A few weeks ago, I posted about writing as a second career. As you probably know by now, my posts are excruciatingly long-drawn. So here is the 2nd part: ON OWNING IT A friend of mine (hi Pau!) studied culinary school, and plowed through an internship program before putting up her own successful restaurant; but for the longest time, she did not … [Read more...]
Adulting 122: Exploring Osaka (Part 3- On Touristy Activities, Hangry Deers and Harry)
For the past 2 entries, I’ve been going on and on about our recent trip to Japan. So far, I’ve talked about winter wear and trains, then hotels and restaurants. Because I’m OC and cannot leave stuff unfinished (even though I’ve been totally delinquent and it’s been months since our trip), I decided to make one more post. This kwento will be devoted to the touristy portion in … [Read more...]
Adulting 122: Exploring Osaka (On Winterwear and Trains)
A couple of weeks ago, the partners in Moe’s firm treated all their associates to Japan. Because I’m super kaladkarin, I tagged along as well. This is our second time in Osaka- we visited around the same time last year with my brother and sister-in-law. But, we never really got to go around because we spent around 95% of our time shopping. We made a perfunctory visit to the … [Read more...]
Adulting 119 (Part II)- Holiday Lessons: My Not-So-New Year
In my last post, I shared how I’m a world-class Christmas Grinch, and how I had a hard time getting into the holiday spirit. This next entry is an attempt to combat my New Year’s funk as well. THE NEXT YEAR IS JUST A NUMBER One of the most depressing things about welcoming the New Year for me is coming to terms with getting older. I’m turning 37 this year. Where … [Read more...]
Adulting 119: Holiday Lessons, Confessions of a Christmas Grinch
Ok this is going to make me sound like a real-life Grinch, but I haven't felt the Christmasy vibe in a long, long time. BREAKING UP WITH SANTA I can remember the first time Christmas lost its magic for me. When we were kids, my parents really, really made a production out of Santa Claus. Every year, we would get two gifts; one from my parents, and one from “Santa.” And … [Read more...]