We had done it—six days, just the two of us. And in between all the bus rides, castles, chaos, and quiet walks— we had found something beautiful.
Top Deck Views and Tiny Shoes: A Belfast Tale
Naked doll and buggy
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.
To laugh and to hold
Wrinkly sausage and poached eggs, that was the story of the day. I think it does happen to anybody, doesn't it? Sometimes there’s something that tickles us and somehow we just lose control and we just keep going like a stream; you just can't stop it -- you just can’t. May we continue to laugh until the consummation of ages ends.
You go high
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.
Tie me a yellow ribbon
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 …
Stare, Watch the stars and leftovers
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 …
Stop NATO from what really?
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.
Who Am I?
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?
Cravings, Curiosity and Loneliness
I was craving Filipino food, but then I realized that the food that I used to take for granted in California now suddenly became very essential in my daily diet. In the weeks that followed, the euphoria wears off and I was a bit nostalgic about my life in the US.
Effe moves to the UK 