When I was 6, my parents attended a parenting retreat called Christian Parenting for Peace and Justice (CPPJ). This seminar presents to parents and families an alternative lifestyle designed to effect positive change in the world. This lifestyle is based on values such as non-violence, gender equality, love of country and simplicity. Simplicity was ( Read more... )

My Tita asked me recently if I ever spanked my kids. I said no. My mom proudly told her my kids are very obedient. I said they generally are and I have no idea why. Must have gotten it from their Dad cause my brothers and I (ahem, mostly my brothers) were pretty naughty. There was a time we were spanked quite regularly. Lia and Desi put away their ( Read more... )

I should be using this sick day to Get Things Done. And up until I started this blog post, I was trying. With little success.

I had a full day planned. Well, honestly half a day. Because I really did intend to spend most of the day at home, to avoid the SONA and INC hullabaloo. But when I woke up with an awful sore throat and no voice to speak of, ( Read more... )

There was a Youngblood article two days ago that caught my attention. The title was Concubine. And this paragraph in particular struck me:

This sounds defensive, but women in this kind of relationship are not gullible idiots who were lured by honeyed tongues and romantic pursuits. We have considered the situation. We have been through a lot of brain ( Read more... )

As of today, I have been to anti-charter change rallies against ALL the Filipino presidents after Cory. During Ramos' time we I walked the entire length of Roxas Blvd to the Quirino Grandstand with my parents, grandparents and even Ia and Ayo who must have been about 4 and 6 years old at the time. With Erap I marched with the UP activists all the ( Read more... )

Watched He's Just Not That Into You last Friday with typershark and mamsyeb. Hilarious! I enjoyed it immensely. Mostly because it reminded me so much of college, and the string of not-that-into-me and not-that-into-him so-called relationships I had back then. There was a part where a man comes up to Jennifer Aniston and introduces himself as a wiccan. Oh my lore, I ( Read more... )

Congratulations R and C! I'm so happy you're engaged! I told Mike, "Engaged na sila! Never na silang magbe-break so wala nang siraan ng buhay." Sabi ni Mike, "Or..." I finished his sentence "Siraan ng buhay starts now."

Hahaha!

Wala na, we're an old married couple. No more romantic illusions about marriage as a happily ever after.

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Here it is, folks, The Resolution Post. And it's a big one. Because I have a hundred million resolutions for 2009. This is what happens when you stick yourself in the bubble of breastfeeding for a year, and allow yourself to be immobilized by such reasons as, "there's not enough milk in the freezer". Energies get bottled up and ideas get shoved ( Read more... )

If you read my blog, then you probably know me, and if you do, you're likely to be a regular at my daughters' website, Sugar and Spice, because let's face it, everyone is much more interested in my daughters than in me. Anyway, if you've been there recently, you'll know that we went to Baguio a couple of weekends ago, on a semi-impromptu trip (just ( Read more... )

I can't stand it when people, especially Filipino people, speak about the Philippines like their ashamed of it. "Ang ganda ganda ng (insert foreign city/country here)! Gusto ko na tuloy ipasara ang Pilipinas." Aaaargh ( Read more... )