I would love to go to Gen San for the 2nd Mindanao Summit.  I have actually registered for the first bloggers conference in UP years and years ago, but failed to come because I think I just delivered then…  But then again, I will not be able to come since I have a one year old and though I can afford to take my children with me, I do not think it is safe to travel to Gen San right now. At any rate, I could only sigh and drool with envy...

Due to the invasion of rats in my house, I have been cleaning out my cupboards in the kitchen and the dining room and found a couple of suspicious dairy products that may be laced with the dangerous melamine. Just read from CNN that Lipton Milk Tea was found to be laced with melamine also. Here is a partial list of products currently being tested by BFAD.  I am shocked to see,  Anchor Products and several Nestle products included in the...

I had the opportunity to watch a friend operate her rice business. She owns  hectares of land grown with rice and she co-owns a couple of hectares with other farmers as well. I watched her bargain with a farmer about buying their unmilled rice and drying and milling the rice herself and selling it through her thriving store here in rural Misamis Oriental. It is really amazing watching her actively bargaining the purchase from P11/kg to P10/kgs...

When I woke up and went out of our bedroom to prepare our breakfast, what was infront of me totally ruined my day. S h i t ! ! I shrieked and woke up the children. The house rats rummaged and totally ruined the place where I keep some dry goods.  Totally reminded me of an entry by Delish… Instead of cooking breakfast, I ended up cleaning up the mess. The inventory? The rats gnaw open 4 containers of Nestle Cream (mental note: buy them in...