the closest thing to exercise

four scoops of ice cream

No matter how busy I am and no matter how much work I have in front of the computer, I make sure that I find the time to move around. Being pregnant and soon to be giving birth, it is necessary to move my ass every now and then. I am thankful that the weather [...]

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happy april fool’s day!

It’s the first of April. That means, April fool’s day jokes are rampant today and I got mine from my husband this morning. I was still half asleep when he pulled up the blinds and exclaimed, “Oh my God, it is snowing!” I went like, “What!?!” Then I stood up so fast to look out [...]

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almost Paris

Hubby flew to Paris tonight to attend the JEC composite trade show tomorrow. Not having been to Paris, I wanted to go with him. Since this is a business flight for my husband, the company he works for pays for everything, and if I would go with him, we would have to pay for my [...]

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dreams slowly coming true

mom and stepdad's house

There was a time when we (my mom, my two older sisters, and I) were living in a 2 bedroom rented bungalow in Baguio. Then, when my mom and my eldest sister went to work in Tarlac, they rented another house there. My second sister and I stayed in the rented house in Baguio because [...]

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on this nice spring day

light lunch vienspot.com

My husband has a day off today. He got one so that he can enjoy one of Spring’s first warm days. Yes, it is already spring here (finally!) and it is warm enough to walk around in a light sweater. This morning, we had walked to our community’s center (sa bayan, 15minutes walk from our [...]

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my lunch

easy-to-prepare lunch

This is my lunch. It’s quick to prepare and it’s delicious. I normally eat rice with viand for lunch but today, I just can’t get past the different Mediterranean antipasti in our fridge so I decided to eat them instead. Dried tomatoes marinated in olive oil, black pitted olives, green olives stuffed with almonds, capers, [...]

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