From out of the blues, BA suggested that we go to Manila Seedling Bank (along EDSA corner Quezon Avenue) one hot summer day the other day. A few days before that, Monica, Vince and I brought the 2 little ‘uns there—and I asked, “Now do you believe there is a Secret Garden near our home?” [...]
Entries Tagged as 'LIFE'
Plants and Zombies for BA–Flower Therapy for Me
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Fun · LIFE · Thoughts · summer
…and literally and figuratively–I have stopped and smelled the flowers!
February 21st, 2010 · 6 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Fun · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
10 Promises to My Dog
January 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Top 10 Resolutions for 2010
December 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: LIFE · New Year's Resolutions · Thoughts
Happy Birthday to a “Special Someone”
December 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Celebration · LIFE · Parenting and Family
Parenting: Instilling good values to your children
November 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family
Private hospitals to declare hospital holiday on Friday if EO on Cheaper Medicine is implemented on schedule!
August 10th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Tags: Health and Beauty · Information · LIFE
Dear President Cory Aquino, I am truly sorry for what I have said
August 5th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Peace amd Governance · President Corazon C. Aquino · Promoting Filipino Image · Thoughts
WTF!!!
July 10th, 2009 · 17 Comments
State of My Health–I am well, thank you!
July 3rd, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · Food · Health and Beauty · LIFE · Thoughts
Our Seven–a priceless photo
June 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc · Thoughts
The Real Essence of Father’s Day
June 21st, 2009 · 10 Comments
Tags: Celebration · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
A beautiful story of a father’s love–on Mel and Joey’s Father’s Day Special
June 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family
Be careful with what you wish for–you might get more than what you wanted
May 2nd, 2009 · 11 Comments
Tags: Health and Beauty · LIFE
Fire! Running for our lives in Power Plant Mall at Rockwell Center
April 26th, 2009 · 17 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family
Susan Boyle wows everyone at Britain’s Got Talent
April 14th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Tags: Contest · Fun · LIFE · That's Entertainment
Taking Charge of Our Health–a choice, an option
April 13th, 2009 · 11 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · Food · Fun · Health and Beauty · LIFE
@21 Happy Birthday BA
April 4th, 2009 · 12 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Fun · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
It could have been me–thank God I am safe!
March 30th, 2009 · 12 Comments
@18–Happy Birthday, Chato!
March 20th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Friends · LIFE · Parenting and Family · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc
Friday the 13th Struck Again
March 15th, 2009 · 14 Comments
Wowowee–inspiring stories of poor parents with children in medical and law schools
March 10th, 2009 · 11 Comments
Tags: Editorial · Filipino Diaspora · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Promoting Filipino Image · Success Stories
It’s a wide wide world–the World Wide Web
March 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · Good Deeds · Information · Jobs · LIFE
Julian Carlo Miguel (Amiel) Alcantara–heaven sent, an angel goes back to The Father
February 28th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Advocacy · Faith and Spirituality · Information · LIFE · Our Angel · Parenting and Family · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc · Thoughts
John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo in You Changed My Life (a movie review)
February 27th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Slumdog Millionaire for the 81st Annual Academy Awards (The Oscars)
February 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Reviews · That's Entertainment
a year ago, today…
February 15th, 2009 · 16 Comments
Tags: Advocacy · Blogging and the Internet · CRIBS · Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · Friends · LIFE · Parenting and Family · The Work Place · Thoughts · poems from the heart
Love is patient, love is kind…
February 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · LIFE
3 days…just 3 more days!
February 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Friends · Jobs · LIFE · Parenting and Family · The Work Place · Thoughts
An open palanca (spiritual retreat letter) to my three daughters
February 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · Peace amd Governance · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc · The Work Place · music · poems from the heart
Of UPCAT, of ACET, of USTET, of giving back, of living life…and Erma Bombeck
February 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · Poetry · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc · Thoughts
A Manager and a Bullying Manager–see the difference!
January 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: Editorial · Jobs · LIFE · The Work Place
Married 29 years…and life goes on…
January 23rd, 2009 · 22 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
Congratulations Chato! (for passing ACET, UPCAT, USTET)
January 18th, 2009 · 22 Comments
Tags: CRIBS · Celebration · LIFE · Parenting and Family · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc
Bring warmth to the babies at CRIBS
January 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: Advocacy · CRIBS · LIFE · Thoughts
What to Do if You Fail ACET
January 11th, 2009 · 21 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc
Making a Decision
January 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
Movie Review: 2008 MMFF’s Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat
January 4th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · That's Entertainment
So Close (and still so far)
January 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: LIFE · That's Entertainment · Thoughts
Harmony in Collision–I can dream, can’t I?
January 1st, 2009 · 9 Comments
Tags: Celebration · LIFE · music
Let’s welcome the New Year 2009 with HOPE in our HEARTS
December 30th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Editorial · Faith and Spirituality · Fighting graft and corruption · LIFE
The Young Girls in My Life–source of my JOY
December 28th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family
Mayor Nasser Pangandaman Jr. (son of DAR Chief) in Mauling Golfers in Antipolo (UPDATED)
December 27th, 2008 · 31 Comments
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · Editorial · Friends · LIFE · Thoughts
Hanggang (by Wency Cornejo)–a beautiful love song
December 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Growing in Age, Celebrating Life
December 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
Manny Pacquiao-Oscar dela Hoya Fight, again the country will be at a standstill
December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: LIFE · Manny Pacquiao · Sports, UAAP, etc
Last night the moon smiled, tonight the moon is sad…
December 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Good-bye November, Hello December
December 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · CRIBS · Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · Friends · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
Terror Attacks in Mumbai and Civil Unrest in Bangkok
November 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Friends · Information · LIFE · Thoughts · Travel
Exquisite Delights (I don’t mind being “old and gray”)
November 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Fun · LIFE · Parenting and Family
What Perfect Creation of God–a poem for you, dear Monica on your birthday
November 22nd, 2008 · 11 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · Friends · LIFE · Thoughts
A Wedding, A Marriage, A Lifetime
November 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Celebration · LIFE
That was close! Indeed, God is so good…
November 17th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE
TWO Years in the Blogosphere
November 6th, 2008 · 20 Comments
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · CRIBS · Celebration · Editorial · Entrepreneurs · Faith and Spirituality · Filipino Diaspora · Food · Friends · Fun · Good Deeds · Governance · Health and Beauty · Information · Jobs · LIFE · Nick Joaquin, Literati · Our Angel · PETS · Parenting and Family · Philippine Blog Awards · Poetry · Promoting Filipino Image · School, ACET, UPCAT, etc · Sports, UAAP, etc · Success Stories · That's Entertainment · The US Financial Crisis · Thoughts · Travel · Virtual Assistants
Heavy in the heart, but it is inevitable (Father Domingo Moraleda and Ruth Diane Ferrer)
November 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Thoughts
“Sorry, busy lang” (Sorry, I am just busy)
October 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · Thoughts
The effects of Coke on the body (the effects of Coke on me)
October 20th, 2008 · 22 Comments
Tags: Food · Health and Beauty · LIFE
Pinoy Stories: How the US credit crisis is affecting people in America
October 19th, 2008 · 13 Comments
Tags: Filipino Diaspora · LIFE · The US Financial Crisis
“I want a divorce”–Madonna
October 17th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · That's Entertainment
Happy at 2 am–Sorbetes @ Mini Stop + The Secret Garden
October 16th, 2008 · 12 Comments
Warren Buffet is now the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, second
October 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: Information · LIFE · Thoughts
Losing a child and learning to live with it
October 6th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family
Joseph Michael: One Year in Heaven–what bliss!
October 3rd, 2008 · 17 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · Friends · LIFE · Our Angel
An Excellent Post on Parenting: Raising Chris Tiu
September 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Sports, UAAP, etc
After the Mariott Hotel Blast in Pakistan–I am doubly convinced that home is the best place to be
September 24th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Travel
Happiness is…and learning to cope despite difficult times
September 12th, 2008 · 16 Comments
Tags: Fun · LIFE · Parenting and Family
2008 Bar Exams–one year from this day
September 7th, 2008 · 13 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family
Parenting Lessons: How a great father showed love to his children despite being frequently away
September 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family
DIY–Training DOG
August 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Wowowee–is it what dreams are made of? and why do I fear?
August 29th, 2008 · 21 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Peace amd Governance · That's Entertainment
Movie Review–KC Concepcion and Richard Gutierrez in For the First Time
August 28th, 2008 · 29 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · Reviews · That's Entertainment
Dreamers, Doers, Risk-Takers-4: Iskolar ng Bayan Gives Back, the Enterprising Way
August 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Entrepreneurs · Jobs · LIFE · Parenting and Family
Letting go at 12, Happy Birthday Alan, Jr.
August 25th, 2008 · 16 Comments
Tags: Celebration · LIFE · Parenting and Family
KC Concepcion and Richard Gutierrez in For the First Time (the movie and the song)
August 22nd, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Reviews · That's Entertainment
Happy 1st Birthday, Joseph Michael (our Angel)
August 18th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Our Angel · Parenting and Family
BHUTAN: Where Gross National Happiness is measured rather than GNP and GDP
August 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Travel
Harsh realities in the lives of our “new heroes”, the Filipino OFWs and their families
August 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Filipino Diaspora · Jobs · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Promoting Filipino Image
A Very Special Love (a movie review)
August 2nd, 2008 · 16 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Reviews · That's Entertainment
Jason Magbanua’s Weddings–Breathe of Fresh Air
August 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Promoting Filipino Image
An Invite: Buhay Coke Party again!
July 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · Food · Friends · Fun · LIFE · Thoughts
A video too beautiful not to share
July 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE
Feeling all alone, but not too long from now
July 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family · Travel
The Bright Side in “The Dark Knight”, a Batman Movie
July 22nd, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: Fun · Good Deeds · LIFE · Peace amd Governance · Reviews · That's Entertainment
Another magical day with the babies at CRIBS
July 20th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Tags: CRIBS · Good Deeds · LIFE
A beautiful story of a father’s love
July 17th, 2008 · 30 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · Friends · LIFE · Parenting and Family
Dedma
July 15th, 2008 · 18 Comments
Tags: Faith and Spirituality · LIFE · Thoughts
Ctrl+Alt+Del and New Original Quotes
July 8th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Tags: Health and Beauty · LIFE · Thoughts
P59 from the goodness of his heart–bigger than mine
June 21st, 2008 · 19 Comments
Tags: Good Deeds · LIFE · Thoughts
CRIBS–a surfeit of babies, kisses, TLC, a source of joy and satisfaction
June 19th, 2008 · 16 Comments
Tags: Good Deeds · LIFE
I am glad Ces Drilon and company have been freed
June 18th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Friends · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Peace amd Governance
Happy Father’s Day
June 15th, 2008 · 17 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · Friends · Fun · LIFE · Parenting and Family · Poetry
Friday the 13th
June 13th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Taj Mahal–a tribute to love, beauty and life
June 11th, 2008 · 9 Comments
Thoughts on Independence Day
June 9th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: Celebration · LIFE · Peace amd Governance · Thoughts
Warm thoughts on friendship and practical tips on traveling–fair and square
June 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: Friends · Fun · LIFE · Travel
Emergency Family Meeting: Agenda–Price Increase, What to do?
June 3rd, 2008 · 27 Comments
Tags: LIFE · Parenting and Family
1st of June
June 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Food · Fun · LIFE · PETS
Digital Photos: What happens to them when I die?
May 31st, 2008 · 11 Comments
Tags: Blogging and the Internet · LIFE · Thoughts
Happy 15th Birthday, PAULINE, a child but not anymore, a lady but not yet
May 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments
Tags: Celebration · Faith and Spirituality · Friends · Fun · LIFE · Parenting and Family
