My Persian friend came for a visit and craved for pasta. She neither likes our sweet Filipino style pasta sauce nor the sour Italian pasta sauce. So I asked her what she liked and came up with my own Persian pasta sauce recipe. Sharing with you my homemade recipe; Sample signature…
While some of the world’s richest people drive their own cars, do not splurge on designer brands, go to vacations only with a practical budget, Filipinos just love to look nice. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com
Two years ago today, December 05, I was able to have a surprise homecoming to the Philippines. Receiving two awards from Overseas Balikbayan Reputation Award (OBRA) 2012 and Migration Advocacy Media (MAM) Award 2012, are my prized possessions as an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and blogger. But before anything else, I am a daughter,…
Christmas in the Philippines is both an exciting and an anxious celebration not only for balikbayan Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) but for the common Filipino. Why is this so? Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is home to more than 700,000 Filipinos scattered in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. Filipinos in the UAE are mostly Overseas Filipino Workers that are employed in a wide spectrum of profession; engineering, architecture ,cargo shipping, construction, energy, information technology, marketing, medical, real estate, retail, telecommunications, household service work…
Most probably like you, I have learned the gift of friendship during childhood and from my playmates. When I started school, I met more children and developed ties with them. Some have become my friends until high school. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com
Hope relates to positivism, a state of mind where expectation is for the best. When we are in crisis, new creative possibilities give us encouragement to set a goal and to exert time and effort in order to reach for that desired goal. Sample signature www.diarynigracia.com
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has presently the largest number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and the largest Filipino community in the Middle East. Filipinos comprise the fourth largest group of expatriates, approximately 1.8 million scattered to the different parts of the kingdom. They are also the second largest income earners for remittances to the…
Rumi’s Moving Water poem When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. When actions come from another section, the feeling disappears. Don’t let others lead you. They may be blind or, worse, vultures. Reach for the rope of God. And what is that? Putting aside self-will. Sample…
I work even when I am not feeling well or things don’t seem right. Why? Because I love being productive and being able to be of assistance to whoever needs my helping hands. My family back home in the Philippines, my aging and sickly parents, even if they just send me a simple text message,…
