Blog Challenge: Last random act of kindness How would you know if something you did is indeed an act of kindness? I’ve been thinking of what to blog about this topic since last night and I always come back to this question. What if something you did is just part of what you normally do? You don’t even think about it afterwards. Unknowingly, the person on the receiving end felt like you handed them the world and thinks that you are the kindest person ever? (exaggeration intended :P) Let’s create a scenario here with the above premise. I will exaggerate […]
Day 5: Favorite Movies and Black and White
Blog Challenge: Favorite movies you never get sick of watching Thinking about this, I can think of two at the moment: Edward Scissorhands and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. (I know there are still a few more but my mind’s almost dead at this time as I haven’t had any sleep yet. Don’t ask how long. :P) I like Johnny Depp because of his versatility as an actor. He played his character, Edward Scissorhands, very well. But that is not the reason why I never get sick of watching this movie. I like this because I see it as something […]
Day 4: Best Childhood Memory and A Special Moment
Blog Challenge: Best childhood memory It’ took me a few hours to think about this topic. Well, not exactly a few hours, more like a few days. Whenever I am asked about my childhood, the best memories that comes to mind are the ones spent with family. Sunday picnics, evening joyrides, breakfasts at the park, summer beach outings or just a simple bonding moment around the dinner table. When I was younger, about twice a month, our family goes on picnics at Burnham Park after Sunday service. We would bring food with us so we didn’t need to buy food outside […]
Day 3: What Makes You Happy And A Smile
Blog Challenge: What makes you happy? Honestly, this is quite a simple question to answer but for some reason I find myself thinking hard about it. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy. I just like to think a lot, too. LOL! And I guess when I answer this question, it is more of the who rather than the what. So, the no-brainer answer to this question would be: being with family and friends. They make me happy even if there are times that I would rather be alone than be with any of them. I love my family and […]
Day 2: Favorite Quotes and Out and About
Blog Challenge: Favorite quotes I am not the kind of person that has a certain quote that I live by or even something that I can say my favorite. But here is something that I have kept posted in my cork board at work. Something to remind me about the difference of a boss and a leader. I found this during the times when our workplace was chaotic and power struggle was everywhere. It was actually a very shameful time that was. Oh well, so here goes: A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader […]
Day 1 Pt. 1: Self-Portrait and 5 Random Facts About Me
So, since it is still way early in the morning, I will start with the blog challenge first. I’ll post the photo challenge day 1 once the sun is up this side of the world and once my baby is awake. He’s sleeping too peacefully to disturb it now.
Okay, here goes – Day 1 challenge: Self-portrait and 5 random facts about me
Photo Blog Challenge, anyone?
A cousin of mine is currently doing a 365-day photo challenge. Sounds easy to do with all the smart phones / camera phones all over. And there was a video that I saw of a baby. It was a video montage of video clips taken since day 1 up until the kid turned 1 year old. I actually loved the idea of the video montage that I was planning to do the same with my son. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to do that. The idea of it is really cool but doing it is not as easy as it sounded. […]
On Being a Single Working Mom
I am now a single working mom. I went back to work last Monday, after a 60-calendar-day maternity leave. Last Monday was the first time that Zaine was out of my sight for longer than an hour. And it was so hard to leave the house, I tell ya. My Mom almost had to literally kick me out of the house just so I leave. You see, I have been hands-on with my son for the duration of my leave. He has not left my sight for more than an hour. And leaving him for a few hours so I […]
Zero to Sixty
It feels like it was just yesterday when I started my maternity leave. And it seems like it was just yesterday when I was impatiently waiting for my son to arrive and it seemed like it was just yesterday when I actually met him in person. I can still remember the anticipation of his arrival, the excitement, the impatience.
Sixty days has come and gone in a blink of an eye. It seems too short a time to really get to know my son and to spend time with him before the real world comes knocking.
The Joys (and The Horrors) of Motherhood
Ever heard of the phrase “the joys of motherhood”? I’ve heard this a lot of times from Moms all over, even in commercials and advertisements for baby stuff and motherhood. They always say things about how joyful being a mother is, how happy they are that they are Moms, to the point that they make it sound like a walk in the park, all rainbows and butterflies. But I never really fully grasp the meaning of the phrase until I became a mother myself.