FAMILY

B was four months old when she “experienced” her first plane ride. Well, of course, she did not really experience anything since she was just sleeping and nursing most of the time then.  For weeks I have been stressed thinking of our vacation. Reservations, travel plans, packing (…I actually packed our stuff 12 hours before…

Ooops!! I’m still alive. Has it really been three weeks since my last post?!  Got caught up in the holiday rush + family visiting that I did not even have time to update my blog (s).  My brother and nephews just left this morning and while I will miss them terribly, I am also relieved that…

… And Cousins!!   I’m so glad that my nephews are spending the holidays here in Dubai. This is just one of their many “firsts”.  B and I haven’t seen them since we left the Philippines about two years ago. She was just a few months old then so she doesn’t remember them at all! …

I can’t believe its only 10 days to go till Christmas!I’ve just put up the tree. For the past 10 years, we have not “celebrated” Christmas. No tree, no food. I have forgotten how it is. Life here is so different from what I’m used to that now I am used to not celebrating Christmas…

It was just a couple of hours before my trip to Istanbul and I was still in Deira City Center. If you saw someone crying while doing her shopping last Wednesday, that would be me.    You see, it’s the first time I’m going to leave the Little One. We have not been away from…

From my Instagram Blake loves to sing. We always catch her singing or humming while playing in her kitchen. She’d sing ABC song, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (notice that they all have the same melody? LOLS) But also she loves singing along to Taylor Swift (eber eber eber … bak togeger!). But…