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Chilling Out With Summer

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Summer turned five last month. I didn't make any plans for her birthday because Summer had made plans herself. The older this girl gets, the more she wants to take control of things. Of course, as much as she would like to, we don't just let her take charge of her life or let her have everything she wants. But we let her take over some things, like plan for her birthday celebration! Well...to an extent. She was pretty specific about her requests. She even drew them out so I would know exactly what she wanted and not forget. Thankfully, there wasn't anything in her list that was way Read More

Slaying Giants

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As promised, here is the second part of my collected highlights of ArtBGC 2016, a ten-day art festival my husband, Kayo, organised together with LA's LeBasse Projects. During that entire time, the kids and I explored, creating our own urban adventures, while hanging out and learning from some of the best contemporary street artists of our time. I had also compiled these memories in a mini album which I really put in effort and time to work on so that when our kids are older, they can always go back to it and remember what an awesome time we had together and what an amazing group of people we Read More

A Little Bit of Magic

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Last May, our family of five settled ourselves in BGC for another ten-day mural festival organised by Honeycomb Arts and Lebasse Projects. Similar to the one we had last year, a mix of artists from other countries and from here showcased their awesome skills and capabilities by painting life and magic onto walls and corners around the city. We had a spectacular time! And of course, I had set out to document every moment. Like last year, I had put together another mini album compiling our experiences. This time, though, I decided not to scrap-on-the-spot and simply enjoy each day while taking Read More

Vibrant La Union

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After spending the entire summer in the city, it was truly wonderful to have been able to take a break and visit the beach a couple of weeks back when we went to La Union for Social Media Day Northern Luzon. Kayo was given the opportunity to participate by giving a talk on the current wave in social media. He decided to bring me and the girls along, stay the entire weekend and make a vacation out of it. Here are the colorful highlights of our trip and some new discoveries in our favorite surf town:   Ridge To Reef Natural, eco-friendly and charming. These are how I Read More

Elogio Del Agua

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Sanso Museum is a gem in San Juan, Metro Manila. It is a serene pocket of inspiration in the middle of a very busy city. I was happy to have been able to talk my parents into going there one afternoon a couple of weeks back despite the horrid traffic. They were celebrating their 49th wedding anniversary and were looking for a new place to visit and explore. Sanso, I thought, Sanso Museum! I had been there late last year, when Craft Party PH had a Christmas-themed rubber-stamp carving workshop. But my parents hadn't been and I was sure they would enjoy it. So we headed there with the kids and Read More

Paintings for Papa

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I find it entertaining when my children explain their drawings or paintings. There is almost always some sort of story behind them even when the drawing are very abstract. A lot of times it's intentional, but sometimes, they just make up descriptions as they go. For Father's Day, Summer, Emma and yes, even Jo, surprised their Papa with mini canvas paintings. Here's what they have to say about what they made: Secret Garden by Emma Louise "I want to make a BIG heart for Papa." After painting the heart, she proceeded to cover it with multi-colored dots and lines. "It's like a Read More

No Fun Day

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Our family of five has been having a streak of random days lately. Days spent doing random things not because we just feel like it but because whatever we had planned out did not quite work out. Sounds exciting, but when you're supposed to be getting things done and end up with nothing, it's no fun. Like the other week, we made plans of going to the National Museum to take advantage of the free entrance. We headed there and was greeted by a very long queu of people waiting to get inside. We stood in line for five minutes then decided to just come back another day even if we have to pay because Read More

History And Art

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My family and I have been having a pretty great summer! The surprising thing is that it’s not because we went on a vacation or a trip (because we really haven’t!) but because we are fortunate to have been given opportunities to be involved in a number of different interesting events in the city. I’m particularly really thankful to have been part of Design Week PH last month with the Craft Camp PH team — Alessa Lanot, Mansy Abesamis, Mikko Sumulong and Macy Alacaraz. Our last project together was an out of town camp which happened October last year so it really has been quite a while. It was Read More

A Playful and Creative Summer

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It's unbearably hot outdoors, the kind that puts you in a very foul mood but as you step inside the studio, you're greeted with colorful paper, the cheerful voices of children and a lively atmosphere of creativity! It's instantly uplifting and you almost forget the awful heat. This is the case for all six classes of Playful Crafts, a series of arts and crafts workshops for kids by Craft Party PH. The 2-hour morning sessions were held in Kendo Creative at Cubao Expo. Each class offered something different and exciting, in such a way that the art-making was mixed into fun, learning Read More

Captured & Documented: 2015

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I stayed home all weekend because the girls weren't feeling so well. They're doing okay now and I really think it was just the intense heat that had affected them badly. In between chores and tending to them, I decided to catch up on my scrapbooking and I finally finished documenting our 2015 life events. You see, I've decided not to do weeklies because I know well that it is something I am not going to be able to keep up with. I don't want scrapbooking to be a burden but an activity I delight in so I chose not to put myself under that pressure and stick to documenting occasions and Read More