One Day Blog Silence in Honor of VT Victims

Annamanila, Cyberfriend No More, Now a Friend in Person

Taking cue from one of Noemi’s articles sometime in January 2007, I bloghopped to Annmanila’s Ode to Ode. To her first post “The Best is Still to Be”, I commented, “life is full of surprises, dear Anna,and the best is yet to come! i did enjoy reading your blog, and will continue to do so. [...]

Professional Make Over for My Cyber Home

A lot of you have immediately noticed—The D Spot just had a professional make over. See the sleek, classy, suave layout? See the enchanting, captivating header? The moment I saw it when I woke up Wednesday morning, I was speechless! I wanted to savor the moments—seeing my cyber home totally made over.

And dear Readers. This [...]

D.I.Y. Pampering — is it really pampering?

DO IT YOURSELF.

It’s like a four-letter word, only it has twelve. Think about this:

when you tickle yourself, do you laugh?
when you give yourself a massage, do you feel more relaxed?
when you give yourself a pedicure, can you get that nasty ingrown out?
when you try those hot-oil kits, does your hair become truly shiny?
when you [...]

I’m an S.O.B.! (and I am tickled pink)

Gee whiz I am not only tickled pink, I must admit—I am flattered! Liz has called me a certified S.O.B. No! no! it’s not what you think. S.O.B. means Successful and Outstanding Blogger, an award spearheaded by Liz Strauss of Successful Blog. Liz says S.O.B.s take the conversation to the readers, contribute great ideas, [...]

All in the Family

Diogenes of Quasi Fictional in Lahore, Pakistan, must have been amazed with the family size and the number of bloggers in the family that he featured the Racoma Family in his blog site. This must have also been inspired by an earlier post, We’re a Dynasty (a blogging dynasty, that is).

Diogenes writes:
One can’t move much [...]

Cho Seung-hui: What if He Were a Blogger

His name spews hatred. He is known world-wide as the Virginia Tech shooter, comitting the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. According to Wikipedia:
“A university spokesman described Cho as a “loner”, and said university officials were having a hard time finding information about him. A Korean club on campus reported that he rarely joined [...]

The Fine Art of Blogging

I have been invited by Quasai Fictional to write for its project called, The Fine Art of Blogging. According to Quasi Fictional, Internet is a lonely place without Blogging—a fine art, also a science. Blogs are different to different people. Quasi Fictional’s project focuses on blogging basics—asking prominent blog artists to share their views [...]

The Joy of Being a Mother - Discipline

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “discipline”? Chances are, most would have a negative connotation in mind, such as “don’t do this”, “don’t do that”, “setting rules”, “punishment” or “control”.

Of course, we all want to have well-disciplined children. Our “expectation”—what do we really want for and from our children? To what [...]

A Mother’s Bag of Tricks

Ma, I forgot to bring a hanky—take this extra hanky, or here, use a tissue instead.

Forgot the make up kit? Use mine. Need an ID picture? Here!

Mirror, please, or a safety pin, or a hair brush, a comb, name it, it’s there—in mother’s bag of tricks.

Ouch, I hurt myself! Band-aid, Bactroban, Vandol.

A mini pair of [...]

My Mom - by Alan Jr

Let’s welcome a guest blogger, my youngest child, Alan Jr, 10 yo (child #7 of 7, son #4 of 4). He has been wanting to share his thoughts. I told him to post it in his website, then I would just quote it. Now, here, straight from the mouth of a babe…
My Mom is a [...]

A Mother’s Thoughts on Easter Sunday

Each year, during Lent, I can’t help but be humbled—humbled many times over in the thought that no matter how good a mother I try to be, no matter how much sacrifices I make, no matter how much time and love I give my kids, what I do as a mother is still not enough. [...]

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