When I took the college entrance exams back in 1990, there were no such things as review centers. It was good — that meant everyone taking it would be competing on equal terms. I took tests in 3 universities: UP, Ateneo, and La Salle. I passed them all. Got in Broadcast Journalism in UP, Communication…
Category: Parenting
The Art of Letting Go
Last October 31, my teenage son went on a school trip to China. He was to stay there with classmates and teachers for 6 weeks. This is the first time he’s traveling without us. Hubby and I made sure he brought enough warm clothes since it gets freezing cold in China this time of the…
The Dove Self Esteem Project aka #ConfidentGirl
Some weeks ago, I attended Dove’s Confident Girl Forum, an event held in support of The Dove Self Esteem Project. It was really more of an open discussion between moms about the challenges of raising kids — daughters in particular. Mass media and social media has always taught us that fair skin is beautiful. Thin…
My teenager worked in SM Supermarket
I studied in a very traditional Chinese school where we mostly stuck to books. Sure, we had occasional field trips. But they were the usual trips to Nayong Pilipino, Fort Santiago, Metropolitan Theater (to watch Florante at Laura), etc. We never really did anything out of the ordinary. We didn’t even have a prom. Our…
The Whatever Mom
I’ve never really been the conventional type of mom. I’m not strict. Well now I’m not, but when my kids were younger I made sure to teach them about right and wrong… so now that they’re older, they know the drill. I also let my kids do what they want… more on that later in…