If you are following me on Instagram, you may have seen most of the photos in this set. I have decided to revisit some of the places that I have visited during my 2010 UK trip by posting photographs that I may have forgotten on my hard drive, so re posting some that were already published in my blog. We visited the North...

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October is Masskara month for the city of Bacolod. It has been am annual tradition that involves merry making while donning festive masks and head dresses. I have previously written about Masskara Festival here.  This year though, we celebrated in a more laid back manner. We skipped the nightly street parties and the heavy human traffic in street parades. Well about that latter,...

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September has been a hodge-podge of memories and events. As we welcome October, let me post a brief recap of what made my September a memorable one. ...

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Welcome to Friday’s 10 Happy Things where I/we list ten things that made us smile this week so that we can start the weekend on an even more positive note! ...

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El Nido is widely known for its fine beaches, hidden lagoons, and majestic rock formations. In our tour however, our guide invited us to do some trekking. I have always been interested in the great outdoors but I know that I am also not fit for such activities. So when they announced that we are going to see a waterfall, I was excited...

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 Caileigh was looking through her toys when she found this Slinky. She was so excited that she kept on swinging it from one hand to another while saying, "Mama, mama!" I took her cue and snapped photos of her. She happily obliged and posed candidly. ...

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Welcome to Friday’s 10 Happy Things where I/we list ten things that made us smile this week so that we can start the weekend on an even more positive note! Welcome to Friday’s 10 Happy Things where I/we list ten things that made us smile this week so that we can start the weekend on an even more positive note! ...

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It was our second day in El Nido and all island hopping around the area were canceled due to the storm. We were all a bit disappointed, Kalay took it the worst, but there was nothing that we could do but to just to go on and enjoy with what we can do since we were stuck in El Nido. What breakfast is...

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My cousins and I embarked on a journey to El Nido, Palawan. We came there last month and as we all know, July is typhoon season in the Philippines and with the Hanging Habagat, it just made the weather worse but since we were all excited - and our contact in Palawan said the weather there was "fine" - we went on with...

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We started our Antique tour with a visit to the Malumpati Spring in Pandan, Antique. Bugang River, that runs through the spring is dubbed as the cleanest river in the country.  Malumpati Spring is known for it's cool, crystal clear and, wait for it, blue waters. Yes, blue! I confirmed it with Caileigh, and she said that the water was indeed BLUE. You...

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This summer, we were so blessed to be able to travel and discover new places. From our Negros tour last May, we hopped on to Iloilo to meet our relatives who came home from Canada for our cousin's wedding.  They say it's always sunny in the Philippines except even during the monsoons. So even if it's already typhoon season in the country for...

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The first leg of our Negros tour was spent in the beautiful city of Sipalay. We arrived very early for the 2 pm check in at Nataasan Beach Resort so we rented a boat for island hoping.  Instead for availing the resort's boat service, we rented from those that were anchored by the beach. They have agreed for a 2-hour trip (13 pax)...

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The whole Sia family was complete this summer and what better way to spend it than do a series of jaunts or journeys. The highlight of all was a 3-day Negros trip.  We started the first leg with an overnight stay at Sipalay City, drove along the shore line towards Dumaguete City, then spent our last day driving along the hills and mountains...

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Babies are very charismatic creatures. A glimpse at their cute angelic faces will surely make you say, "Awww" and mind you, all infants no older than 3 months are all "cute". Well, at least to me. This is Enya. My cousin's second child and is currently on her 5th month. It was my first time seeing her and my first reaction was how...

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Add caption The best thing next to sharing pregnancy tips, is that when you conceive together with family members and some friends, your kids get to spend play dates together. Reunions would mean catching up regarding your kids' progress and future plans like when you'll enroll them to daycare or when you're planning to add kid #2. (Talking about making love doesn't sound...

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Taking advantage of my free time, we went Iloilo to visit our family and friends. Since we had Caileigh it has always been a challenge going back to forth to Iloilo because well, toddlers (or children in general) are very unpredictable when brought on long trips. Maybe because they still can't speak out their "feelings" (what feelings hahaha) so they express themselves through...

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 Summer may have started a little late for us but what is a summer holiday without a trip to the beach! Actually we went to the beach but opted to take a dip in the pool instead. In the kiddie pool to be exact. Caileigh loves to swim that I had to force her to get out of the pool twice. hahaha! Anyway, may...

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You've probably read from my previous blog post how much I wanted to give blogging a try – again, but since then (five months to be exact) I still was not able to keep this blog running though I’m proud to admit that the reason why is because I’ve been extremely busy. I got a job! And it’s in line with my profession!...

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