“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Finally! March of 2019 came. This trip to Hong Kong with my awesome friend, Jana, was almost a year in the making. I booked the trip way back in November of last year and made sure to file my leaves ahead [...]
"When you select the right kind of chocolate it is like giving your insides a hug. Everyone needs a chocolate hug." -- Jean Kelsey After two weeks of feeling ill during the second half of February, I felt the need to make some bread. I wanted the therapy I get from working with dough and needed [...]
“I believe that for every illness or ailment known to man, that God has a plant out here that will heal it. We just need to keep discovering the properties for natural healing.” ― Vannoy Gentles Fite, Essential Oils for Healing: Over 400 All-Natural Recipes for Everyday AilmentsI cannot believe I am writing about herbal [...]
“Intramuros! The old Manila. The original Manila. The Noble and Ever Loyal City..." -- Nick Joaquin The last time I was in Intramuros, I was a kid. I cannot recall anything except that we (my sister and I) were brought there once. How that can happen to someone who prides herself with great memory puzzles [...]
I may have hoarded a lot of baking ingredients in the last couple of months that I find myself wondering how I could use up all of them. Among the things I bought so much of are morsels in white chocolate, butterscotch and semi-sweet chocolate variants. I was in the same situation last Christmas when [...]
Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.” ― Karl Lagerfeld The celebration did not stop on my birthday! After my two-day leave from work, I went back on the exact day we were going to get our pay. We also scheduled on that day our monthly team dinner/bonding. This month, we went [...]
I am still not sure what my purpose in this world is. All I hope for is to have been the reason someone smiled wider, laughed louder, cried less, loved deeper, felt braver, stood stronger, and dreamed bigger. May I be more patient, more forgiving, more understanding, more loving, more generous, and more gracious to [...]
