Author Archive for tayara
A hen living in a city away from her original nest. Lived 15 years of her life a stone’s throw away from the sea but swims worse than a cat. Almost named Maria Banana by her mother (yet to figure out if it was a joke). Proud promdee but loving the city. Making a living churning out pieces. Wondering if her day-to-day routine has started giving her some psychedelic effect (“Purple haze all in my eyes. Don’t know if it’s day or night”). Loving life nonetheless. Loving mudraxhood, loving her Cello, day and night!
Just an hour? I go longer
I didn’t observe Earth Hour last month, neither did I in the past. I didn’t feel the need to do so, and I had never really been swayed by the hype around it. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe in its cause. I did and I do, but not in the fleeting interest in the [...]
Filed in: environment (let's all care!)
Holiday on my mind
2013 is supposed to take me to at least seven cities, twice to two of them. That’s according to my team’s travel plans. With less than 10 months left in the year, that means little chance for a personal holiday. Luckily, one of the cities I’m supposed to travel to is Seoul, now [...]
Filed in: travel
I wonder
Whenever I see woodland stripped of its glory – crowning and everything – and reduced to grassland that no animal would graze on, or to barren land that will eventually hold not trees nor shrub nor weeds but dwellings, buildings, and people, I stop, take deep breaths, and wonder. [...]
Filed in: environment (let's all care!) • thoughts random or otherwise
To try in style: Afternoon teas
I’ve been lucky to have had the chance to go places as part of my job. But since I work for a magazine that covers the Asian markets, most of my travels are confined within the region. I do love Asia. There’s nothing like the heterogeneity, dynamism, colors and sounds, or dins, of its places. [...]
Filed in: travel
Learning the old way is never passé
It must be mainly from the hours and hours I spent as a student listening to lectures and reading on the effects of mass media on children that I’ve become a fussy mommy on what and how much media my cellito uses. By mass media I refer to the new ones, online and mobile, as [...]
Filed in: motherhood
Of 2012 and traveling
One way I’m looking back on 2012 is how I pulled off (proudly ) a year of traveling while at the same time leading a shorthanded team and meeting deadlines, and of course, being a mom to my cellito. Not that it was a much heavier year. But I actually planned on cutting back on [...]
Filed in: motherhood • travel
Is Bali cliche?
A stay in Bali, either for pleasure or labor (aka business), sounded like one of the ultimate travel clichés to me. Resorts, beaches, diving, surfing, snorkeling – yes, they made up a dream holiday, but weren’t they what every island getaway in Asia had to offer? When I finally got the chance [...]
Filed in: travel
Green hypocrisy?
Green here, green there, green everywhere. Sorry for the pun. It was intended. I thought it captured the avalanche of “green movements” the past few years advocating environmentally conscious and friendly practices by mostly corporate citizens. That’s what I’ve noticed at least in my current city, where I think the green movement in the corporate [...]
Filed in: environment (let's all care!)
Little one, Big joy
We recently celebrated our little girl’s exciting, fun-filled, brimming with love, and more-than-just-sometimes impish three years of life. Being a mother, there are a hundred of motherhoods (motherhood statements, that is) I can say from A to Z. But reflecting on how the past three years has been to us, as mother and daughter, I [...]
Filed in: motherhood
Looking more decent now
Going to the Philippine Embassy here in Singapore had always been one of the last things I’d like to do. If I could delay the trip up to the last minute, or second, I’d gladly do. Just imagining what was waiting there - the hours of queue and wait, the cramped service area, the large number [...]
Filed in: life away from the nest
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