by Volt | Feb 18, 2026 | Strawberry-Filled Donuts
For the first day of the two-day public holiday, we hosted our first sleepover. Vino and his friends have always planned on going on sleepovers, but that hasn’t happened yet. Personally, my first sleepover was when I was in 3rd year of high school, and that was...
by Volt | Feb 17, 2026 | Strawberry-Filled Donuts
It’s the first day of Vino’s school holiday that will last for the week, so there wasn’t much to do at home except for me picking up his new passport. The first time I flew out of the country was back in 2009, and I think I got my passport a few months before the...
by Volt | Feb 16, 2026 | Strawberry-Filled Donuts
I had an interesting conversation with Vino that led me to understand a bit of how he sees his world. Growing up, I never thought about leaving the Philippines. I didn’t even think about moving to the province. It’s like I’m in my own Truman Show situation, and I was...
by Volt | Feb 15, 2026 | Strawberry-Filled Donuts
Che and I have spent a lot of Valentine’s Days together, and at this point, we do what we can to make it a bit special. James connected with me a couple of weeks back asking what I wanted to do for this day, and I told him I was thinking of doing a home-cooked meal....
by Volt | Feb 15, 2026 | Strawberry-Filled Donuts
It’s the last day of Vino’s school before the Lunar New Year break, and we were able to do some fun things. Che got him a costume for when their school allows them to wear it. It was meant to be sleeveless, but he asked to wear a shirt underneath it. He’s growing to...
by Volt | Feb 13, 2026 | Strawberry-Filled Donuts
I had an interesting conversation with Vino that led me to understand a bit of how he sees his world. Growing up, I never thought about leaving the Philippines. I didn’t even think about moving to the province. It’s like I’m in my own Truman Show situation, and I was...
