Decorating My Living Room on a Budget
You’ve made it this far – good for you! It’s the last of the three-part series on living room savings and you’re about to see what my living room looks like now. (Check out the first and second parts...
View ArticleThe Night a Burglar Knocked on My Door
I saw the sharp spikes of the forged iron that crowned the eight-foot gates. I saw the barbed wire, strung in three parallel lines atop the high cement walls of the apartment building, then wound...
View ArticleDIY: 5 Easy Ways to Prettify an Ugly Couch with a Cheap Doormat
You love your couch – it’s comfy and you can’t let it go. You see the thinning fabric and the sagging cushion, but you don’t have the heart (or the budget) to have it upholstered right now. I’ll let...
View Article5 Reasons Smart Guys Take Their Valentine's Dates to Banzai Japanese Buffet
It's February once again, which means we’ll be witnessing an interesting Valentine’s Day phenomenon once very soon: that of the semi-confused, semi-anxious, flower-toting men. If you're one of these...
View ArticleZero-Burger Breakfast at Teddy’s Bigger Burgers
Wait, say what now? You can have a zero-burger breakfast at Teddy’s Bigger Burgers, which happens to be – and this one is obvious – a burger joint? You read it right! I was surprised when I heard the...
View Article5 Cheap Finds for Your Home – You’ll Want Them All!
Nobody can say no to a bargain without feeling some degree of remorse. When you see the prices of those silk bed sheets get slashed (whoa, 50 percent off and they still cost a fortune), you feel a...
View ArticleOptical Illusion Art: How Angel Moreno Duped Me
Art and science – there always seems to be a line dividing the two. Anything that's both an art and a science is seen as a wonderful anomaly instead of the norm. This dichotomy is an oddity and, as the...
View Article5 Ways Smart People Eat Healthy to Lose Weight
Whenever someone tries to peddle a weight loss diet that involves extreme deprivation or starvation, I balk. I’ve never been one to punish myself by putting my health at risk for vanity’s sake! But I...
View Article3 Smart Decisions You Can Make About Your Home's Pipes
I shared previously how my home started showing signs of weakness. It started leaking in not one, not two, but three different areas! It was my fault. I wasn’t too smart about the decisions I made. You...
View ArticleWater Leaks at Home: Why They're Worse Than You Think
You may feel secure inside your house, but how well do you really know this place you call home? Scary as it sounds, there are things we just never thought of asking about our home and our...
View ArticleCerebellar Hypoplasia in Cats: Makisig’s Story
Would you adopt a cat with cerebellar hypoplasia? If you answer no, I understand. Hearing the words cerebellar hypoplasia for the first time can be very intimidating. However, that didn’t deter Anna...
View ArticleShould Doctors Dress to Please Their Patients?
“Perhaps the speaker refused to answer your question because you’re young.”My jaw dropped when the product manager offered that explanation. We were in a symposium and the European speaker her company...
View ArticleErwan Heussaff: Restaurateur Extraordinaire | Spotlight
“Erwan who?” asked an ignorant voice in my head the first time I heard of him. It’s Erwan Heussaff, I found out, feeling like a complete dud. And if you’re as much of an ignoramus as me when it comes...
View Article5 Reasons You and Your Cat Should Join the Sunday Park Day Gang
Paging all self-confessed cat people: You really should join us – we’ve nicknamed ourselves the Sunday Park Day gang – at Ayala Triangle Park in Makati!Every Sunday, cats and their respective fur-dads...
View ArticleAlabang wants to Go Pink! Festival Mall helps breast cancer foundations in...
People from the South, are you ready to go pink? They say breast cancer is here to stay. But I say there’s no stopping us from trying to kick it to the curb!You’re probably wondering why there’s yet...
View ArticleASUS Zenfone 2 Laser: 5 things you didn’t know
Pardon me for blabbering, but I’m just absolutely blown away by the new phone that arrived in the mail today: the ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser! It’s gold, it’s sleek, and it definitely blows its competition...
View ArticleAster DM Healthcare invests in Filipino youth
Aster DM Healthcarerecently opened its first clinic in the Philippines. As a multinational healthcare company that built a medical city on an island, it certainly is news that turned the heads of many...
View ArticleAutomatic Pet Feeder: Get P700 cashback + P3000 savings using BPI ShopBack!
Good news to every fur-parent out there! I just figured out how to solve a common problem we all have whenever we leave our cats and dogs alone at home. It involves a purchase you get on a discount,...
View Article5 Elements of a good mattress
We know sleep is potent yet we deprive ourselves of it, anyway. It’s something all of us are guilty of – even some doctors know very little about sleep!This pillow from Uratex keeps your neck cool – it...
View ArticleBallet in Manila: Dancing on toes, gaining a foothold
They say you either love or hate ballet and perhaps they were right: I knew exactly which performances I wanted to watch after I saw a preview by Ballet Manila – The Swan, The Fairy, and The Princess,...
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