It’s the new year again. Feels like I just wrote my new year post yesterday but just like that, another year has passed. We are once again older, hopefully wiser, and moving on towards something better. As always, I try to appreciate the things that made 2017 the year that it was. I wasn’t able…
Category: Personal
The Art of Letting Go
Last October 31, my teenage son went on a school trip to China. He was to stay there with classmates and teachers for 6 weeks. This is the first time he’s traveling without us. Hubby and I made sure he brought enough warm clothes since it gets freezing cold in China this time of the…
The Dove Self Esteem Project aka #ConfidentGirl
Some weeks ago, I attended Dove’s Confident Girl Forum, an event held in support of The Dove Self Esteem Project. It was really more of an open discussion between moms about the challenges of raising kids — daughters in particular. Mass media and social media has always taught us that fair skin is beautiful. Thin…
My first VLOG — Shopping at Shopwise!
I’ve finally crossed over to the dark side! What I mean is, I’ve gone beyond my comfort zone and uploaded my first vlog on YouTube. I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. Writing has always been my main medium. It’s something that has always come easily to me. When I was still studying I…
My weight loss journey circa 2017
So I started my Dear Diet Delivery program last Aug. 29, 2017. I’m going to be blunt. My main motivation this time is the fact that I don’t want to be the Goodyear blimp at my brother’s wedding next month. It’s purely superficially driven by looks. I simply got tired of always being the fat…