Being a housewife is fun...but only if you know how. A list random as random can be... 1. Pat yourself on the back. You’ve just made a decision bigger than any decision Barrack Obama has ever made. 2. Tailor fit success. You’re better than a bum and Angela Merkel is your equal. I don’t really know who Angela Merkel is. I just know...
Personalized Journal -- A Christmas gift idea that could turn Grumpy to groovy! The hinting of Christmas wishes began bouncing off the walls weeks ago. I know someone who particularly asked for a Manolo Blahnik in size 9. The lady had obviously exempted herself from the shadowing game and went on to put her wish gift right under the spotlight. However, if the...
A shopping catalog for the obsessive-compulsive new mom... and dad Cute photo courtesy of Stripey Stork One quiet Sunday afternoon six months ago, I woke up realizing that the green light was staring at me right in the eye. I’m not big on shopping but being a new mommy again (after nine long years) sent me racing to many different places hunting for...
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Organic farming does not have to be done away from home. Urban dwellers can grow their own organic vegetables and fruits in small places. "Organic Farming for City Dwellers" provides an insight into urban organic farming with a few tips for beginners. Organic farming may sound like a daunting task but it never is impossible to start growing your own organic garden. You...
Lost in thought, midnight comes anew Lost, lust; the weather’s torn you Roll and gaze at the somber sky Your Moon half-painted in awry hue Summer plunged in deep slumber Embracing, then leaving you ...
A recipe that is simple, easy-on-the budget, and a tested self-esteem feeder for kitchen- challenged moms like me for whom ‘simple’ means not having look up every ingredient in the dictionary. The idea of preparing a special dish for our family is often an intimidating thought. I switched gears when I decided to become a full time merry mom and tried my hand...
Cole and I knew since the beginning of May that it was going to be a girl. We kept mum about it because we were cooking up a surprise for Karim. He thought that we were going to see the doctor together to find out the baby's gender right after he'd get back from his three-week trip to London. So everytime he'd call...
Everyone is scrambling around me as I sit under the antediluvian tree across the Guidance Councilor’s Office. I don’t mean this in a poetic way, but there really is a tree and I truly am lazing and marveling at the fact that everyone is so busy. Forecasting a writing career for myself within the next ten years, I open my Troll journal and...
I decided to do a major overhauling in the house last weekend–driving everyone crazy, of course. My weekend hero was Fantastic Ning who was brave enough to utter only two words whenever I was around. “Op” which I finally discerned was a shortcut for “opo” (the polite way of saying ‘yes’ in the Filipino language), and “Op” which again, I decoded, was an...
Artwork by then seven-year old Niccolo Sebastian Beldia “Room for Rent” was published in The News Today on August 2, 2005. The new urbanites make up almost half of the population in this city (I picked up the stats at an abandoned coffee table so you don’t have to believe this). However, that little piece of information suggests that people have been spending...
VIA Ready Brew by Starbucks Company Manufacturers often make sure their packaging says it’s “instant coffee that tastes like brewed coffee”, but then you end up getting the same odd coffee flavor. The words ‘aroma’ and ‘flavorful’ painfully shy away from flimflam coffee, and I have experienced this over and over again for years. Everytime a new brand of instant coffee comes out...
Betis Church (Pampanga, Philippines), by Frances Beldia From the age of seven until I was about 25, I’m guessing I must have prayed the traditional Catholic devotion called the rosary approximately 365 times. Many times for small-time swearing in grade school, one hundred times for the failed attempts to cut class in high school; the other hundred times to accomplish what the nuns...
The universe will simply give you what you’re asking for the moment you invest on positive thoughts and emotions. Poor health, an empty bank account, arrogant bosses, gossip mongering officemates, low-paying job and a career that can’t get a ride to success top the list of incessant complaints thrown by people from all races, cultural and psychological background. You, being the hapless victim...
