Precious ones

Happy birthday to my beautiful sister in Canada! Ate Espie, may you continue to grow in the knowledge and grace of our Father. See you soon in December at Beacon Villa! For my other precious ones who celebrated/are celebrating their day this month – my warm birthday greetings, too - Ruth (Germany), Aichen (Thailand), and Loida (Korea). Alles [...]

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happy birthday, gen!

(Psalm 27 (The Message), for my sister and friend, Gen, who is celebrating life in God. Happy birthday. We love you. Greetings from your families and friends in Singapore, Canada, and Philippines. ) Light, space, zest— that’s God!    So, with him on my side I’m fearless,       afraid of no one and nothing. When vandal hordes [...]

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Danke! :-)

Haha! Fun German lessons with Ruth, Angel and my family on our visit to Cebu last April. Ruth, danke, vielen Dank!

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Wunderbar Cebu!

Memories, memories, and memories of my recent trip to Cebu with friends Angel (Singapore) and Ruth (Germany). It was a blast. Really so thankful for how it worked out so well for us. Spent time with my family and friends. Had a feast of lechon. Got ourselves a treat of body scrub and massage, facial [...]

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Unembarrassed

It’s so fun to watch my five-month-old niece Ruth (also called Chloe by my relatives in Canada ) learns to imitate. Haha. So candid. So unembarrassed. So good for the heart. And oh, here’s another video of Yancy. He’s a funny, smart boy. He sure knows how to have fun. When I was a kid [...]

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unedited, funny acts

I found two unedited, funny videos of my niece Cary and nephew Yancy on my recent trip home. Sorry it’s a bit dark and shaky. But I just love these. They cracked me up. Here’s Cary trying to do her song secretly in the toilet. But I got her permission to post this. So it’s [...]

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home again

In about five hours time, I’ll be in Cebu again – for work and vacation. Can’t wait to see my family and friends. In budget terminal now waiting for boarding. Our flight was delayed 80 minutes. Oh, well, I enjoyed my mocha. Tomorrow, we’ll have Jollibee tocino breakfast. Haha!

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across the miles

One day, I was chatting with my sister in Canada and the rest of our family members in the Philippines. I am based in Singapore. With a webcam on, it was fun seeing them. It was heartbreaking, too, because I know how difficult it is especially for my sister to be away from her two kids [...]

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a child’s reflection

My twelve-year-old niece Cary told me how much she appreciated and enjoyed their class recollection activity few days ago. It’s a time where they gathered and reflected about their lives as they will soon graduate from grade school. I was amazed because I only had that experience when I graduated from university! Oh, well, private schools in the city are definitely [...]

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it was from you

I was glad and surprised when I saw my twelve-year-old niece Cary posted these thoughts on her friendster. Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life… Consider others more important than yourselves…care about them as much as you care about youreselves… We may think we are doing the right thing…but the LORD always knows what is [...]

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