I have to confess, the trend of adult coloring books was at first totally unappealing to me. I mean, I have a lot on my plate already, how can I still find time for this? Also, they're just 'coloring books' and yet they cost more than P500.00? Crazy, right? Since most bookstores have started carrying these adult coloring books (even occupying most of the display tables and ... READ MORE
A Rustic Modern Look for ‘The Bright Spot’
A big shout out to those who expressed appreciation of my blog's new look. It was actually a project I've listed for 2015 but kept putting off because I couldn't decide on the final details. For sure, I wanted less colors na for the blog. Not that I didn't like the "Cath Kidston / tea party" look that defined The Bright Spot for the past 2 years (read about that makeover ... READ MORE
‘Spicy Mexican Chicken’
This is what my 4-year-old nephew, "Chef Liam", called the dish he cooked for us last weekend, when I made a surprise visit to Cebu: He's into a lot of things these days, cooking included. Nainggit ako sa cooking tools nya - complete set talaga! My favorite part of our play time was the "Cooking Show with Liam", where I would play the "program host" while he is the ... READ MORE
Pope Francis in Tacloban
No storm could stop Pope Francis from visiting Tacloban today, which is the main purpose of his 5-day visit to the Philippines. Like most Catholics here in Manila, I was glued to the TV to catch his message to the people of Tacloban, the most devastated part of the country in the aftermath typhoon Yolanda in November 2013. I anticipated his message to be very moving, but I ... READ MORE
New Year Wish for 2015
As the year 2014 comes to a close today, I'd like to share with you this New Year quote I found online, which is from Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute of Ethics. His words captured everything I aspire to be in 2015. He said: "Approach the New Year with... 2015 will be about embracing greater responsibilities and new challenges at my work, but ... READ MORE
DIY Gift Tags from Shopping Bags
In case you didn't know, I have a penchant for keeping ribbons, shopping bags, paper bags and pretty gift wrapping papers so you can just imagine the stash I collected last Christmas. I hate putting into waste reusable papers so I try to 'save' all that I can whenever I open gifts. (You can read about my past projects on re-used shopping and paper bags HERE and ... READ MORE
A Postcard Project
A few months back, I chanced upon this blog post by the DiploWife about a small shop in Berlin selling pretty souvenir items and paper products. She shared pictures of the beautiful Berlin postcards she acquired from her trip in that shop, all of which looked fantastically 'real' because of the 3D-like effect. The idea of a postcard challenge came about from this blog ... READ MORE
Introducing uberX: The Low-Cost Uber
My usual 30 minutes ride home became 3 hours yesterday, no thanks to the ulan-baha that started at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I took my usual uberX transpo going home, and I am very thankful that my driver (Kuya Teodoro) was alert the whole time we were battling traffic along Buendia, Taft Avenue, Vito Cruz and Zobel Roxas, where cars didn't move for almost an hour. ... READ MORE
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