Help the victims of typhoon Maring. The Nuffnang Philippines office will be open to receive donations for the victims of typhoon Maring. They will begin accepting donations today, August 22 (Thursday) until August 30 (Friday) from 9am to 6pm, Mondays to Fridays. The Nuffnang office is located at the 2nd floor of Building 5, Bonifacio […] Read more…
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GrabTaxi: How To Use & Customer Review
GrabTaxi is a smartphone-based taxi booking and dispatching service. It’s hard to get a decent ride in the city especially if the rains are strong or if it’s rush hour. I got the chance to try this service out this morning when I was stranded on my way home. My husband had tried GrabTaxi before […] Read more…
Austenland: From Book to Movie
Austenland was one of my favorite books in 2008. It’s a book about 32-year-old single Jane Hayes and her love for Jane Austen’s work. She’s especially in love with one character in particular — Mr. Darcy. She gets to bring her Austen obsession to life when a great-aunt gives her an all-expenses-paid vacation to Pembrook […] Read more…
Making Time for Yourself: The Early Morning Lull
Making time for yourself can be a challenge. When you hardly have time for yourself at home, you learn how to cherish whatever alone time you have outside of home. Traffic jams, for example, are a huge headache. However, I catch myself enjoying some quiet time when in bumper to bumper traffic. A work day […] Read more…
I Am From Sugar Flowers (Where Are You From?)
Sugar flowers, bouganvillas, Post-it notes… what’s that got to do with a legacy poem? Quite a lot. Many years ago, I came upon this wonderful create-your-own-legacy-poem. The poem’s structure was given, and you’d fill in the blanks with your own answer. The poem’s universal title is “Where I’m From.” You can find it at Fragments […] Read more…
Billboards in Manila: Oh, to turn them green!
I love Manila. I don’t believe the city can be called “the gates of hell”, but it’s not exactly perfect. Billboards in Manila, for example, are crazy plenty. They make for great advertising, but they could serve a higher purpose. Billboards along Guadalupe Read more…
The Years Are Short Movie
Do you have two minutes? Come watch this short film: The Years Are Short. The Years Are Short Movie — Gretchen Rubin Want to talk about the piece? Read more…