessGo ahead and sail now
Just give in to the ocean
The only way to tame your fear
Is to feel her rocky motionYou’re a long way from somewhere you call home
There’s a place in your heart, you’re not aloneAll of the happiness you seek
All of the joy for which you pray
Is closer than you think
It’s just 100 tears away-100 Tears Away, Vonda Shepard
Nov 09 2009
Yesterday my wounds healed but the scars kept bleeding
Memory of my loss, kept me away from thanksgiving
This got me asking God so many questions
God do you see me or am I just a reflection?
-Motivateus
Four years ago from today, my mother died.
Nov 04 2009
Before the Halloween weekend, we had a great Friday lunch at Silk. I highly recommend going there 
Oct 23 2009
Dear Mai,
I hope you show up soon. Your brother is always with us pigging out at all the food places we go to. Last weekend we were at Sakae Sushi at Mall of Asia.
Oct 05 2009
It’s surely getting colder everyday here in Gothenburg. Today I see a lot of people already wearing skullcaps and gloves, they didn’t need to before. Me, I’m about to leave in a week’s time. I’m going to miss the whole routine of fending for yourself and living very far from home. I am also going to miss the people that I’ve been working with in our office here.
Jun 02 2009
Fortunately my trip is a bit delayed. Maybe we’ll go later tonight or tomorrow. Anyway, that’s a good thing because I have some free time on my hands 
Finally I got the chance to have these pics developed, or scanned from the film. One hot day in April, I decided to take my underwater digital (Update: funny typo - digital film camera lol) film camera for a spin. I took photos of friends and family having fun at the pool.
That was a mighty fun day. And my underwater camera works hehe, but as my friend J says, it’s point-and-pray photography
Jun 01 2009
For some reason during my last few trips I didn’t feel any anxiety, but today it’s hit me again…
I’m gearing up for a long trip to Baguio with some cousins tomorrow. Now I’m kinda feeling that uneasiness again hehe. My bags are not yet packed but all my photog equipment is charged …. haaays
Heaven help my uneasy heart
May 11 2009
Did you also experience a painfully sunny weekend?
Yep the sun was really up yesterday. I think we prayed too much for the rain to stop hehe. Anyway, those pictures were taken in-transit to and during our Sunday stroll at Mall of Asia. This was before we finally dropped off my nephew Jude at his hotel. He’s going to Japan in a few days. I lent him my digital camera so that I can vicariously live through him while he experiences The Land of the Rising Sun
My personal 2 degrees of separation
Ingget lol