June 21, 2024

June 21, 2024 We went to Tagaytay today to celebrate  L’s milestone birthday. We’ve been planning this brunch for years and it finally happened. We brought them to our favorite cafe and ordered our favorite dishes. Then we went fruit shopping at Mahogany market. We stopped by Cecilia’s for photos with a foggy view of Taal.

June 7, 2024

June 7, 2024 These are the flame trees that you planted back in 2019. They’ve grown so much! They’re in full bloom now, at least until the rain washes the flowers away. Aren’t they a pretty sight? Thank you for your vision, and for your planning for the future. Please continue to watch over us. 😇

May 2, 2024

May 2, 2024 Some of our college friends that we hadn’t seen in years visited your wake. I was grateful for their company and for good memories they shared. I’ve kept in touch with our friend T and we said that we should both make an effort to meet up, because promises can remain promises

April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024 It’s so hot today! I barely did anything today because it was too hot to go outside, and too hot to sit and work. It’s 33 degrees but with the humidity it feels like 38°. Our calamansi tree is drying up. I have to remember to water it every night. Please watch

April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 Today I chaperoned, more like tagged along, a group of 10th graders on their school field trip. We visited a colonial house, we went to the National Museum of Anthropology, and we watched a musical play. It was exhausting but it was fun. You would have enjoyed the play. Halfway through the

April 9, 2024

April 9, 2024 We went to Mindoro today to visit Lola’s wake. The road trip and the ferry trip was not the same without you. First of all, we didn’t stop at our usual McDonald’s drive-thru at KM 75 because we were afraid of running late. When we got to the port, we were directed

Queen of Tears Inspired by Real-Life Events?

There’s been speculation that the love story of Hae-in (Kim Ji-won) and Hyun-woo (Kim Soo-hyun) was loosely based on the story of Samsung heiress Lee Boo-jin. Lee Boo-jin is the daughter of the late billionaire chairman of Samsung. She has two brothers who are now chairmen of Samsung subsidiaries, while she is the president and

Doctor Slump

Doctor Slump is a romcom drama that tried to be cute and relevant, but the cringe factor ruined it for me. Despite having Doctor in the title and having two doctors as the lead characters, the show is more of a healing and family drama than a procedural medical drama.  Jeong-woo (Park Hyung-sik) and Ha-neul

Christmas Feast 2023

In our family, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are all about food. It’s the time of year for family reunions and feasting. It’s the time of year when we finally match the number of dishes in a  typical KDrama dinner table. What did you eat this Christmas? 

Merry Christmas 2023

The Story of the Christmas Candle Mix-up Earlier in the month, our family was asked to sponsor one of the anticipated Sunday masses in the village. We were scheduled on the 4th Sunday of Advent to light the last purple candle. So that was last night, the 23rd, a Sunday mass. We arrived early, I