Cajucom: Tvd junkie
WHAT is this generation’s fascination with bloodsucking creatures, known to be the undead, or immortal “beings”, feeding on human blood and cold-bloodedly feasting on innocent people? Aren’t we supposed to be disgusted with them, as well as with tales involving their eternal damnation?
Cajucom: May run-dezvous
IF THERE is one downside of summer that I can think of, it’s the tendency to gain weight – A LOT of weight. I don’t know exactly why that is the problem in the case of (most) mommies, although I have certain theories on the matter. No. 1: We tend to overeat at dinner, because there are no kids...
Cajucom: So random
IN LESS than an hour, I will be a year older. I am getting closer by the day to getting my senior citizens card, and going farther from the days of reckless youth.
Last year, I came across a Facebook post stating several random facts about the writer, and have been meaning to write my...
Cajucom: Wakeup makeup
IS THERE anything wrong with vanity? I think not. I think everyone is entitled to some degree of vanity, and in such “reasonable” levels – which I think is subjective – so as not to be narcissistic. You can be vain without going to the extent of actually worshipping yourself, or without...
Cajucom: Summer reads 2012 (ep01)
I KNOW. I’m blabbering about my fave season again, basking in the glory of the summer sun and the splendour of summer nights. I have just come from a fab Ilocandia trip which had left my purse somewhat battered and in near-coma, but that does not mean I am about to declare summer as officially...
Cajucom: Serene sunsets
ARE you a lover of sunsets? There are so many people out there who love sunsets. Browse the web for sunset photographs and you will find millions of them taken from all over the world.
I do not remember the exact moment when I knew that I am a full-fledged lover of sunsets, although I...
Cajucom: Bloom
IT’S summertime once again, a most loved season in my life story. For a lot of reasons, summer brings that relaxed, laidback atmosphere in my life, far different from stress experienced the rest of the year. It is quite ironic actually, since the two months of summer are considered most toxic in...
Cajucom: Mothersmother Diaries E02: Dutiful Stranger
I KNOW. It’s too soon for an episode 2. But what can I say? I got good feedbacks on E01, and it is such a relief to know that I am not alone in this Mothersmother boat. Although each experience is probably incomparable with others, it’s certain that we are all bound and driven by our love and...
Cajucom: The mothersmother diaries E01: beautiful stranger
LATELY it feels like there is a “stranger” in my house.
Gone are shrieks of three little girls playing; in place of one, I now sometimes hear frustrated sighs, protesting comments, whiny arguments or a deafening sound of silence. I felt the premature signs of apprehension or serious...
Cajucom: The joys of commute: The ‘antiquel’
IT WAS only two weeks ago that I was blabbering about the joys of commute with my daughter Gelai, when we took the bus to Manila to visit our relatives in Antipolo. I did not have a change of heart that easily, and I still do look forward to long commute whether through public or private...
Cajucom: My golden girl
SHE became a member of our family in the summer of 2004, and felt at home the minute she walked into our front door. She was barely three months old and looked all cuddly and pretty in all her brownish glory (she was not yet golden then). It was not difficult to find a name for her –...
Cajucom: The joys of commute
MOST people hate long commutes and feel too inconvenienced by travel. I have always loved to travel, although that is not to say I have gone to so many far off places. Believe it or not, I still don’t have a passport, but I intend to work on that this year.
Cajucom: Feast to warm the heart
WE ARE experiencing a cruel kind of cold these past few days, with the coldest recorded temp over the weekend at 10 degrees. I am not one to complain about cold weather because I ‘heart’ bed weather, but we are literally going through a crazy one this past week – with cool air and warm sunshine...
Cajucom: Love flicks
HEY, it’s February again. I know, I know… all these Valentine’s day stuff have become really overrated, becoming more like another ploy of retail giants and even relatively smaller commercial establishments to entice (still) hopeless romantics out there to celebrate v-day.
Cajucom: What’s your story?
LEGENDS in the field of advertising – mostly huge companies and for well-known brands – still dominate our minds and hearts with wonderful ads, most of which stay in our memories, cherished for years and years, until they are considered classic and hailed as vintage. Sometimes the ads may be...
Cajucom: Choices for the new year
AS WE usher in the New Year we are once again filled with hopes and dreams for a better life, for greener pasture, for a brighter future, for everything to just change for the better. Unfortunately, we seemed to have put a negative connotation on the word “resolution” in New Year’s resolution:...
Cajucom: A grand enchantment
THE first time I read its synopsis, I was already enthralled. The premise seems really intriguing, two young magicians pitted against each other to continue an ancient, long-standing rivalry between their mentors, both renowned magicians in their prime. Despite their mentors’ professionalism and...
Cajucom: Kendra reborn
THE highlight of 2011 for me – well, gadget-wise at least – was finally getting a Kindle 3, a late birthday present from hubby, ordered from my now gadget-cyber-bff Gmet Trading (add them on your fb account!). I am a certified, self-confessed (redundant but it sounds better than just “confessed...
Cajucom: What a wonderful world (s01 e04): A blessed season
THE toxic holiday season is upon us, and when I say “toxic”, I mean “toxic” in every sense possible. I am one person who knows what toxic is, and what toxic does. “Toxic” is my middle name, and I proudly wear it like a badge. It is amazing what adrenaline rush can do for your system when in a...
Cajucom: WWW S01 E03: today’s list
IT IS often easier to find something to complain and whine about in our daily lives: the early morning stress, bad news on morning tv, equally whiny not-morning-person kids, traffic, smog, pollution, fuel prices, annoying strangers and (seemingly) intolerable acquaintances, the pile of bills,...
Cajucom: Breaking down
I LOVE the Twilight saga. The moment I read the first book, I was hooked – or more aptly, bitten. It was fun to read, and it gave me that wonderful, giddy feeling – high school edition – transporting me back to memories of a fun, carefree youth. The author, Stephenie Meyer, did nothing really...
Cajucom: What a wonderful world
YOUR mind and spirit can only take in so much negativity, and the less negativity you are exposed to, the better. Sadly, it seems to be part of human nature to criticize and find something wrong with what is in front of us, instead of using all that energy finding something nice and pleasant in...
Cajucom: What a wonderful world (s01e01): Pilot
I AM launching another series of couch chats today, as you may have had enough of my “The Nanny Diaries” bickering mode. (Yes, one year 3 months and counting – except for barely one month of hiatus – I am still without a nanny and surprisingly still surviving.)
Cajucom: The Nanny Diaries s01 e06
IF THE title sounds familiar that means either you have read the book or watched the movie, or better yet have been dropping by for my couch chats often. My nanny diaries consist of several entries by now, all devoted to my many different – mostly amusing – experiences with, and now without, a...
Cajucom: Foolish hoard
OVER the long weekend, I had the time to fix old books, old CDs and DVDs and other dusty stuff, and had a minute of conflict within myself if I should finally discard most of them. I cannot believe I have grown up to be such a packrat (well, given a recollection of my college dorm room I am not...
