Tag: celebration

No Thriller Night

| 31 October 2010 | 9 Comments
No Thriller Night

I’m sure my family and relatives in Davao have been busy preparing for tomorrow’s highlight of the month. It’s always on the 1st and 2nd of November that we pay a visit to our demised loved ones in the cemetery. I must say I haven’t been with my family on this occasion for eleven years now. But the memories I used to celebrate with [...]

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Waffles All Year Round

| 27 March 2010 | 24 Comments
Waffles All Year Round

This must sound odd but we do celebrate Waffle Day here in Sweden.  It’s a celebration that I get accustomed to since hubby and I bought a waffle-maker, lol!  Home-made waffles are better than those at the cafés or restaurants.  The celebration has something to do with the Annunciation (when Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that [...]

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Sleepless On Valentine’s?

| 12 February 2010 | 17 Comments
Sleepless On Valentine’s?

There could be many reasons why some people would be sleepless on Valentine’s. It could be that an affair has gone astray or a lover’s unfaithfulness has come out in the open. It’s a sickening thought especially if all of these happen in the month of love. I remember lines in a song, “why do [...]

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Merry Christmas, World!

| 24 December 2009 | 16 Comments
Merry Christmas, World!

Christmas is finally here and no matter how disastrous the year has been we celebrate it with thoughts of love as we always do.  This once a year-holiday seasons is always the much anticipated celebration of all celebrations in the Christian community around the world.  And it is not for the sake of Christmas itself but for [...]

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Ten Years Ago…

| 17 August 2009 | 28 Comments
Ten Years Ago…

I missed the date when I was supposed to celebrate my 10th anniversary (if I may call it that way) of my arrival here.  But August is not over yet and must be the reason why I suddenly thought about how many years I’ve been living in this country so different from where I came [...]

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Friendship Award On Friendship Day

| 2 August 2009 | 29 Comments
Friendship Award On Friendship Day

Many thanks to Ruchi of Choosy Info and IWrite2Know for awarding me this Friendship Award while I was on vacation.  I couldn’t post and pass this due to time constraint, however, I didn’t expect I’d post this today which is actually the Friendship Day.  I wouldn’t have known it’s Friendship Day today hadn’t I come [...]

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