-
The Pros and Cons of Upgrading to Front Row Seats: A Cebu Pacific Experience
Vacation time, and we booked our ticket to the Philippines. My sister recommended upgrading to seats where we could select spots in the front row of Cebu Pacific, so we could have more leg space and, hopefully, a comfortable flight home. I have never upgraded seats before because I don’t really mind the skimpy space…
-
Mari’s Great-grandma
No one is ever ready to face the passing of a loved one, no matter how sick or old they are. It is the only truth that people keep on denying. Losing a loved one is so surreal. Sunday morning of March 3rd, 2024, past 11 in the morning, Japanese time, was Saturday evening of…
-
Losing things in Japan again and again but they always come back except for one.
I have seen a video about how honest Japanese people really are. Japan is the most honest country in the world as the video claimed. The guy in the video dropped his wallet on the streets of Tokyo fifty times and it was returned every single time. Most comments praised Japan and its Japanese people…
-
My Toddler, My Life
Having my daughter is definitely the best thing that happened to me in my whole life. She is my source of happiness and inspiration since the day I conceived her, to the the day she was born and more now that she is a toddler , an active two-year old little girl. She’s the sweetest,…
-
13 Months and 13 Days Being A First-Time Mom
Today, Friday, December 4th, year 2020, while sitting in the reclining with baby in my arms, I figured that it’s already been 13 months and 13 days of me being a first-time mom. How time flies. Now, she’s no longer a baby – baby. Although I still call her baby and she will always be…
-
My Breastfeeding Story
I thought I had already gone through the most difficult part when I delivered my baby until I started breastfeeding. I never thought breastfeeding will give me so much emotions – pain, happiness, love. I was too focused on pregnancy and giving birth and no one really told me about the beauty and struggles of…
-
My Childbirth Seminar: Sneak Peek at my Clinic
Friday, September 27, 2019, the day I attended the childbirth seminar in my clinic. This was scheduled a week before, during my last prenatal check-up. It was scheduled for an hour and a half, from two o’clock to three-thirty in the afternoon. I was the first one to arrive (about fifteen minutes before the time)…
-
My Pregnancy Journey – The Rough and Tough Road
Sometimes I wonder how my mother did it seven times. Yes. Seven times. She got pregnant seven times. She gave birth to seven children, and I am the fifth of them. Now, it’s my turn to give birth to my first child, and many things, I thought were beautiful about pregnancy seem to fade away.…
-
My hospital bag
I am now 33 weeks and 2 days pregnant and weeks ago I could not help myself watching YouTube videos and reading articles about what to put in my hospital bag. I have come across multiple lists and it got me panicking to have those things right away. You know it is my first time…
-
How to invite your family to Japan
I have been living in Japan for almost seven years already (I will be seven years exactly on September 24th.) With that span of time, I have invited my family to visit Japan three times already. The first time was in the spring of 2017. I invited four family members – my mother, two sisters…