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• 12 Filipino Brands That My Family Supports – Part 3

  

  First of all, I would like to greet you a Merry Christmas, and I hope you are using the holiday season to relax and chill with loved ones. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• 12 Filipino Brands That My Family Supports – Part 2

  

  This is the second of a three-part series on the Filipino products that my family supports (see the first one here). I got the idea for this article from a Buy... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tis the Season for Balikbayan Boxes! Here Are the Best Items to Send, IMO.

  

  Now that we are in the “ber months” of 2016, which here in the Philippines means that it’s the start of the longest Christmas Holiday season in the world; it... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• 12 Filipino Brands That My Family Supports – Part 1

  

  To this day, one of my most commented-on and beloved articles is the Buy Pinoy experiment article made way back in 2011. It tells of a favorite assignment I giv... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Batman v Superman Will Be Awesome; but It’s Even Better If It’s for a Cause

  

  Excited? I am. Comic geek or not, just about everyone knows that certainly the biggest movie event of 2016 will be Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, coming ou... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Family Has Asthma and We Find Relief, Naturally

  

  Hate asthma? Hate the drugs, too? You might wanna read on. Asthma can be a terrible ailment, one that is quite common here in the Philippines; so common that... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• A World-renowned Education Personality Visits, and High School Students Set out...

  

  “My son told me that at The Abba’s Orchard School, they are taught to think beyond themselves.” That was from a conversation I had the other day with a parent i... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Student-run Business of My Daughter, IMAGINE CHICKENS

  

  One of the coolest things about the school I work for, and where my children go to school, is that it subscribes to the Montessori method of teaching, which aim... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The World's Toughest Job

  Some of you may already have seen this, but this video is especially relevant today.  There is this group that created a fake job and posted it online and in... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Eldest Daughter's First Prom; and AOS Does Prom Differently.

  

  The school year has just ended here in the Philippines, and I hope you noticed my recent flurry of blogging activity lately, as I am currently consuming my... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do You Want Your Child to BREAK FREE from Boredom? Sign Them up Here.

  

  Are you a parent of small children aged 4-12? Do you sometimes have a difficult time teaching them about God and spiritual principles? Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wanna Help Your Country? Buy Its Products. Here's a Teen That Had to Do So for...

  

  I'm a high school Literature teacher by profession (I teach at this awesome Montessori school, here), and one of the books I have my students read is called 12... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• My New Year’s Resolution is Just One Word

  

  Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season and a New Year celebration. Ours was simple, just visiting relatives and enjoying our... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2015 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• One of My Favorite Requirements for My Literature Class. You'll Enjoy Watching...

  Hello everyone.  Long time no see.  Work and schooling have been brutal in these “ber” months, but now that it’s Christmas break, I can sneak in a few articles... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kiddos Bored Every Sunday? Give Them ORANGE!

  

  Hello friends.  If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you’d know that we are a church going family.  If your family is, too, the read on because I will giv... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hayden Kho's Very Heartfelt Testimony. There's Redemption Even for the Worst of...

  

  I’ve you’re an adult living in the Philippines who’s even remotely connected to national or even showbiz news, I’m sure you’ve heard of Dr. Hayden Kho and his... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Joys and Challenges of Marrying Your Opposite

  Hello friends.  In case you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, I’m in a season of my life where blogging would unfortunately have to take a back seat to more... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Family, Children Included, Are CRAZY Over This Super-nutritious Food

  

  For about a year now, I have been doing a small sideline business of bringing top quality milk (including raw milk, which some people, such as myself, consider... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Daughter’s Testimony – TEAM ONE 2014

  

  Very rarely do I allow others to write on my blog. However, my eldest daughter, Lynn, had the time of her life as she attended TEAM ONE 2014, a national youth... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION

• Raised to Run - Dr. Ravi Zacharias in Manila

  

  Dr. Ravi Zacharias at CCF Last weekend, the Philippines in general and my main church in particular was blessed to host one of today’s greatest men of God, worl... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 FAMILY, PARENTING, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION