My sis and her two kids from faraway Finland are here on vacation. Aside from getting used to the warm tropical weather here, they try to get themselves occupied so they don’t get bored. My sis plans to enroll them in piano lessons today. Good decision. We know learning a new musical instrument does lots […]
I got this in my email inbox… such a timely reflection to start the year. Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 3:13b-14 Our past can be a hindrance or […]
After our annual gift-giving event for the nanays, some of their little kids stayed in our living room and didn’t want to leave! Ha ha… I let them sing a bit, and they were so innocent and cute as they sang a local Christmas song, actually from a TV network’s station ID song few years […]
My mom is one busy happy Mother Bee every Christmas season. Aside from the usual gifts for our friends and relatives, she also has her own gift-giving project for about fifty (50) nanays (mothers) from the informal settlers community living nearby. We have it annually during the Feast of the Epiphany or more popularly known […]
College days were the most memorable for me. Those were difficult times for our family, so I had to study harder than when I was in high school in order to get a scholarship and help with the tuition fees. My siblings and I were academic scholars which really helped our family financially that time. […]
If you’re into music, it’s likely that you play at least one musical instrument. And if you’re into playing the guitar, then I bet you own at least one (or maybe using your roommate’s). If your parents or siblings are music enthusiasts, it’s probable that you will be influenced as well. In our family, when […]
Music is the language of the soul, so it is said. How true it is. And one’s kind of music reflects his personality. If a man is jolly, his music is cheerful and upbeat, but for the melancholy character, his tunes would then be soulful and maybe sad, though not necessarily. For the music lovers, […]