Hello Human Blog Readers, I finally get control of the laptop again after running around the apartment this morning, exploring Mom’s pots, playing whack-a-mole with
Category: Family
The Travelling Pearls
There is an unwritten golden rule that no self-respecting Filipina should ever be without pearls. My mother never observed this rule for herself, but was
The Heatwave Returns
I am not one to go into a dissertation on climate change and environmental lobbying, but the recent drastic weather changes here in Europe are
Happy Adoptiversary to Me!
It was exactly five years to date that I marched through the doors of my forever home in Bangkok. For those of you who don’t
Banana Homesickness
There are things in Asia that one simply cannot find here in Germany, and one of them is decent bananas. Before you go into a
Hard Lessons of Frugality
Aside from building a brand new life alone after the divorce, one of the most difficult lessons (rather, on-going challenges) is frugality. This is such
