By FROM KOREA WITH LOVE on Mar 31, 2013 in:
Filipino Celebrations, Filipino Culture, Christmas, Easter, Easter Bunny, Eat Bulaga, Egg hunt, Holy Week, Resurrection of Jesus, South Korea
When I was a little girl, Easter Sunday was more like Christmas. Our neighbor, an old woman who loves children, would invite kids over for Easter Egg Hunt. It was so much fun hunting for painted eggs in her lovely garden. The child who found the mo...
By FROM KOREA WITH LOVE on Mar 25, 2013 in:
Filipino Celebrations, Filipino Culture, Inspirational, To God Be the Glory, Bible, Holy Week, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mark Burnett, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday, Roma Downey
Holy Week, the commemoration of the passion of Christ, begins today (Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013). I come from a Catholic country, so my Catholic family gives so much importance to this religious festival known as Semana Santa. When I was younger...
By FROM KOREA WITH LOVE on Mar 24, 2013 in:
Filipino Celebrations, Filipino Culture, Inspirational, To God Be the Glory, Bible, Holy Week, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mark Burnett, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday, Roma Downey
Holy Week, the commemoration of the passion of Christ, begins today (Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013). I come from a Catholic country, so my Catholic family gives so much importance to this religious festival known as Semana Santa. When I was younger...
By FROM KOREA WITH LOVE on Jan 5, 2013 in:
Expats in Korea, Family Back Home, Filipino Celebrations, Korean Celebrations, Korean Culture, Perspectives, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Christmas Eve, Christmas tree, Gift, Holiday, Korea, Philippines, Santa Claus

This year was the second time I spent the holiday season in Korea, and how I wish I had spent it in the Philippines instead. There’s nothing like Christmas in a country that celebrates the LONGEST Christmas (and New Year). A few hours before C...