MV Logos Hope on Feb 9, 2012 in Linnor Back in the day, Ma would sometimes bring Junnie and me to Bookmark, Escolta branch, a few blocks away from her place of work. It was a treat for us especially after having behaved well in Ma's office in the morning and having eaten lunch properly a...
Channeling His Inner Harry Potter on Feb 5, 2012 in Linnor The notice was posted days in advance in my grade 1 son's assignment notebook. Book Character Day, January 31... all grade school students were to come to school in their favorite book character costume. For some (lame) reason, this OC-mom here...
Kyle in Wonderland on Jan 31, 2012 in Linnor It's hard to imagine... Is there a slow-mo or pause button somewhere? How did our second son Kyle who used to be like this... turn out to be like THIS... ...in what seemed like a blur? Here he is with 15 year old buddies during their J...
Midnight Surprise on Jan 29, 2012 in Linnor It happened minutes before midnight last January 18. From Toronto to Manila for a meeting, my brother made a 36-hour side trip to Cebu for a short (really really short!) visit. Our parents, who are now staying with my family, didn't have a clue that...
Role Reversal on Jan 24, 2012 in Linnor I learned to drive when I was in high school after Pa taught me one summer. He might have gotten tired of me pestering him about it. Yeah, I could be persistent like that. Pretty soon, Pa would let me drive our red hatchback to the grocery store,...
Backtrack - The Annual Assembly I Always Look Forward To on Jan 21, 2012 in Linnor Mid-year of 2011 brought about major changes on the home front. Some were planned. Sadly, I say these were stressful times too because some of the changes were not welcome. Anyway... Happily for me, it was also time for the annual school assemb...
Backtrack - Why We Passed Up On Travel Plans in 2011 on Jan 20, 2012 in Linnor It may not be much to some but for a family like ours who lived for 7.5 years with my in-laws, the next 7.5 years in our condo (a first acquisition back in 2000), and the next 4 years in a townhouse (after selling the condo), moving in to a modest ho...
Backtrack - Dinner with the Yus, Lims, Shrimskis and Rapeses on Jan 20, 2012 in Linnor The packed holiday schedule rendered us unable to join my in-laws (on my SIL's invitation) for dinner last December 29. I usually say yes to opportunities to bond with family and relatives like this one, (especially if it's dinner at Tin Gow! Haha!)...
Same Wavelength on Jan 19, 2012 in Linnor She's one of my BFFs and luckily for me, she understands my quirks pretty much as if she's family. I guess she is, in a parallel universe... My question is... because we are always on the same wavelength, must we also have the same fashion preferen...
Turning a New Leaf on Jan 14, 2012 in Linnor It was a long drawn out plan. When our Pa underwent his quadruple bypass in 2002, Junnie and I, being the elder of 3 siblings, wanted to care for our parents as soon as possible. The plan was for Pa and Ma to start taking it easy given their age, t...
