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Tips for Traveling To Dubai with a Toddler

September 2, 2024

Last April 2023, our family traveled to Dubai to attend my sister Ruby's wedding. This would be the first time ever for our whole family to go overseas together so we were pretty excited. However, as any parent will tell you... There are two ways to travel: With kids and without kids. Daniel was two years old at the time…read more

Culture, Food, Travel

Holiday in Negros Oriental

August 31, 2024

I don't know why it's taken me so long to visit the province of Negros when it's not that far from Cebu. Lately, I've heard several people express that they wanted to move to Dumaguete because it was such a beautiful, relaxing place. So, we took advantage of the recent long weekend and finally decided to make the trip there.…read more

Health & Beauty

Top 10 Mama and Baby Products That Made Our Lives Easier

October 30, 2022

I'm not going to bombard you with a ton of mama and baby "MUST-HAVES" because Lord knows you can find enough of those online. I think you can actually do without most of the products that are recommended in those, especially since majority of them cost an arm and a leg. Not to mention the fact that you'll be using…read more

Health & Beauty

Breastfeeding | Surviving The First Few Weeks

February 19, 2021

One would think that something as natural as breastfeeding would come easily. Unfortunately, that is not the case for many moms especially in the first week after giving birth. Being sixteen years out of practice, I watched every tutorial I could find on how to breastfeed successfully because I was determined to do so exclusively for as long as…read more

Cebu, Health & Beauty

My Go-To Daily Protective Wear

January 28, 2021

Aaand here we go again with the steadily increasing number of COVID-19 cases. It just proves that we are not even close to being out of the woods especially since we don't know when the vaccines will be available to the general public in our country. In the meantime, since it's quite obvious that we will need to do this…read more

Life

A Series of Answered Prayers

October 27, 2020

It was on the fourth post-partum day that I stared at our newborn baby boy and was just overcome with emotion. It dawned on me that the tiny human in the bassinet was a series of answered prayers rolled into one. How apt that the first onesie we ever bought for him had the words, "I'm proof that God answers…read more

Health & Beauty

How To Make Your Own Cloth Pads

August 2, 2020

Since I made the switch to reusable menstrual products several years ago, I've only bought a few pieces of cloth pads. A few were gifted to me too but I made most of my stash myself. Now, my sister actually gave me her sewing machine but I haven't quite mastered it enough to attempt making pads with it so I…read more

Health & Beauty

Curly Girl Method vs Zero-Waste Living | Can You Do Both?

June 26, 2020

One of my struggles with being on the Curly Girl Method (CGM) is being able to strive for zero-waste living at the same time. When you first get into the method, it's easy to get caught up in all the new products that fellow curly girls recommend as "must-haves". Majority, if not all, of these products come in plastic packaging.…read more

Health & Beauty

Tips For Picking Your First Menstrual Cup

June 24, 2020

In the last few years, so many different brands of menstrual cups have popped up on the market. On top of that, you can find a lot of generic or unbranded cups being sold online as well. This can make choosing the right one pretty confusing for a beginner. These are, in my opinion, the most useful tips you can…read more

Food

Homecooked: Pasta Pomodoro

June 12, 2020

My husband says that this Pasta Pomodoro recipe is his favorite among all the dishes I have prepared at home. It makes for a nice light dinner that is easy and requires very little time to prepare. This recipe came about from putting together tips from several cooking blogs and cooking shows. After a couple of tweaks, I've found the…read more