Nhemskie's Haven

Lee, Linda. The Red Candy  Book Launching.2019.JPEG file. The Red Candy is the first illustrated Children's book of Ms. Linda A Lee in Kinaray-a and English that is gorgeously illustrated and wonderfully told. Front Photo of Linda Lee's Ang Dulce nga Pula.2019.JPEG file. Mimi the young girl of this charming and vibrantly illustrated story loves eating the red, sweet and stringy candy that leaves that glossy red tint on her lips. After convincing her mother, Minda, to give her money to buy some paper needed for school, she bought the money for her favorite sweet and traded guava for paper instead. That night Mimi had a nightmare after eating all the candies she bought and went to bed without brushing her teeth. She dreamt being chased by a gigantic talking worm wearing a tooth crown with scary fangs. But when she understands how horrible it felt when the monster gnawed her teeth, it was then Mimi was awaken by her mom and learns the importance of regular brushi...

Corazon C. Aquino January 25, 1933 ~ August 01, 2009 Your legacy will always be remembered by the Filipinos. May you rest in peace!

______________________________________________________ I am indebted to too many people. Many people are suffering too much because of me. The sufferings that will come are unfathomable. The rest of my life is a burden for others. Because of poor health, I can not do anything. I can't read nor write. Don't be too sad. Life and death are both just a part of nature. Don't feel sorry. Don't blame anyone. It's all fate. Cremate my body and set up a small gravestone near home, I've thought about this for a long time. - Former President Roh Moo-Hyun's suicide letter _____________________________________________________ Pictures were taken when we went to his hometown last year in Bong Ha Town, Gimhae. More than words can say, Our family is deeply saddened by what happened to the former President. He didn't deserve this kind of death. May he rest in peace.

My vacation this year was very busy and tiring. And though I had a full 10-days off from work, those days were still not enough to have a real decent vacation where I could get a day's nap and take things slowly than my usual pace. Most of these times were spent at the Philippine Embassy in Seoul, our Community Center and the Busan Immigration . If you were keen to guess... yes, I am now a naturalized Korean. I won't say I'm very happy for this big change but I won't deny too that it'll make my life easier here in Korea and for my family too since we're all of the same nationality now. I also applied for Chloe's Philippine Passport and reported her birth as well (meaning she's now a dual citizenship holder). I'll do some more talking about the procedure next time. So, off we go to Seoul last Friday's night after my last class. We started at 11 pm and arrived at Euijeong bu at 3:30 am. Tommy drove all the way from Busan~Euijeong bu IC for four a...

Five years ago, when I was still in my home country, I never thought of what my students say when they tell me that married women here in Korea are the strongest. I, for one, had never been in to this country so, I took it only as a joke. How could have any married woman in the world be different? But since I married and came here, I found their words to be true. An "아가씨" is a single woman in Korea. Once this single woman married, she therefore enters to the world of "Ajummas." Ajummas are of no difference from any other humans, except they are wives, mothers, companions, daughters and career women-all-of-a-sort. They are believed to be 'super-humans' because of their strength... they are strongest after giving birth to their children. They are happiest with other ajummas around, singing trot music and chatting almost everything from their family lives to what side dishes to make, what Sauna is the best or where is the biggest sale in town, like that. They w...

You wouldn't imagine how unlucky I am in posting this blog... I was almost finished and about to click post when my computer just suddenly restarted... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! Anyways..... Hello guys! How have you been lately and how's life goin'? I have plenty of stories to tell but actually was..(I mean, I still am ) very busy for the last few weeks. I gave up my bowling lessons and got a new job in Metro City. There was another call last week offering me another office work but I declined the offer... I got the job that I needed. Tommy and I moved into a new house and spent the Lunar holidays with my in-laws. We had a very busy holiday because my in-laws just remodelled their whole apartment and as "the one and only dutiful son and daughter-in-law," we had to help them moving the furniture in and out of the house. Remodelling an old apartment house is twice as difficult as moving into a new house... For Goodness sake~~~ I'm still working on the diss...