Nhemskie's Haven

I went to work this morning knowing a thousand tasks shall greet me at the doorstep of our office. As most of all my friends know, I've switched my more-than-a-decade career of teaching to the world of sedentary office working. I am now working in a medical exporting firm, in charge of the overseas business sales. Everything is quite new to me and I do acknowledge that it shall still be a very long way for me to know everything in this new job. Today is quite special since I shall visit our bank and submit all the papers that are needed for our negotiation with Yemen and Qatar. I shall meet a new bank section head today and hopefully introduce myself as the Import Department Manager of our company. Smooth and easy. I did dress up for the occasion knowing that manners and etiquette are part of the business deal. My face has been prettily adored with shades of red. Hair well kempt. And just as I thought everything was going to be perfect, a bad news came ...

Tommy and I are faced with a serious dilemma of facing another galling part of our lives --- moving on and this time it means everything to us. Moving back to Korea and facing a new life there entail another 'Korean Life' is a big problem in the making. Being a wife to Tommy,  a mom to Chloe, a teacher in a foreign land, an only daughter-in-law to my in-laws and a filipino expat... all myriad of possibilities can happen. I'm worried that what we 'have' right now isn't enough. I'm worried that what we had experienced here in Bangkok (the freedom and carefree life that we have for one and a half years) would always linger in ourt thoughts. I'm afraid of the stress I'd get since Tommy decided to embark his stock trading path. I'm afraid that the Korean society isn't ready yet for multi-cultural families like us. I'm afraid of falling below the expectations of my family. I'm just so afraid of failing... and everything what stores in the f...

Bangkok is very similar to the Philippines when it comes to weather and food. There are thousands of reasons to love in Bangkok. But among them, what I love here t he most is the food. Food here in Bangkok is quite similar to the ones in the Philippines. One distinct similarity is its sweetness and richness of desserts. In Korea, where I've stayed one third of my life, fruit eaten with rice would be a disastrous match. However, in Thailand and even in the Philippines, they are very common. Let me give you the honor of introducing the luscious desserts that I've been enjoying right now. Lovely... isn't it!

Chloe's 5th Birthday @ Ichi Ban Sea Food Restaurant (Korean age 6) The 41st King's Cup Thailand VS Korea Chloe and her playmate Pi Ppo A Swan boat ride the day before Chloe's 5th Birthday at Queen Sirikit Park Chloe was very excited to see her grandma and aunties from Korea this summer!    

Everything's a mess now here in Bangkok. We've been tensed all month long preparing for the flooding that has never actually happened in our place inner Bangkok, not yet for now, some government officials say. The first issue that I've been having right now is water. Since we've been getting our water from Nestle Pure Life which factory is located in Ayudthaya, we can't find bigger bottles of water nowadays in convenience stores or big marts around. Hopefully everything is going to be back on its normal state or else... we'd be relocated somewhere else

Question : "The measure of your success is how much money you make." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? If you disagree, is there another way to define success? If you agree, why is money the best way to define sucess? Give specific reasons and examples to support your answer.      People generally relate success to how much money they make. People who believe this to be true might argue that this is because everything in this world revolves around money. However, in my opinion, there's so much more to success rather than just money. I would define success as how close a person is from achieving his or her goal and how satisfied that person is with his or her life.      To begin with, money is not everything in life and there are things that people can't buy with money. It might seem true that wealth can bring one a step closer to achieving one's dream, but when that's the case...

     Tommy knew, even before we got married, that cooking wasn't my cup of tea. We even came to an agreement that I'd just be serving him kimchi everyday which made him reconsider his proposal for marriage...LOL. I actually never went out of my cooking comfort zone (frying -- which I found to be the best skill I have so far next to slicing ripe mangoes) not after I came to Korea.      So before you make a grave mistake of doing this recipe, I'm suggesting you to think twice before you seriously do it.      The recipe is quite easy for a trying hard cook like me. Here it is: Lotus Roots Boiled in Soy Sauce ( 연근조림 - Chloe's Favorite) Ingredients: 450g of Lotus Roots 1 spoon of Vinegar (I use Apple Vinegar) For the Sauce (Mix them together in a bowl then set aside) 1 1/2 cup of water 1/2 cup of soy sauce ( I use the Korean brands, or Kikoman will also do) 3...