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REDESIGNING ROOMS = HAPPIER HOME

The Philippines hasn’t allowed personal travels by car from one province to another unless you own a property in another province. For the … Read more

Constant debates over mask wearing have been observed in certain parts of the world while some countries have been able to enforce mask wearing in public place. I recently read an i… Read more

It’s the summer time in the northern hemisphere.

For expats, it means that a major relocation season is here. Those people with a job, which requires them to live abroad, oft… Read more

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Have you also experienced a snowball effect with emotions after the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020? The ruthless killings of Ahmaud Arbery in Febru… Read more

Stay-at-home orders practiced across the world forced many people to spend their days inside their homes. It taught us that living in a space that makes us feel happy holds a high va… Read more

Among tropical flowers, orchids, especially the white ones, are one of my favorites. They are beautiful, elegant, and the best of all, long lasting. I learned about a company you c… Read more

Today many people are dealing with grieving from far away due to the novel coronavirus. Reading various stories of people going through a grieving process away from their family m… Read more

My 8-year-old son baked marble cakes the other day thanks to his classmate. His classmate from his school in Manila has an aunt who lives in France and offered a baking class to his cl… Read more

One of the hardest rooms to spruce up in a rental home to me is a bathroom. When my family moved into our rental house in Manila in August 2018, I was shocked to see dated bathrooms. Hell… Read more

Easter Sunday in 2020 was on April 12. Exactly a month before, on March 12, a month-long community quarantine was in place in Manila. The original quarantine order eventually turn… Read more