Quote of the Week: Laughter (Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol)
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Author: C.E.L. Ruffolo
Updated version of me
I look at her and I know she’s me and not me — a wonderful combination of sugar, spice and everything nice carefully mixed in one teacup of splendor and magic that is meant only for those who dare to believe and let live. I look at her and I …
Mutants visiting the sick Nanay
I am down with fever, cough, and cold. We are in the hottest rage of Guangzhou summer. If we go out to do grocery shopping – which I did with my Mom and the twins two days ago – I expect to come home totally exhausted. July and August are the …
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Video: Zoo ride with the Lola
We visited the zoo and went on this ride! 12 August 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUpnkL1_OM&feature=youtu.be
Tara reading in English and Dutch
When I was working as a social development worker (under the Strategic Corporate-Community Partnership for Local Development program, a joint initiative of the Philippine Business for Social Progress and GIZ or the German Agency for International Cooperation), I met a Dutch development expert named Nanda Ritsma, who lives in Tagbilaran, …
Video: Nature Show and Nicholas
Nick ignores me as he watches his nature show (Discovery Channel). 08 August 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkwNEAn6P7g&feature=youtu.be
Video: Learning how to say “Bye”
Bye! 07 August 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B3iKEC7h9k&feature=youtu.be
Video: Antoinette wants the camera all to herself
Antoinette: “Mama, no, Nick.” 07 August 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGcvc9Fbgnc&feature=youtu.be
Quote of the Week: Strategy (Sun Tzu in The Art of War)
“Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War