Welcoming Yogi to the Chen Family

Yogi @ 3 months

We have been discussing getting a dog since last year and when January of 2017 hit we told ourselves, “We want a dog".

Auntie Wang's - Our Go To Spot Noodles in Accra, Ghana

Address: Chateau Towers, can find the direction if you use google maps

Richard and I love noodles/ramen that we are a frequent customer at this new Chinese restaurant in Oxford Street (Osu Street in Ghana). If I am not mistaken they just opened somewhere in January of 2017 only. 

Whenever we crave for noodles this is our go to spot in Accra, Ghana. Auntie Wang’s is a restaurant located next to the Pink Building in Osu, where most Chinese people in Accra are living.

Hot Air Ballooning in Cappadocia

My first hot air balloon experience was in Dubai of 2014. After that experience, I know there are other more countries that offers hot air balloon with a much more incredible view; I googled and found a few list of countries that offers hot air balloon and my top 2 that was added to my bucket list – Cappadocia and Myanmar.

First Wedding Anniversary 06022017

365 days of marriage have gone by so fast, 365 days of living in one roof with Richard! The first 365 days of our married lives has been so happy and beautiful, I know that our first anniversary won’t be the most memorable one, simply because I know that anniversaries will keep getting more and more beautiful with each passing year with you. 

10D9N Turkey Trip 2017

Panoramic Viewpoint in Cappadocia

Sharing our complete Turkey itinerary from May 25, 2017 to June 3, 2017.

Hubby and I was actually hesitant to visit turkey as it remains in a heightened state of alert, there is a warning that a terrorist attack in the country is "likely" to happen in 2017 again. The last major attack targeted a night club in Istanbul was in New Year's day of 2017 and as I know, well base on the Info I have gathered as many as 16 attacked happened in 2016 alone. The country has been plagued by incidents since mid-2015 also. 

A Sneak Peak Inside a Turkish Bath

It is my first time to be naked in front of two foreign men,  it was quite a unique experience. We did not really get a clear explanation of why every step we went through was done but all I know is it is relaxing! We went to a Turkish Bath house recommended by a Travel Company near our hotel In Bodrum, Sultan Turkish Bath House. 

Celebrating Birthday Overseas 2017

Richard happy to see his cake

My sincerest thanks to all of the wonderful birthday wishes that came in from literally all over the world. 

This year’s birthday celebration, hubby and I did a very simple birthday celebration at home. For his Birthday we had steak and for mine I cooked my favorite Filipino style spaghetti, fried chicken and barbecue (Hubby calls it Jollibee birthday celebration  LOL) .

Just a quick Insight of an expat life celebrating birthdays...

Planning Two Weddings in Two different Countries (Part 2 : PH Wedding)

I couldn’t be more excited! Finally that day had come for me to leave Ghana to go back to the Philippines to do a final meeting and discussion with our wedding suppliers (Countdown:1 month) and to plan our pre-wedding shoot (18 days to go, See some photos HERE).

Pre-Wedding Shoot in the Philippines & US

Posting our most favorite photos (out of the hundreds lol) of our Pre-wedding shoot in Philippines and US. Since we are living overseas and doesn't want to skip having prenup shoot in my beautiful home country we decided to do it few days before the wedding day (12 days before). we traveled all the way from Manila to Bataan for the shoot, it was a tiring but fun shoot.

New Year's Eve at the Sahara Dessert

This is not our first time riding a camel or visiting the dessert, we already had our own individual experiences of the Dubai dessert and its camel, but we never visited the dessert and rode camel together so on our two weeks trip in Morocco we decided to visit the dessert and spend the night in a Berber tent.