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Our Not-So-Naughty Coed Bridal Shower for Jahra!

Our DIY Not-So-Naughty Coed Bridal Shower

Last weekend was fun. My siblings and I, with the help of our spouses, got to host a surprise coed bridal shower party for my cousin Jahra who’s getting married in a couple of months. The theme we came up with was not-so-naughty naughty night (didn’t wanna damage her brain too much yet haha!) and we held it in Citadines Millenium Ortigas (Yuli’s workplace) in Pasig city. We rented out a 3-bedroom…

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Healthy and Homemade Snack Options for Kids

Healthy and Homemade Snack Options for Kids!

Hello again nanays! School’s just around the corner! How are your preparations for another long battle with early morning wake up calls and showers?  With doing homeworks without giving too much bribes? With building up your stamina and courage to be consistent with setting up healthy snack and lunch options for your kids for another year? I hope you are doing great!

I mentioned from this posttha…

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Why I Chose to Stay at Home!

Finally Got Promoted to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom!

Boy am I stoked to be writing again! I feel like it’s been such a long time! So many things have happened during the past month and it just got hard for me to keep up. I have not actually shared this, but I’m now spilling the beans:

I’M FINALLY QUITTING MY 9-5!

Well, it’s actually 6-3 but who cares! 🙂 I’m finally staying at home with Omer, just the thing I’ve been dreaming to do for years! I got…

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DIY Fireman Costume for Kids (plus what happened at graduation!)

DIY Fireman Costume for Kids (plus what happened at graduation!)

Oh my gosh it feels so good to be keeping up with the blog again! I got lost in the ether for a good couple of months because life got realer lying in a hospital bed, and I did not like the feeling at all. Although my recovery time was short, a couple of life’s big bombs have been thrown out our family’s way thereafter, making me become as unfocused as ever. Now that I have finally hit the still…

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Tips in Making your First Bohemian Dreamcatcher

Bohemian Dreamcatcher Tips

You would see from this post and this post that I have only tried doing minimal-looking dreamcatchers so far, and that is because of my fear of trying the actual weaving. From watching tutorial videos on youtube, it appeared difficult and complicated to me. I didn’t think I have the capacity and confidence to be able to pull it off. Until I did and boy could I be so wrong! Not only was it not as…

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Big Bad Wolf Booksale Philippines

Big Bad Wolf Booksale Philippines

To all nanays finding best deals of books (and I mean ALL kinds of books) for your babies or schooling kids, this post is for you. I hope this post is not yet late. I just didn’t want to write about something without experiencing it first hand. So yesterday I came to the Big Bad Wolf book sale in World Trade Center Manila Hall B in Pasay and it was a blast! This is the biggest book sale in the…

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Handmade Dream Catchers for Sale!

After a few weeks of hibernation from undergoing a major surgery, I am back and alive and ready to make my dreams come true! Ha! I have always wanted to sell something handmade, with hopes as high as the skies that I will be getting big sales and become famous from doing such.  So much self-confidence and ambition I know! But when reality had struck me quite hard, I realized that getting big…

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The Witches Brew Diners Philippines

Review: The Witches Brew Diners Philippines

Calling all Potterheads! In case you haven’t yet, this should be in your list of next places to see! (more…)

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Cinderella Musical and Kidzania for Your Next Family Date

I’ve got two new kid-friendly spots to try with your kids this weekend, in case you haven’t yet! (more…)

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Tips and Tools to Help You Start a Blog

It was six months ago when I decided to create a blog to share my everyday experiences and takeaways in being a first-time mom—from parenting to DIY home décor projects, to planning out family trips, meals, expenses etc. I would say it’s been the craziest six months (more…)

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Blue Water Hot Spring Resort in Laguna

Hot Spring Resort in Laguna you should visit now!

We found another jewel in the pool of hot spring resorts in Pansol, Laguna, and I hope it remains hidden from the crowd forever. (more…)

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Cooked my korean chicken recipe for the very first time! #TeamKorea #2017christmas #familycookfest

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DIY Minimalist-Boho-Modern Dreamcatcher

It’s only been two months since we moved to our new house and I’m happy that we’re making progress in making it feel more like home. From my previous post, you saw that we began with painting our walls and putting in the vinyl floor tiles by ourselves, without any professional help! I can’t help saying I was kind of proud of the result (see below) ha!  The colors were a combination of what my…

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DIY Masquerade Mask for Men

Hey guys! This will be quick. I have FOUR Christmas parties to think about this week (son’s school, hubby’s work, church), on top of the ones in line for next week! Oh my! I just wanted to share with you my first ever shot to DIY a masquerade mask for my hubby who’s attending a formal masquerade Christmas party at his work on tomorrow. He is the first one to attend such a party in our little…

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Kaybiang Tunnel and Marine Base Beach in Ternate Cavite

Thank goodness for another Philippine holiday!  As an office employee working our usual 9-5, my husband Yuli and I find holidays to be literally heaven sent!  You may recall from this post how I don’t want holidays to go wasted so I plan trips whenever I can.  For this one, we decided to take our baby Maj (Yamaha SZ-R) to another long ride.  With some friends, we went to see the Kaybiang Tunnel…

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5 Amazing Things that Happened Without TV and Gadgets for a Month

So… my five-year-old son Omer had a terrible throwing tantrum last month which resulted to breaking-beyond-repair his cousin’s Kindle. Yikes! Have you ever been in a situation like that?  It was my first time to feel so ashamed of a terrible tantrum by my son.  I didn’t know what to do and thought I failed to handle the situation well. Good thing my husband Yuli was there.  He was much better at…

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