Being fat has always been one of my biggest challenges in life. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve been told “Tumaba ka!” (“You got fat!”). My worst year in terms of weight was 2011. I would go to the bank or to a party and people would ask if I was pregnant….
Category: Personal
Why I gave up my Green Card
I went to have my US Visa renewed last August 24. I’m still waiting for it to arrive. It’s my second time to get a 10-year visa. Getting a US Visa has never been an issue for me because I have a document which says I surrendered my Green Card back in 2003. That said,…
Nothing is really FREE in blogging
First off this post has made me realize I’ve been online for 20 years. That is like almost half of my life. I started my first personal website in February 1997 (incidentally I started blogging a decade after in 2007). I was obsessed with the Sailormoon anime series. Geocities was my first home on the…
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…
Why I switched from Blogger to WordPress
I was on Blogger.com for 7 long years. My url was http://animetric.blogspot.com. I used a generic Blogger template which I tweaked. I initially spent $0 on hosting and website design. There was no bandwidth limit. I uploaded everything there — photos, words, etc. It was very very convenient. You know the saying if it’s too…