While other bloggers complete their month-long A to Z blogging challenge today, I’m posting about a different A to Z challenge that my teammates and I faced a couple of days ago. It all started when Nic used some unknown acronym. “Oh come on, Nic, there you go again, using acronyms only you know!” someone […]
Archives for April 2016
Bloodless
This morning I went for a medical screening. I haven’t had one since I left the Philippines in 2008 so I thought it was about time for one, since I can claim it from our company’s flex insurance. I went to the Fullerton Healthcare branch in Ocean Financial Center. I got a bit lost on […]
Bohol, Philippines {Deetour}
I was in Bohol, Philippines, to be a bridesmaid for my friend AA’s destination wedding. The official photos of the event aren’t out yet, so I’ll blog about that later. Let me get to what I did in the two days after that wedding, though. I booked my own room at one of the hotels […]
Have You Ever Eaten a Boiled Banana?
Yesterday I brought a boiled banana to work coz everyone in my multi-cultural team had never had one before and they were like: “Why would you boil a banana?!?!” Apparently it’s just a Philippine thing. 😅 Let me just clarify that we don’t boil the typical banana, just the one called “saba” which is apparently called […]
Accident-Proneness is Genetic
One night, I was watching Drop Dead Diva on Netflix and swooning over Grayson’s beautiful eyes when my left arm slid off my bed headboard and I ended up punching/scratching my own eye. Boy, did it hurt. I thought sleep would make it better, but the next morning, it was still in so much pain. It […]
Coffee Hates Me
So yesterday I went to the clinic. “So why are you here?” the doctor asked me once I was seated in front of him. “For two things,” I responded matter of factly. “One, I got heartburn, right after I drank coffee this afternoon.” He asked me if it was after food and after I responded […]
Family Reunion @ Azure Urban Resort Residences
My brother and his wife have moved to the US of A. Before their big move, they decided to fly to the Philippines for a grand vacation with their respective families because they might not be able to visit the Philippines for a very long time. Unfortunately his plans were so last minute, so I […]
Reunion with Tyne + Farewell for Cate
My friend Tyne, who used to live in Singapore, now lives in Toronto, but was in Singapore this week. LZ, our group of hometown friends, met up with her at Chili’s for dinner. Then everyone else had to go home, but Cate and I stayed with Tyne to walk around Clarke Quay. We ended up […]