I am not a cat person, but I don’t hate cats. I’m afraid of cats, but every time I see a stray cat alone and crying, my heart goes out to the poor thing. My fear, if indeed that is fear, of cats started when I accidentally stepped on one while doing the laundry one […]
Archives for September 2011
What to Do Before, During and After a Flood
Water in a pitcher in the refrigerator, in a dispenser in the workplace, in a swimming pool in the village clubhouse, in the sea on a scorching summer’s day – this is water that is sure to make at least one person smile. But raging floodwater on a stormy day? Definitely not something to smile about. […]
My Typhoon Ondoy Story
Two years had come and gone since the wrath of typhoon Ondoy was witnessed and felt by the Greater Manila Area, most especially Marikina, Cainta, Pasig and the surrounding cities. My family and I were residing in Pasig when this all happened. I was on vacation leave the day before the tragedy struck, to prepare […]
Problem with a Relative Owing You Money and Not Paying You Back?
People, generally speaking, value relationships, especially rewarding and symbiotic relationships. In facilitating this form of relationship, Filipinos are widely known for a trait called pakikisama. And just like anything of value, pakikisama has two faces, the good side and the abused side. What if out of pakikisama – or sheer generosity, for that matter – […]
Inflation and the Average Consumer
Before I go on about this topic on inflation, allow me to make a disclaimer first and foremost. I am not old, exclamation point. As the wizened folks in my hometown would often say, “Only carabaos grow old.” I agree, and still with an exclamation point. Okay. I feel better now. And now that we […]
Budget 101: Live Within Your Means
Living within someone’s means is perhaps an argument that can only be resolved as soon as the term “means” is afforded a definition. “Means” may mean “income” to one person but can mean “income inclusive of savings” to another person.” For the purposes of discussion, we will be taking the second definition as our definition […]
Career Mom Online Now Has Its Own Domain
This probably is not my turf, as I’m no tech blogger. But for the sake of those of you who might be going through the same situation, allow me to share with you my somewhat grueling and nerve-wracking experience with Paypal, Unionbank’s EON, GoDaddy and how I got to have my old blogspot address linked […]
Conversations with an Eight-Year Old: Racing
I’ve been manning the graveyard shift for sometime now that even during my off days, I normally am awake at night and asleep during the day. Last night, however, I managed to sleep at 10 p.m. But at about 2 a.m., I woke up to distant clapping. My husband was awakened, too. And when I […]
Blogging Is Not Writing … It’s Graffiti with Punctuations!
“Blogging is not writing. It’s graffiti with punctuations!” The above line were words from the movie Contagion, spoken by a brilliant research doctor as reprimand to conspiracy-theory journalist-blogger Alan Krumwiede, Jude Law’s character, who was looking to expose the government’s involvement in the virus spread. Krumwiede’s ideas were all over the place, therefore, the telling […]
Budget 101: Pay Yourself First
The washer is on, and the spinner is whirring. Since the kids are in school and I have the house all to myself, I thought to put on my thinking cap and start working on this post. But I’m betting I’ll be finished on this one before the sun comes out again, if at all. […]