Dear Boy Friend, You must love me 'cause you gave me this DSLR. I love your MacBook Pro, I love you too. :P Thanks for making A Dream come true. ... Continue Reading...

"Moderate their greed," as said by Romulo Neri to Jun Lozada in the full-blown ZTE scam, is my favorite phrase of the year. Of course, people say the scrapped deal was disadvantageous to the government and would further widen the gap between this country's rich and poor. Hmm, what about the gap between the rich and the greedy rich? Here are some reasons why the already-rich won't "moderate their greed" and would like to be filthy rich by all means possible: (as quoted/adapted from an old article in the Sunday Times of London clipped by this blogger) Rich is a ... Continue Reading...

Sweet Little Miss Wifely Steps has an ongoing blog carnival entitled "Show of Hearts" where readers and friends are invited to post anything heart-related. My entry of course has something to do with the just-concluded V-day. The bf was by his usual thoughtful self and made it in time for our Valentine celebration across time zones. Thanks to the magic of online shopping; never really gave this thing a thought, until My Sweet told me to check out a few Filipino-owned sites and how their prices compared against each other. He finally settles for makulay.com because ... Continue Reading...

Image497. Sourced from the Intercontinental Manila holiday brochure (author unknown): As early as November, Christmas carols fill the air and multi-colored parols (star-shaped lanterns made out of paper and bamboo or capiz shells), garlands of twinkling lights, Christmas trees, belens (Nativity tableau) and other holiday ornaments liven up homes, shopping malls, buildings, and streets in the Philippines where the longest Christmas celebration in the world is observed. Christmas Day in the Philippines is ushered in by a nine-day novena of dawn ... Continue Reading...