We hired a labandera from an employment agency in February of 2020. In just a few days she was already the subject of many complaints from Antonia, and from the
Feb 11, 2021 12:20 noon I always get messages from male foreigners looking for a wife. I think they scour Instagram and Facebook for prospects. Me—- “Antonia, merong foreigner naghahanap
January 24, 2021 For 12 years I froze around Lucy. Â Before I could even go in and out of the garage, Â the maids would have to move Lucy away
Jan 22, 2021 Our survival food in case we got stranded along the way— nilagang puting mais. 6:06 pm Instead of taking C5, we decided to go straight to EDSA
January 22, 2021 It’s been a year that I haven’t visited our small farm. It’s not actually a farm in the true sense of the word. We don’t harvest stuff.
January 18, 2021 I have trouble sitting for a few hours attending Zoom meetings. As I get older, the more I suspect that I have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). An
January 27 Today is my son’s birthday. He lives far away and as I write this note, I am imagining that he is beside me and I am giving him
January 22, 2021 Immediately after my meeting was done, I phoned Edmund if he had lunch already. Our plan was really to have lunch together but because my meeting was
Aside from the old photos with presidential candidates and business industry leaders I found gathering dust on my office desk in Makati, I also found two photos of me taken
Jan 22 My husband offered to drive for me to Tagaytay. Â Oh oh, wah load. I have a 10 am meeting but got pushed back because we got caught in
January 21, 2021 Posing beside a Ford subcompact crossover SUV, EcoSport.
January 21, 2021 Our new driver looked confused when I got in the car and drove off. Aba hindi pa sya tapos mag-quarantine, mahirap na. I’d rather drive by myself
Jan 16 10:17 am Oyen gave her dad a cellphone stand. I doubt if Edmund will use this, baka masayang lang. Jan 17 Â Â 12 am CNN reports a man
Jan 21, 9:36 am The barangay delivered to our residence two face shields, an alcohol spray bottle, one bottle of liquid hand soap, and a box of surgical masks made
After the bloody mob at the US Capitol on January 6, I waited anxiously for January 20 to come (and go) without any hitch. Like it or not, America