family

The cocoon of family

December 17, 2009

We made it.  All four of us.  An accumulated 50+ hours of transit and multiple and varied city stopovers and we’re finally all here.  We’re in San Fernando Pampanga, in a small town just a few hours outside of the chaos that is Manila.  It is hot, humid and tropical.  There are palm trees on […]






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A little bit of spoilage, and then some

September 27, 2009

My Daddy got me a Mac. =) A really pretty gorgeous beautiful amazing 13-inch MacBook Pro. If you’re a daughter and you have a Dad, if you ask for something sweetly enough you will usually get it =) Thanks Papi. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And OH MY GOSH. This machine is incredible. Why […]






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In beautiful Vancouver

September 11, 2009

Greetings from Canada. Another week, another country! We are having a mellow night in trying to nurse the jetlag. In addition, it feels like I’m in a constant state of food coma after having all this home-cooked Filipino food. Being back here is an interesting mental leap. For many months now, life has been a […]






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And Europe is just a little quieter these days…

June 18, 2009

Mom just left after her two week visit here in Europe! It was AMAZING. We didn’t fight! We didn’t even get annoyed with each other! This is great considering the last time we spent some quality time together in Europe, she gave me the silent treatment for two days because I brought us to the […]






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Happy Birthday to my beautiful Mama

June 12, 2009

She is a rock in my life. What an amazing celebration today 🙂






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A weekend with the Aunties

June 1, 2009

This weekend was spent with the Aunties and the Mom. And it was wonderful. I have incredible women in my life. They are tenacious, infinitely loving and are the constant source of laughter and joy in my life. In every moment that I am with them, they teach me something new. The Aunties blessed me […]






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A mother’s saving grace after a bad day

April 27, 2009

Mom: I love you anak. You have your family so everything else does not really matter. Right? Me: that’s true. you’re right, you’re right, you’re right Mom: I love you infinity… Me: I love you infinity too Mom: BIG HUG Me: BIG HUG mama






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Daddy Dearest

April 18, 2009

Last night I was up until 2.30 am on the phone with my parents.  It felt SO good to catch up with them.  Theirs is a friendship and marriage that I admire.  In whatever circumstance, they manage to find laughter in everything.  And last night, they managed to instill that same laughter in me.  We […]






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