“I am an emotional creature!,” Eve Ensler declares as she closes her passionate talk in TEDIndia. Eve Ensler (image credit) Eve talks about “the girl cell” that we all have. The usual impression for girls is to be submissive, passive. The “girl cell” is that inner strength, that instinct that we girls should not suppress. […] Read more…
February 2010 archive
Rowena’s Blueberry Cheese Tarts
Think Tagaytay food and the usuals come to mind: buko pie, buko tarts, espasol, tawilis, coffee. Add this to your list: Blueberry Cheese Tarts! We got a box of six from Rowena’s Cafe in Tagaytay. That place served a lot of delicious snacks! Turones de casoy, marzipan, all sorts of tarts, ube halaya, bags and […] Read more…
Monday Picker-Upper: Strawberries
Holy crap it’s Monday again. Are you looking forward to this week as much as I am? If yes, well, that’s not saying much. My weekend pretty much rocked so this week better be a million percent better. But hey, there’s always a way to make ourselves feel cheerier. And you know what makes me […] Read more…
Brains for Breakfast
A typical morning would be this: Wake up to feed the baby. Go back to sleep. Wake up to pesky alarm. Hit snooze. Hit snooze. Hit snooze. Wake up in a panic. Take a quick shower. Feed the baby. Zoom to work. Have unhealthy breakfast from fastfood. It’s tiring. Yeah sure I get an extra […] Read more…
Monday Picker-Upper: Messages
Got the Monday blues again? We can’t have that. I hope at least one of these messages cheers you up! Let me know which one made you smile the most. Is it: a.) Thou Shalt Not Use Poetry (via) b.) It Is In All of Us (via) c.) Be a Good One (via) d.) Hugs […] Read more…
What do Moms do for ME time?
“Mukha ka nang Toni ulit (You look like Toni again),” a friend of mine told me two months after I gave birth. I asked myself if I really did look that terrible easing into Mommyhood. Ouch. Then again, he was right. I didn’t really look like myself. Heck, I didn’t feel like myself. I was […] Read more…
Mini Bibingka Love
Bibingka is one of my favorite Filipino treats, but I don’t eat it everyday. It’s usually prepared in a size good enough for at least two people to eat. Since H isn’t big on bibingka, I hardly get to eat it. True, I could bring the uneaten part home and nuke it when I crave […] Read more…