Mommy Ning

ABOVE: Kai Kai and Jia Jia enjoying their honey-flavoured ice cakes. In a recent update to their Red List of Threatened Species, giant pandas were downgraded to ‘Vulnerable’ from ‘Endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.   Photo credits:  Wildlife Reserves Singapore SINGAPORE –  Keepers at River Safari recently threw a birthday bash for giant pandas—Kai Kai and Jia Jia—with honey-flavoured ice cakes decorated with apple and carrot slices, some of their favourite treats. Male Kai Kai celebrates his ninth birthday today, and female Jia Jia turned eight on 3 September 2016. Their ice cakes weighed a collective 7kg, and took keepers four days to make.  Both giant pandas arrived in River Safari in 2012 on a 10-year loan from China.   Kai Kai and Jia Jia entered their second mating season in April earlier this year, but both natural mating and artificial insemination had been unsuccessful. From weeks of displaying pseudo-preg...

Eversince the evolution of selfies and the powerful front facing cameras, there were a lot of brands that promote their line of mobile phones. But me, I only want what is functional. Not that front facing cameras do no good but since I am already a mother of three, I like a mobile phone that suits our lifestyle best. Honestly, it is very hard to find a gem from the many mobile phone brands out in the market. But since the husband and I believe that a good mobile phone must have a good camera and we find it in Oppo. He has the old one models and he still loves it. My Oppo R7 So what I really loved about this newest model of Oppo which the #OppoF1s? Let me give you my top three. 1. Customizable fingerprint application launch. I already loved their fingerprint unlock option and now this? How genius is this? VERY. Being an octopus mom of three this will be very helpful to us because time is essential. By pressing different fingers on the button will lead us ...

This has been more than a year in my memory that needs to be written and with all the hullabaloos that happened, I just need to find a peaceful yet quiet time to write it down constructively. More than a year ago, we finally went to the coveted place for summer vacation which is the Mountain Province. It was timely though that it was scheduled a week after my daughter’s birthday. Which means we are celebrating her special day traveling and immersion. This trip was supposed to be purely business trip but the hosts were kind enough to tour us around the whole city.  We left the busy streets of metro around midnight so the kids will be asleep the entire trip. Google map says its 400+ kilometers away and approximate travel time would be 8-10 hours. The only thing we regret though is that it was too dark when we passed by Bontoc, and didn’t witness the beauty of it. We got there at four in the morning. Our travel slowed down a bit when we reached the crevices of the mountains....

Matte Lipsticks is a thing these days. Local and international brands release their matte lines and if given a chance, I would like to try most of it. Haha! The product that I will feature here in this post is a local brand most of us love. It is the EB Advance Matte Lipsticks. They released matte lippies together with their creme ones. I am not sure though how many shades they have available but I know enough that you can pick something that will suit your fancy. I am glad that there are local products that can produce good quality lippies which are at par with international brands. Those who are in a budget this is their best option rather than opting to buy fake make ups which can be very dangerous as we do not know the hidden ingredients to it. Left: Amethyst Rose Right: Red Twilight Pigmentation: With one swipe, you will get the color you need. The color pay off is very good. However, there is a very slight tugging to it most especially if you didn’t m...

The weather the past few months have been very crazy. It has been so unpredictable that my kids have been suffering from on and off flu. Imagine all my three kids getting sick all at the same time, as well as the husband. The prevalence also of dengue fever is quite high right now. My youngest has a lot of mosquito bites here and there and what really irk me are the marks it leaves after the redness. Honestly, I have tried almost all of the Citronella containing products there is in the market and yes, most works fine and others just a false claim. Thankful that I am, there are support groups of mommies where we/they share their experiences as well as those locally available products safe for our children. There is one product that most of the mommies have been raving online, which is the brand Coco Haven. This is quite new to my ears and because they have good reviews about this, I tried it to my children too. I got their Bugs Away Cream and it has been a routine sin...