ho chi minh city - day 1

my biggest fear when traveling is this: that by some negative force of nature, my alarm will not work and i will miss my flight. that's why i check my alarm 100 times to see that the correct am/pm setting is used. i did just that the night before our march 14 7am flight to hoh chih minh city. i set the alarm at 4:30 am. but that did not save me from not waking up to my alarm. i woke up to my phone ringing. weird, i thought. why is jan is calling...

twix

keyla, having a sweet tooth, discovered all the tingly goodness a pack of twix can bring. who wouldn't love it? a pack consists of 2 sticks of biscuit that's embraced by chocolate and caramel. it will never disappoint!last night, kuya opened a pack. keyla's eyes twinkled. aware that too much sweets will be bad for her, she asked, "daddy, will you give me one stick only?" to which kuya replied, "anong 1?! 1/2 stick only! it's too sweet."no problem, she probably thought. as long as she can have some then it's all good! but somewhere in her heart,...