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  • December Birth Flower and Symbolisms

    Bloom of Love blooms of real zestemerging in the springoh, white radianceforgive all my errorsyou are the only one,I love 💖 Beyond its delicate beauty, narcissi flowers also embody symbolic meanings that include creativity, inspiration, awareness, and inner reflection, forgiveness,… Continue reading

    December Birth Flower and Symbolisms
  • Why Everyday Items Like Tsinelas Matter

    Our primary footwear we call, “tsinelas” or “slippers” are simple rubber sandals worn everyday. Over time its use has evolved! A frustrated Filipino mom might hurl it like a Frisbee at her child who’s dodging chores. Or, in a more… Continue reading

    Why Everyday Items Like Tsinelas Matter
  • The Importance of Kindness over Rules and Formalities

    An Apostrophe Dear Elusive Help, When I reached out to you, I was hoping for a compassionate response. However, your unsympathetic answer left me feeling helpless and ignored. I only asked for your assistance because I genuinely believed that you… Continue reading

    The Importance of Kindness over Rules and Formalities
  • Sour graping

    If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time? Lesson learned from impulsivity I was sour graping, my mind overthinking took longer than expected. I couldn’t sleep despising myself of failure, unraveling despair and sizing… Continue reading

    Sour graping
  • Get someone’s goat

    Name your top three pet peeves. I may not get mad, just annoyed Once in circle time with my students, we talked about  our “pet peeves”. They were surprised and comically embarrased when I said, “I get annoyed when people… Continue reading

  • Diary of My Eyes: From sty to incision

    The full story of how I ended up with an incision I first noticed a small bump near my lachrymal point, right on my eyelid. It was initially itchy and slightly painful. I assumed it was just an insect bite.… Continue reading

    Diary of My Eyes: From sty to incision
  • Simple and Practical

    What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals? Enjoying basic meals People living in the cordillera region have simple food. • We like “wat-wat”, large pieces/chunks of pork boiled in basic soup with salt. It is usually served with rice,… Continue reading

    Simple and Practical
  • Numb in the trough of waves

    A sentimental poetry It’s wrong, but I can only say it is correctIt’s bad, but I can only say it is goodIt is an error, but I can only say it is right In failures, I say successIn darkness, I… Continue reading

    Numb in the trough of waves
  • Why not?

    Do you trust your instincts? Life experiences impact instinct At a certain time of our lives, we have learned to become more adaptable and flexible. We have also learned wisdom and we have mastered some patterns or cycles from our… Continue reading

  • What’s with June?

    What’s your favorite month of the year? Why? Why is the month of June meaningful? June is a significant month marking the end of the academic year and the beginning of summer. It is filled with meaningful celebrations, including Children’s… Continue reading

    What’s with June?