January Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Hometown Pride” — The knot that binds us together. I spent eleven years of my life in one school. That’s from Kindergarten to Fourth-Year High School. Studying there had all the advantages. The only Catholic school in the city, two blocks from our house, and most of my classmates and schoolmates lived in the neighborhood. This year, she is…

A list of words that starts with the letter B, inspired by Prompt 8 — I’m done with my B list challenge. But that list is more of beauty than the beast. It’s more of being busog (Filipino word for full) than bokya ( Filipino slang word for having nothing). Now, I’m writing about the Badass B that I don’t want in life but have…

Inspired by Prompt 4: Wordsmith of A Taste For Life Weekend Prompt: Edition 2 — You bet! Some parents named their children in many unique ways. Some are given serious thoughts, and some are just plain humor. No need to look further, I’ll begin by my name. I was named after my two grandmothers. The first two syllables are from my maternal grandmother and the…

Praying and crossing my fingers too, because I’m bored — Making travel plans is my version of daydreaming. I don’t dream to live in a mansion or to be a millionaire. To wear Prada or carry a Hermes bag. All I want is to travel. Through the years, I have learned that traveling is possible not because a person has…

My C list — Happy New Year everyone!! Christmas is not over in this side of the earth. Officially, it is after the Feast of the Epiphany which is January 6. But majority of us don’t follow that. We want to maximize the presence of the Christmas decors in our house. That is until…

Sharing some Filipino traditions as inspired by A Taste For Life Weekend Challenge #43, Visual Prompt -prompt#8 — For every coming of a New Year, we have a lot of traditions to say our goodbye and hello. Sometimes by heart. Sometimes for the sake of doing it. The last years have been rough and tough. Even holding on to beliefs and traditions for our dear life and future…

Sharing a part of my gastronomical adventure last Christmas Day — It’s a big family on my mom’s side. As I checked our attendance in our get-together last Christmas Day, we were 42 human beings + 2 dogs. We could have been more than 50 but for some valid reasons, the rest couldn’t make it. Everyone had something to share and…

A Taste For Life Weekend Challenge #42, inspired by Prompt #4 - A Christmas Story — Here, as early as June, Christmas songs are over the airwaves. For those who will hear them for the first time, they may sound like from being bizarre, funny to what the heck are they doing? That’s right. But if you will look closely at the lives of the majority…

On a second thought, when is it enough? — One December, a long time ago, I posted on Facebook, “ there’s nothing more heartbreaking than knowing they have thirteen-month pay and Christmas bonus and I don’t have”. My sentiment resonated with my friends who are self-employed like me. That’s our dilemma. Christmas expenses can not go beyond and above…