Reading Invitation

About a month from now and my boy is turning 8.  Where did my small baby boy go after coming out from my vajayjay and screaming for milk? Like most mothers, I plan for the birthday party even though I am far from a party person myself. Nothing too dramatic or expensive of course. Just…

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Washing and Dating

Our washing machine went kaputt. In our 12 years together, this is our second machine. Apparently, nobody calls/comes to fix it so the only option is to buy a new one. But the nearest date it can be delivered is next week and the closest laundrymat is 50km away. I could have hand washed everything…

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Herbstfest @ Toom

Herbst is for Autumn and Fest for Festival. Autumn festival at Toom is just a small event really but our girl has a paper making project so we went there to get some stuff while kids got busy choosing their pumpkin and carving it. I love halloween more than Christmas when in Germany because it…

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To Sew a Leaf

My Google phone shows me a memory reminder with a question: Remember this day? It was taken in 2010 when mom and I travelled to Leyte so she could visit her mom (my granny Cresencia) at the cemetery. On the way, mom showed me how to sew Nipa leaves together which is what she did…

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