Is Relationship Hard Work?

Advertisements Are relationships really hard work? I’ve read an article from Thought Catalog that reacts to Ben Afflect’s thank you speech to wifey, Jennifer Gardner, citing that marriage has been hard work and yet how glorious is it to work hard beside your wife. His words were: His words were: “I want to thank my […]

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Update: Three Months and Everyone’s Pressuring Us to Get Married!

Advertisements Boyfriend and I had been blissfully dating for the last three months. At this point in time, he is now automatically invited to family events and dinners, and vice versa. The funny thing though, everyone around us — my mom, my brother, his parents, and my Bible study groupies — had been asking us […]

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I Feel Like Such a Failure

Advertisements Because I cannot handle the grassroots employees of our family business. Personally, I take responsibility. My training ever since was to work with the upper echleons of society (e.g., Presidents, COOs, Finance Heads) that I am unable to work well with people who live below the poverty line. It’s not that I am mean […]

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V-Day Trumps ALL!

Advertisements My boyfriend and I decided to shy away from the usual Valentine’s Day festivities, and celebrate this special day yesterday instead. So yesterday, he picked me up at 4:00pm, and took me for a luxurious 1-hour massage at the Discovery Suite’s spa in Ortigas. It was quite nice. We were the only customers at […]

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Talking of the Future

Advertisements I joined my boyfriend’s family last night for dinner at the Marriott Hotel buffet. This is nice — When your boyfriend’s parents like having you around, as you are blessed to be in their company. “This is how an ideal relationship should be,” said my boyfriend during one of our family dinners. “I have never […]

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You’re Perfect… Now Change

Advertisements I met a really cute guy yesterday. Let’s call him IR. IR is in many ways a geek. He likes drafting, cosplaying and making his own anime figurines. IR is smart, as he graduated from the top university in the Philippines. Confident, buffed (he really likes to exercise), and standing at 5″7′, IR is in […]

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Changing for Love?

Advertisements My Taiwanese sister, who is a lot like me, is in an unhappy relationship. This is what she said: “His family is traditional.” “He wants me to be his ‘house’ wife, to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for him. He gives me money to go to the market in the morning, and then expects am at […]

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The ABC of Success

Advertisements A wise man once told me, there’s the ABC of Success: A for Ability: To be a success, you have to be able. Competent. Good at what you do, whatever that can be. You can be the best blogger in the world and get paid gazillions. Look at Xiaxue.  You can also be good at […]

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