Alexis Rodrigo, Freelance Writer

It took all my willpower not to plunk down cold, hard cash for a KitchenAid artisan mixer yesterday.

The KitchenAid artisan mixer. Isn’t it a beauty?
There I was, minding my own business, when this sales clerk comes with a box of the said gadget, puts it down on the counter right in front of me, near [...]

Photo by Lewis Chaplin
Today I was up at 2 am fixing everybody’s lunches. Anton had waken up and, although he had fallen back asleep, I, on the other hand, was wide awake. So I thought I might as well get a head start on the day’s work.
I have suffered from insomnia since my college days [...]

Today’s blog is a photo album I posted in my other site.
Click here to view the photo album.

We trooped to Devonshire Mall today to watch Circus Jonathon, the One-Man Circus. We missed the first 10 minutes of the show, but we still enjoyed it. Circus Jonathon can juggle 5 bowling pins or 3 bowling balls — while balancing on a ball or riding a unicycle. I just hope Anton doesn’t try to [...]

We stayed home today, except to hear Mass at 6 pm, and I got some sewing done.
I finally finished the table napkins that I cut out weeks ago. The picture is crappy because I took it at night with artificial lights on:

I decided to use table napkins instead of paper towels so we can reduce [...]

I have to admit, I was an “ukay-ukay” (thrift store) snob in the Philippines. I’d been to the monstrous ukay-ukay market in Zamboanga City, as well as entire buildings filled with ukay-ukay shops in Baguio City. I’d always gone home empty handed. Something about being inundated with mountains of clothes, or row upon row of [...]

Today is the 141st “birthday” of Canada, and our very first experience of it. Sadly, we didn’t take part in any of the festivities, such as a parade at the riverside. Nope, we were very selfish and used the holiday to shop for more household stuff that we still needed.
We tried to buy a TV, [...]