During my first pregnancy, I read 70 books about pregnancy and parenting but none of it prepared me for the actual reality of having a newborn and toddler. And it’s not just books that are readily available these days. I steered clear of intense groups full of social media wars to keep my energies positive…
Turtle of Turtles
I have less than a year to get up to speed with my part-time trading skills. My humble returns have given me enough to beat currency inflation rates. I know that the way of the turtle leads to good things. Slow and steady really wins the race. But to channel my inner Eckhart Tolle, the…
AWS Siklab 2019 Hackathon
The Siklab Pilipinas event was a success, and I am glad to have been a part of it. Ever since I gave birth to my son in 2016, I stopped attending tech events. Eventually, the adjustment to motherhood became a bit of a crutch. I got cold feet whenever I saw tech events pop up…
Of Measles and Vaccinations
“Where are the anti-vaxxers now?!?! They are responsible for these dying babies from measles!” This is the battle cry of the online digital moms with their pitchforks against the women who advocated cherry picking vaccinations for their children a bit more than a year ago. The vaccination debate got so bad that the Facebook group…
The Myth of Work-Life Balance
The word work life balance probably only exists for the non-ovulating segment of the world population. For mothers, it’s just life and a whole jumble of things that need to be juggled day in and out. This whole project of building this blog only began after an interesting turn of events at work. I was…