new horizons

Things are getting hectic for us at home due to a major family trip to Europe less than a month from now. Preparing for travel just seems to make us more excited AND pressured too. At least, I’m done worrying about having internet access in Manila since I have the SmartBro kit installed in my […]

Even if it was late in the afternoon, we decided to go ahead to the Robinsons Place mall after I inquired on the phone about the newest prepaid wifi service offered by SmartBro. Despite the pricey fee (at P4500) for buying the kit, still it comes out for me as having more advantages in terms […]

Do you know somebody who’s fond of accumulating all sorts of things – from old books, worn out décors, used clothes, outdated accessories, old CDs and tapes, obsolete electronic stuff, some files, papers and whatever? They think that these things MIGHT still be useful in the future. Fact is, most of them are junk collections […]

I’m glad I did my dance-exercise activities for four days now. That’s quite a feat for me considering my procrastination when it comes to my health and fitness goals. Well at least, I’m back to my half cup rice habit and consuming more vegetables. Next on the list would be drinking lots of water (at […]

Having poor eyesight when I was still a kid was a big discomfort to me. Mom took me to the optometrist for a checkup and days after I was sporting some big framed eyeglasses in school. Ugh. I resented it a lot that time so I would secretly took out my eyeglasses as soon as […]

You’re waiting for an important email while working when suddenly a popup alert jolts you out of your concentration. “One unread message” it says. Aha, it’s the mail I’ve been waiting for. Opening your inbox immediately, you’re suddenly dismayed with the new email’s content, a link to a website selling prescription medicines at discounted prices. […]

I really thought each one of us has this innate desire to travel and seek adventure in other places. I have never met anybody yet who wasn’t excited about going on a trip to another island or spending vacation in a beach resort. Thus, I presume everybody wants to travel to distant lands.
Well, not until […]

Sometimes life calls us to do something different than the usual course of activities that we are accustomed to. Some refer to it as moving out of your comfort zone. For me, it was not just a move but a jolt. One fine day, my mom just called me from Manila and told me to […]