I was emotionally exhausted the other day... so much stuff just came one after another. You know that idiom, "When it rains, it pours." It was like that... and on top of that, I had to smile

Happy weekend, everyone! I usually work on weekends, especially with my personal classes, because the majority of my students are available only on the weekends. Yesterday, I worked for around 6 hours

In my previous garden update post, I wrote about the avocado seeds we temporarily placed in the plant box for our Malabar spinach to sprout. Now, two of the avocado sprouts have transformed into seedlings,

Since we transferred to this place almost a year ago, we've been close to a couple of our neighbors. One of them has a lot of dogs who usually just roam around the place, and we end up feeding them from

In our previous place, my father and I used to go for a morning walk to the coast, which was just around 15 minutes away on foot. However, in our new place, it would take us around 40 minutes to get to

QUESTION: Do you think there is a specific age for exercising, or can we work out at any stage of our lives? Do you currently exercise? My cousin when he was around 6 or 7 years old Exercise comes in various

Earlier this afternoon, my parents and I worked on something in the garden. In one of my previous updates, I mentioned that my father built a compost box in the garden so we can use it as fertilizer for

Hello friends... These days, having power outages has been the new norm. It's unfortunate, but it could have been worse, right? It mostly lasts for about an hour or two. The problem is, we don't know exactly

Yesterday, I went to the garden and helped clean while my mom was watering our plants. The weather was nice, so I decided to take some photos to update our little garden. Our malabar spinach has been growing

The Ending I Foreshadowed For years I've guarded my heart Afraid of having it be broken apart It wasn't easy to piece them back It wasn't easy to be back on track But then something short-circuited in

I was looking for some horror movies to watch, so I asked AI to name five psychological horror films to choose from. I didn't ask for any plot details to make it a surprise. The first on the list was

September 5, 2026 It’s been ages since I actually wrote something by hand. For some reason, I wanted to do it this way. There’s just something or maybe someone that’s making me happy these days. I mean…

Recently, there have been rotational power outages in my area. At first, it was just for an hour, a few times a week. However, today, the power outage lasted for 2 hours. In addition, the air quality isn't

It's been very hot in my area for the past few weeks. It's not that bad because it's quite windy and comfortable, but it wouldn't hurt to have something to cool ourselves with. It so happened that we harvested

Our garden has been thriving these days despite the hot weather. For weeks, it has been really hot with little to no rain at all. However, I'm glad to say that our little garden is doing pretty well. I

The last time my father went to his hometown, he bought me some coffee beans. I usually grind them using the electric grinder before brewing using the French Press. However, last week, my grinder sparked

Last Sunday morning, while having breakfast with my parents, my mom suddenly mentioned that she wanted to go to the next town to visit my aunt. I didn't have any classes scheduled then, so I told her...

When we transferred to this place last December, one of the people who welcomed us was our kind elderly neighbor. Her name is Manang Lourdes, and she used to be the caretaker of the house we're currently

Last August 15, my grandma celebrated her birthday. Papa went to his hometown to visit her and for another reason. My uncle, his brother, sent us some stuff, mostly clothes, because we lost most of our

Having beautiful flowers around somehow brings joy and color to our boring lives. Well, at least for me and my mom. We love looking at flowers, so when the flowers in our garden bloom, we become so excited.