Home & Leisure

It was a typical Thursday event, and I wanted to go to the event in a place called The Cookery Place, since it was so near our new ‘home’. The place was in Burgos circle. I thought it was a sit down dinner with a couple of invited blogger. Little did I know, I was about to get short course on cooking and it was a hands on activity.

We plan to make this our last major shopping day for our condo unit. The things on our list are the following: cabinet handles, washer/dryer, wallpaper, curtains, led strip lights, refrigerator, couch pillows, bed foam, mattress, and a couple of decorative pieces. We promised you a photo shoot of our place, so we need it to look good. 

Our designers are Kaye and Maybs from KM Designs. For young couples who are looking for home designers with taste and style, you can contact them. These two are very easy to talk to and they can work with a given reasonable budget.

Sometimes, we need just a little reminder that there is a higher being watching over us. I came across these religious door charms that you can customize. These are made by my officemate, Anna. You can choose the color of the ribbon that you would want to have. You can choose one of the medals that can be placed as a charm.

I love eating, but what's such a hassle is that after eating my favorite dip in Army Navy matched with Freedom Fries, I always need to brush my teeth. The problem is when I get to the office, I sometimes have unscheduled meetings that I have to attend. It's a good thing that I have Listerine in my drawer.

After Chay, my friend from work, gave me this cute Watchover Voodoo Doll (Judo Kid), I wanted to check out the other designs and buy my husband and my sister, Kinney of ManilaShopaholic.com dolls, too.

We welcome 2012 with open arms. We encourage you to do the same, as we know that some of you may be grumbling and dragging your way to work this morning. Wake up and smell the fresh air. Have you noticed that there was not much "paputok" this year? I used to wake up to smog covering the entire Metro Manila. Anyway, this year, for us, started better than how we start each year. We hope that you started your year right, as well.

At P590, the DOMA MiNi SPEAKi is a viable affordable alternative to the more high end speakers available in the market.

There are a lot of great stores in Greenbelt. You can choose from a wide array of brands the perfect gift for an occasion. After buying that perfect gift, however, sometimes, these purchases do not come with fancy boxes and ribbons. That's when you can seek out the services of Tie Me Up Buttercup

Whether it’s for finding an interesting hotel or looking for the best rates for that laser hair removal, you can always check the multitude of groupon-like websites that have lately popped up in Manila. What I find to be the most appealing for me, however, are vacation deals.

Arkitektura.ph shares the beautiful historical architecture in the Philippines in an online free content DB. Let's hope this serves as a reminder to Filipinos to save our landmarks!

Every year, there's always a new toy that is introduced in the Philippines and becomes a hit amongst the young ones. Last Christmas, I must admit that I would buy these toys also if I were 8 years old once again. It's called Sylvanian Families.