Mimi on August 19th, 2009

As every owner of a DSLR camera knows, after you finally get the camera body that you’ve been saving up for, you tend to want to buy more lenses (even though you know you have other more pressing priorities like business insurance or new tyres). Nikonians have even coined up a term for this: NAS [...]

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Mimi on August 17th, 2009

It’s a Monday. And the clouds are a threatening dark grey. But I’m surprisingly light-hearted today, singing under my breath a song called “You” by Basil Valdez, a Filipino artist who had his share of fame in the 80’s.
It all started when we went out for dinner Saturday night in Bandung, Indonesia. (DH, RoundBoy and [...]

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Mimi on August 12th, 2009

It doesn’t take much to turn a mother’s insides into mushy goo.
Take this pic, for instance, of Twin2 eating spaghetti…

What is it about this pic that makes my heart melt so?
Is it the quiet determination at eating all by himself? The careful handling of the slippery pasta and the messy sauce? The deft dexterity with [...]

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Mimi on August 10th, 2009

“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and [...]

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Mimi on August 8th, 2009

Because MyEldest is an extraordinary boy, his birthday cake had to be extraordinary as well. So I searched the internet far and wide and was elated to find the perfect cake for him just a couple of days before his birthday — pizza cake!

It’s soooo easy to make!

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