It’s again the time of the year when we set our annual goals, lay out our plans and craft our new year’s resolutions. We all feel excited and eager to start working on them. But same as last year, many of us, might again find ourselves, losing the steam midway. When we begin facing challenges…
“Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.” — Jonathan Lockwood HuieIt’s now day 6 of the new year. Without us noticing it, January is done. But before we go further down 2025, I wish to reflect on my personal wins and lessons of the year that was, 2024. Win: Becoming a first time grandmother…
“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” — Hal Borland. Just two more sleeps, and it’s 2025! Another year ends and a new year starts. For me, as in the case for most people, end of the year is…
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood”. – Richard Paul Evans As for most Filipinos, Christmas in our family kicks off in September (the start of the “ber” months) and continues until the Feast of the Three Kings, every 1st Sunday of January. No wonder, the Philippines holds the record for the world’s longest…
As the song goes, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. But it can be the most expensive too, especially for us, Filipinos, who have the longest Christmas celebration in the world. We want to gift our loved ones with meaningful presents, host gatherings for family and friends or go on a grand…
