Wifely Steps

There’s no such thing as a boring person. Maybe you just don’t know that person well enough.
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Here’s the back story.

It was around 2001. I was still a bit of a workaholic — bringing work home, computing budgets in my head non-stop. My cousin Maxine was about 5 years old, maybe younger. One of our favorite activities was reading books together — I would read to her and she would avidly listen.
One of the books [...]

“Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.”
– Henry Miller
This quote reminds me of a beautiful story by Shel Silverstein: The Missing Piece Meets the Big O. Thank goodness it’s [...]

I’m turning 30 in 20 days. My feelings have been shifting from excitement to passiveness to a little bit of dread. On most days, it’s passiveness. When I’m with my turning-30 friends, it’s pressure. It’s just another year, just another number. Why the fear of turning 30?
Perhaps a lot of it has to do with [...]

The results have been posted. The New 7 Wonders of the World are:

Chichen Itza, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Pichu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Roman Colloseum, Italy
Taj Mahal, India

Read about each one at n7w. The winners were announced last 07.07.07. Have you been to any one of these 7 wonders yet?
Now what about 08.08.08? The same [...]

When I first saw these milk packs in Bangkok, I was immediately curious. Collagen in my soy milk? Game!
I bought the milk because my friend told me it was a good brand, was delicious, and I liked the little bean mascot. And fine, it had me at “collagen.” I admit it! I was intrigued!

Have you tried Feed Digest yet?
If you have several blogs, there is a way to see your updated entries in one place — a feed digest. I tried it right here. On the sidebar, there’s a portion labeled “My Recent Posts On the Net.” It’s composed of feeds from my other blogs. When I [...]

“…it’s not even always about living small, rather about living “right-sized.””
~Sarah Susanka interview, via Frugal for Life
Such a fresh perspective to not spending more than what you earn, to enjoying the fruits of your labors without sacrificing too much.
Sometimes I’m guilty of scrimping too much. I scrimp too much to the point that I feel [...]

Positivity isn’t easy. Let’s have a little exercise:

Think of five bad things that happened to you yesterday. Then think of five good things that happened to you yesterday as well.
Look at the person across you. Spot three negative things about his physical appearance. Then spot three positive ones.

Which came more naturally for you?
If it were [...]

Strawberry Cheesecake at Bag of Beans, Tagaytay.
This cheesecake was served cold – slightly frosted but still creamy. As I sliced one corner off, I could see itty bitty frozen pieces of cream cheese sticking to my fork. Mmmmm. My mouth was beginning to water. Then as I slipped a piece of the cold cheesecake with [...]