House and Home

A love story on pots, patience and hardwork

July 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

Between me and my husband Jeff, he’s the one who has a green thumb. Pero sure naman akong may konting green din naman sa akin kasi ako yung tiga-dilig ng Auntie who is a Certified PLANTITA during summer vacation sa province when I was younger.

Anyway, Jeff is a fan of palm trees. When we moved in our house here in Cavite, he started growing foxtail palm and Manila palm trees. Later on, we had Yucca plants, and other ornamental plants na dala lang lahat ni Nanay. Tinatanim nya lang basta sa backyard, masu-surprise na lang kami may Avocado tree tsaka Langka na pala syang tinanim haha… Other indoor plants na I just realized na meron kami are Calatheas and Calladiums. I will soon repot them kasi nasa lupa sila 😛

Back to the Yucca plant, I love this plant because it’s filed under “plants that survive under my care” hahaha. Whenever Jeff’s out of town, pagbalik nya, buhay pa naman yung Yucca. Plus our Yucca plants have stories in them, yung isa rescued from the trash, yung isa rescued from our neighbor na nagpalinis ng garden at kasama sila sa pinutol.

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How to protect your family against germs?

May 25, 2020 49 Comments

Now that we are living through tough times because of COVID-19, we must always be on guard against germs. Germs have different types, bacteria, viruses, and fungi, are the most common ones but they all have a common denominator, they all make us sick and some germs also make us stink.

Ayaw nating magkasakit lalo na sa panahon ngayon. As mothers, it is our role to protect our family against illness. Kaya naman I listed below some of the things you can do to protect your family against germs.

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How to effectively disinfect your home against COVID-19 virus

April 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

As government authorities and frontline personnel continue to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Filipinos are also doing their share to prevent virus spread and infection, including observing proper hand and respiratory hygiene, and social distancing.

Realizing how the novel coronavirus can spread through small respiratory droplets which can survive for days on surfaces, people have started to disinfect their homes and offices, especially if they have family members and colleagues who are vulnerable to infection.

Here are a few guidelines on how to effectively disinfect one’s surroundings against coronaviruses such as the COVID-19.

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Grocery list for Covid-19 quarantine

March 19, 2020 1 Comment

Last week, before President Duterte announced the community quarantine in Metro Manila, I already received the news in one of the mommy Viber groups I belong to. Sabi 5 pm daw mag-aannounce, so nung 3 pm I rushed to the nearest supermarket, good thing hindi pa rush hour and I was able to shop for some necessities na hindi pa mahaba ang pila.

The day after the announcement, I heard ang haba na raw ng pila at ang dami ng tao.

Kamusta kayo mommies? Nakapamili ba kayo ng mga kailangan nyo? Ako although nakapamili na ako, kelangan ko pang bumalik kasi hindi ako naka-prepare the last time.

Ngayon, helpful talaga ang may list para walang makalimutan. Lalo na that we are under Enhanced Community Quarantine at buong Luzon na.

I am sharing my list, please share din kung ano yung nasa list nyo para maidagdag ko rin sa amin.

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My love-hate relationship with plastic + 8 tips on how to reduce plastic use in the bathroom

March 18, 2020 1 Comment

With the current community quarantine we’re undergoing right now because of COVID-19, I’m sure a lot of moms like me felt derailed with my usual schedule. Husband and kids are at home, we can’t go out because of the virus scare, so what’s left to do?

If you saw the photos taken from Wuhan, China when they also had a lockdown, you can see blue skies, no smog, no traffic… A lot of people concluded that Mother Earth is just taking her time to heal.

Now that Metro Manila is under community quarantine, let’s just think that our environment needs to heal too. And while Mother Earth is healing, it’s also time to declutter inside our homes.

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The truth behind Maynilad’s water service interruption

March 6, 2020 3 Comments

There are some things we can never understand until we experienced and saw it for ourselves. That’s how I felt when I joined the Maynilad experiential tour in Angat Dam together with other mommy bloggers. I got a deeper understanding on some of the following topics:

Where is the source of our water supply?
How does Maynilad treat its water?
Is our water from Maynilad potable?
Why are we experiencing rotational water service interruptions?
Tips on how to conserve water

Mommy-Bloggers-in-Angat-Dam — Mommy bloggers in Angat Dam

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