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How I ended up drinking with my granddaughter
Parents have it doubly difficult these days. Not only do they have to care for their family in the middle of a stressful pandemic, they have to take charge of their children getting a suitable education as well. So when my daughter said she’ll be homeschooling Sophie, I promised to lend a helping hand. Going…
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Why we’ll forever miss Anthony Bourdain
While I have seen A Cook’s Tour a couple of times, it was through his book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, that I learned more about Anthony Bourdain. It was the kind of book that was totally unputdownable. I gobbled up each page, relishing his culinary adventures. There was an honesty in his…
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How not to kill your plants
Being that we’re on total lockdown once again, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit a popular gardening topic: how not to kill your plants. I’ve always had plants around the house, but only seriously got into gardening this past year. I felt incredibly empowered when I was able to transform a…
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Why we should keep fighting for our future
It never ceases to amaze me, how a spark of good intentions could summon up the generosity of strangers towards a common cause. A few months ago, we were rattled out of our pandemic-induced hibernation with one photograph. Of course, we knew that our fellow Filipinos were starving, but the lot of us didn’t know…
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What I learned from spending 75 minutes with Hyun Bin
I was never into KDrama until Crash Landing On You happened. At the height of the lockdown, I was swept up in the love story between the hardheaded businesswoman from South Korea and the idealistic soldier from the North, transporting me to another world outside the four corners of my home. It was like a…
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