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…
Category: Parenting
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…
And just like that, I have a college kid…
Well… technically, my firstborn will be in college next year. College??? Already??? Some of my friends exclaim. Oh yes. It seems like only yesterday when I was telling practically everyone who would listen that I would never ever have kids. I was scared to death of giving birth plus there was this thing about me…
Wilkins Moms Know Best
When my son was about 6 years old (he’s 12 now), he had some halo-halo which our office staff bought from a nearby store. At the time my daughter was just a toddler so she wasn’t really old enough to eat halo-halo yet. When we got home, he complained of a tummy ache and ended…
Ford Fiesta Mothers Day Treat!
I got a belated Mother’s Day treat in the form of a mother-daughter bonding day from Ford Philippines a couple of weekends or so ago. A brand spanking new white Ford Fiesta picked us up from the house. I always drive myself around so it was really a treat for me to have a driver…