I thought getting married would be the end of my apartment-hopping. Guess not. Less than a year after my husband and I moved into our first home, we're packing our bags again. At least we're not changing our address; we're just moving to a bigger unit in the same building, one ...
Week 19: Write it Down On the Tablet of Your Heart
So I've been creatively scribbling stuff on my journal with my G-tech and Artline pens these days, and I'm kinda loving the beautiful mess my journal has become. I love that I'm excited about something artsy/crafty again. God has been teaching me a lot these days about being ...
Week 18: All I Think About is Food
It's Friday, about a couple of minutes before the work day ends and the weekend begins, and all I can think about is.. food. My food cravings this past few weeks, on Instagram. It's like I have two hungry monsters inside of me! These days, I particularly like sweet stuff ...
Week 15: It Held You Until My Arms Could
It's a rainy Friday night, and I thought I'd post these sunshiney photos of me and my bump from last Sunday. I was on my 15th week when these photos were taken, but I can seriously feel (and see) a significant change in my bump in just about.. 5 days. No, really. They're ...
When a movie gives you all the feels
So my husband and I were watching The Vow just now. I was prepared to watch a so-so movie because that's what I heard one of my friends say about this one. What I didn't expect was.. I'd end up crying like a hormonal pregnant woman (oh wait, yeah, I'm one!) and holding on to ...
The Search is On for Tagaytay Wedding Venues
That 500 Days of Summer song felt like last Saturday's soundtrack! Saturday, May 5, 2012. A few friends and I went on a road trip to Tagaytay to scout for a wedding venue. It started out as a top-secret mission, LOL, but since word has been out ...
Double Blessings
Saturday, March 31. "God must really love us.. in a really special and weird way," my husband said, laughing as we tried to recover from the surprise that came with our first ultrasound. One week after we tested positive for pregnancy, we confirmed that we're not just pregnant.. ...
Time to Rest and Reflect
One of the few things I love about working here in the Philippines is the long holidays. This year, the President declared 6 long weekends. I don't think there are other countries who enjoy this luxury of long vacations like we do here. Thankfully, this particular 5-day vacation ...
That Fleeting Moment Before it Rains
Saturday, March 24. Just before the rain poured, my husband and I thought it was a great day to spend some time "out" (and by "out" we meant, by our spacious roof top). So I cooked macaroni for lunch and we spent some quality time outside—him, by the laptop, and me, with the ...
Good times at the Kitchen, and thoughts of a frustrated food blogger
(..and by "Kitchen" I meant that restaurant in Greenbelt 3, not really that area in the house where you cook food.) These photographs have been in my drafts for too long, waiting for some text to come along with them, perhaps a review of the place and the food. But I realize now ...
God Replaces What He Takes Away
May 2019. Hello! A quick note from 2019 Riz :) Hey guys, I wrote this post in 2012 but it still gets the most amount of traffic of all the pages in this blog. Every now and then I get some questions and critics, and yes, I see you, and I understand where you're coming ...
Happily Married
This morning when a friend asked me if I was happy, I realized that I haven't really been sad in a long time. Sure, I've felt a lot of negative emotions—tired, drained, frustrated, stressed out, burned out, discouraged, unappreciated, tired, tired, tired—but looking back, sadness ...
