mY jOuRnEy

Because I am possibly one of the mushiest persons on earth who cry or laugh (or both) at the silliest of things and because I still believe that Christmas is the biggest symbol of gift-giving... I am sharing this really nice video of a fun and inspiring gift-giving by Westjet Airlines! This,  like any other similar videos of inspiring things, left me teary-eyed and smiling from ear to ear. You can also check out the behind-the-scenes because it too is funny. :-) I've had this on my drafts waiting for the perfect time for sharing and now is just the perfect time for it. Hope this brings out the Christmas spirit and ignite the "giving and sharing" persons in all of us. Disclaimer:  No Ebenezer Scrooge here. Merry Christmas to all and to all a blessed and prosperous 2015!!!!!!!!  nmed 12/19/14 @ 2:28pm

For almost 3 weeks now, the hardest part of being a working mom has been leaving me totally wrecked. Every weekday for almost 3 weeks now, I am this cruel and heatless mother leaving my 3-year old son to the care of my father-in-law and every day is a heartbreaking, tear-jerking (for me, but overflowing and totally dramatic for my son) and painful moment that it makes me curse my job every time I get on the motorcycle and ignore the painful screams and begging hoping to come to work fully-functional…. “Dili ko bilin lolo ma ha, dili ko bilin lolo ma.” (“Don’t leave me with grandpa ma.”) I wake up at 4am to cook my breakfast and lunch for work and prepare my son’s things for when he is sent to my father-in-laws house and at past 5am, when I have to wake my son up or he wakes up screaming because no one is beside him anymore, those are always his first words to me. Not a “good morning”, not even a “hello” but instead mostly teary-eyed pleading not to be left with his g...

I’ve always been a fan of dimsum food. From steamed rice to siomai (or siaomai), chicken feet, hot tea and even their chop sticks! ( ofcourse the latter not being eaten..) That is why, when I first laid eyes on this little red place in Magallanes area (before you reach Carbon area) and saw that it was a dimsum restaurant, I promised myself I would try it out! The first time I was going to try it, the place was already closed and upon peeking in, one of the owners (I think) approached me to answer my questions about the restaurant hours. Even if I was already planning on trying their food the last time, the fact that one of the owners took time to talk to me made me want to try the place even more! (For someone whose been in the customer service industry a while already, I place such a high emphasis on customer service so that was a definite plus factor for me!) On the second and planned attempt, I brought with me a camera, my hubby (one of the biggest food critics eve...