Pinoy in Singapore

I’m so used to checking what’s new on the US MSN website that I am just so frustrated with this local Singapore MSN website called XinMsn I’m close to pulling my hair out.  It all started with the localized Singapore MSN website.  It looked like the US MSN site except the news is more about [...]

[Read more →]

Dear receptionist at the Healthway clinic below our block, I went to your clinic with my maid for her initial medical check up for her work permit.  So being her employer, I approach you to make the inquiries on her behalf.  I then gave you her passport which is required to be presented so that [...]

[Read more →]

Yesterday was like any.  It was very hot like always and last night was no different.  But for a brief moment the winds suddenly went from still to crazy.  I was surfing on my laptop, when suddenly I heard what seemed to me like trucks outside our bedroom window passing by and for a moment [...]

[Read more →]

Our rental contract is expiring this year and we’re wishing so hard that we can still afford to stay in this unit we are renting.  Unfortunately, current market rates for our unit has more than doubled.  Which brought me to thinking… one of the podcasts I subscribe to explained that one of the reasons the [...]

[Read more →]

Last week I volunteered for a book crossing activity at the Central Lending Library.  I didn’t really have any idea what book crossing was about.  I thought we were going to cross out old books from the library’s inventory. It turns out bookcrossing as defined in the Concise Oxford English dictionary is the practice of [...]

[Read more →]

A few months back, National Geographic aired a 6-episode series entitled the Genius of Photography featuring the greatest photographers in the world. And for those like me who weren’t able to catch all the episodes, they are re-airing the series again on Saturdays 11 pm. Unfortunately, next Saturday will already be airing Episode 4 so [...]

[Read more →]

Edwin just tagged me in his disclosure entry and reading his made me think this is interesting because I found out we had more things in common than I thought. Sphere: Related Content

[Read more →]

Cleaning is the one chore I dread the most… ok, maybe it’s tied with ironing clothes but it all started with our air conditioning units. We wanted to do a maintenance service for the air conditioning units at home to make sure that they were still efficiently running and not just running up the electric [...]

[Read more →]

One thing I noticed when we moved to Singapore is that most people don’t bring in their shoes inside their houses. Though we don’t leave our shoes outside the door like our neighbors do, we followed the practice of not using shoes inside the house. Instead, we have a collection of bedroom slippers from different [...]

[Read more →]

Just yesterday I wrote about Mr. Tsiken’s lost wallet and what do you know, he got it back – cash and all!  We are so relieved because it’s such a hassle when you lose credit cards and what more when you lose your employment pass.   What are the odds?  Prayers really work (and the Secret works [...]

[Read more →]

Yesterday was my 10th year anniversary with Mr. Tsiken but instead of celebrating, we were a little depressed because Mr. Tsiken lost his wallet.  In it was 2 credit cards, his driver’s license, employment pass and S$300.00.  We didn’t really know what to do, so after much research and asking around, Sphere: Related Content

[Read more →]