A Filipino American's new life
“In the end, you always go back to the people that were there in the beginning.” “Sometimes, even when you’re having a good time, you can’t help but stop and think about how much you enjoy the time with your friends.”
So, here we are; she got a doll in a buggy. She said, “Nanay, I want to take the baby for a walk” but she let go of the buggy with the doll in prompting it to roll down the hill.
Should I be surprised, be upset or just ignore the changes? Perplexed as I was I knew I did not want to go down the road to destruction.
Surprise! I did not realize we were all wearing yellow today. Was there a memo? I just thought I'd wear my yellow turtleneck top today which my husband got me for Christmas. When we left the house to meet my friend in town I grabbed my little girl's yellow coat. Lo and behold when we …
She was giggling and quivering as we sang the happy birthday song and I asked her if she was happy to which she nodded as she smiled in front of her guests. It was so amusing to see her face actually happy as she blew the candles on her peppa pig cake.
Admit it, as we say in Filipino aminin we're all dead on the 1st of January. Most of us don't get up til noon and when we do we start making our food we first sit in the dining with a cuppa staring into nothing as in Tulaley. On New Years day we eat all …
Talking about Finland's ascension to NATO today, a historic moment and significant one I should say, especially here in Europe. However, historic as it may be, I am more amused with what people say in twitter than the news itself. It is hilarious reading them because despite being meant as a joke they are actually factual.
Am I trapped in a world of in between? Who am I really?' I still say I am more like an American but then again I am not there, I do not live there anymore, and for some reason I cannot be like an American here in England just because... so, maybe I am an in between? Or maybe hybrid of the two?
I don't even know where to begin my story. To say I was unhappy or depressed is an understatement. In January, I gave birth to my baby girl, and what was supposedly a happy moment turned ugly - because I was sadder than I've ever been in my entire life.
How do we actually prepare our food? How do we cook our vegetables, fish and meat? A must read story about the importance of keeping the nutrients of our food, how and what you prepare it with.
Effe moves to the UK 