I can’t believe it’s the last day of 2013! Someone recently asked me what was something that I did for the first time this year and I drew a blank. Must be signs of aging because when I looked back on my blog, I realized that I did a lot of stuff, actually! Thank goodness […]
Archives for December 2013
Corporate Christmas Decors
I thought I’d sneak in one last Christmas-related post before December ends and show you the Christmas decors in our office. We have an annual Christmas decor contest, and as usual, people pulled out all the stops. Both our floors were completely decorated, so there are way too many pictures, but here are my favorite […]
7 Blogging Tips
2013 was the year I grew my blog. I had started this blog back in 2005 but for 7 years I treated it as a diary and wrote as if I was the only one reading it, which was what happened most of the time. Late last year I lost my will to blog and […]
A Fascinating Christmas Dinner
A few weeks ago, Dred and I were shopping for our office Secret Santa presents when we chanced upon some fascinator hats and fell in love with them. “Let’s buy one for all the girls and make this our Christmas eve dinner theme!” I said. And so last Christmas eve, this happened: I was so […]
What was Your Best Christmas Gift Ever?
It’s the day after Christmas, so you must have opened all your presents by now! Which one was your favorite? Or better yet, which was your best Christmas gift EVER? I asked some bloggers who did the Christmas card exchange with me to answer this question, and here’s what they said! The present that is […]
Christmas Card Exchange + Jolly Holly Holiday Tag
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I hope you enjoyed your day, as I did mine! Sometime last month, I asked if anyone would want to exchange Christmas cards with me, and got responses in the affirmative from a few lovely ladies! Here are the cards I received from them. They have come from all over the world (Japan, […]
Christmases All Over the World
It’s Christmas eve all over the world tonight, so first and foremost, I would like to greet you a MERRY CHRISTMAS! I have asked some bloggers who did a Christmas card exchange with me to share how they celebrate Christmas in their countries, but before I share their answers, let me give mine. Christmas is […]
My Idea of a Perfect Christmas
… is to spend it with you. In a party or dinner for two Anywhere would do. Or so the song goes. Yes I got my blog post idea from a song. It’s a song sang by one of my favorite Filipino singers, Jose Mari Chan. But anyway! My idea of a perfect Christmas, really, […]
7 Favorite Christmas Memories
Twas the Sunday before Christmas, when all through the blogosphere Not a creature was stirring, not even a reindeer The words were typed on the pages with care In hopes that readers soon would be there. Okay I don’t know how to continue that revised poem anymore, so I’m gonna stop, LOL. I was just […]
A College Christmas Reunion in Singapore
My friend Chu, who is based in Sydney, dropped by Singapore last Saturday before he headed everywhere else for the holidays. Thanks to him, Maya and I had a chance to have a Christmas reunion even if we’re not heading home for the holidays. We had dinner in Swensen’s in Tampines mall because it was […]