January 18, 2012 | Lifestyle.INQ

What’s your New Year’s resolution as a parent? ‘Play more, laugh more–I would love to see my kid laugh more often’

In 2012 I plan to give more time to my wife and kids. Not that they were short of it last year. I just feel that since the kids are growing up, I need to spend more quality time with them—like making my fitness and golf schedules family activities as well. This would also help in my goal of pulling the kids away from too much time on TV, computers and video games.

January 18, 2012

11 things I learned in 2011

I was going to write about some resolutions for the new year, but quickly realized that I still had more than enough left to accomplish from my old list! I decided to review the past year and instead, share 11 things that I learned in 2011.

January 18, 2012

Wine bottles get a new life

After the merriment is over, what do you do with the empty bottles of happily consumed wine? Don’t throw them out just yet. Keep a few of about the same size, and shape and use them as candleholders. To make them even more interesting for friends and family, place stickers on them with handwritten greetings or guests’ names. Here’s how:

January 18, 2012

Don’t let clutter take over your life

If you’ve tried decluttering, you know it’s not an easy task. As you clear your space, you unearth things you haven’t seen in years, see them pile up, get overwhelmed, and then decide to abandon Project Spring Clean.

January 18, 2012

Herbs are food and medicine, too

Herbs and spices do not only make food taste better, they often also have medicinal or therapeutic properties. Many people are increasingly turning to natural remedies not only because of cost, but because many medicinal chemical preparations create new health problems while trying to cure one.

January 18, 2012

Campaign for healthy lifestyle launched

The instant Jose Gabriel “Jogee” Cruz walked in, everyone felt his incredible energy. The boyish-looking Jogee Cruz, brilliant Purefoods Hormel’s assistant VP and marketing director, was there to launch “My Body Smarts,” an advocacy of Purefoods Fun Nuggets with the Department of Education promoting the need for “living an active, vibrant and healthy lifestyle.”

January 18, 2012