Pink flowers at San Francisco Botanic Gardens

This blog is not dead. Sounds a bit like Neitzsche but in no way near his cynicism — in fact the complete opposite. I should mark this day of blogging accomplishment ‘coz I didn’t think I’d manage to post an update this early. Trying to sit down to write a blog was a pain and I am grateful that I was able to pull myself out of the ditch. I really couldn’t be any happier now that I am back to the blogging universe.

We arrived in the Bay Area almost a month ago with nothing but essential things for survival: some clothes, a laptop, a hard drive, and the most important: our son, Daniel. This must be one of the most no-brainer relocations from halfway around the world. We knew this would come and when it did, we were ready in a snap of a finger: no dramas, no second thoughts, no worries. The move was upon us. Needless to say, we had to allot a week or two to adjust to the weather, which is beautiful I must say (and I’m like a broken record for saying this numerous times already), and the time zone. Thankfully, we’re at the point now where everything seems like our typical day in the Philippines sans high humidity and without our trusty laundry woman, cook, and Daniel’syaya — people I definitely miss and feel grateful for.

Hello Kitty store at Taiwan Airport

Our flight from Manila to San Francisco was, thankfully, uneventful: as what we predicted, Daniel gave us an easy time all throughout the flight, although there were little tantrums here and there like when he preferred to be carried (I tell you, he is heavy) over lounging on his stroller. Otherwise he was a great traveler. Air turbulence must have played a major part as he just slept soundly almost the entire flight. The only drawback was — fortunately for me, and I don’t mean this in a selfish way — he wanted to be lulled in Amarind’s arms the entire 11-hour flight from Taiwan to San Francisco. [Read more...]

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