Grammarly is a proofreading feature that is always on. Every time you write, you’ll immediately get corrections and suggested ways to write a sentence. Installing the Grammarly plugin to Chrome was easy and the best decision I’ve made. The installation and use is free but you can get more services for a premium.

You don’t have to open a separate Word pad in order to use the spell check feature. If you’re online, writing a response to your e-mail on Gmail, or updating your social media feed in various social media sites, Grammarly will help correct the mistakes wherever you are on the web.

Before Grammarly, I was relying on the MS Word spell and grammar check feature. After a few days, I get back to my writing and then notice the mistakes I’ve made. Writing the cover letter and proofreading the resume is much easier and minimizes the mistakes. Grammarly guarantees all these before you hit the send button.

As a blogger, I always thought that blogging is a free form of writing, without too much processing or filtering the thought because it’s my personal space. It’s not a professional writing space. But, as years go by and I started booking paid written works, this is when proper use of grammar is most important. Thank goodness for Grammarly!

Save yourself the hassle and going back to old articles just to proofread. Install Grammarly now. It’ll make your life easier.

Zoe has picked 8 great titles for our reading lists, with a diverse range of themes including mystery, friendship, tragedy and, of course, romance. Spooky, sweet, meaningful and eye-opening, this bundle will pull at all of your heart strings.


Get to know the book's characters as they experience emotions such as grief, mental illness and falling in love. Watch Zoe talk about this season's collection below.


The next set of 8 books to read are:

1. If I Was Your Girl
2. Frozen Charlotte
3. I Was Here
4. The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily
5. A Monster Calls
6. Lying About Last Summer
7. The One We Fell in Love With
8. Finding Audrey

Are you planner or planning obsessed? Every year, choosing the planner to use gets difficult. Starbucks planner, Filofax, Kikki K, Doki, etc. sounds all good and promising.

This #1"New York Times" best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo, takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.


The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo
Buy: Paperback or Kindle Edition

The #japanese got it down pat. The minimalist and zen like appeal. Have you seen the clean Japan flood water viral photo? No wonder this book by author and organizing #consultant , #MarieKondo , is making waves. But, #bibliophile , what have you got to say for yourself? LOL! ☺️☺️☺️☺️ Unite! Those pink humming birds tho... #bookish #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #photooftheday #igersworldwide #bookstagram #bookporn #bookaholic #bookaddict

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Despite constant efforts to declutter your home, do papers still accumulate like snowdrifts and clothes pile up like a tangled mess of noodles? Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you ll never have to do it again.

Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results. In fact, none of Kondo s clients have lapsed (and she still has a three-month waiting list).

With detailed guidance for determining which items in your house spark joy (and which don't), this international bestseller featuring Tokyo s newest lifestyle phenomenon will help you clear your clutter and enjoy the unique magic of a tidy home and the calm, motivated mindset it can inspire."

The Philippines experiences only two of seasons, hot or sunny and the rainy seasons. When rainy seasons come, it's the time when we think about how sturdy the roof of the house is, the survival kit readiness and flooding readiness while on a daily commute to school or work.

When I used to live and work in the big city, one of my favorite coffee shop is Starbucks. It's just at the ground floor of the office building. Before heading up to the office, I would grab a bagel which comes with a small packet of cream cheese and, of course, coffee.



Eating breakfast at Starbucks can be costly and to even do it every day does break the bank. An affordable alternative and the best ones are always homemade.

I stopped by S&R Cagayan de Oro a few weeks back and picked up a pack of bagel and cream cheese. Bagel is a nice change to Pandesal.

What's your favorite breakfast combo?

Bullet journalling is a thing that has always confused me yet wanted to try for awhile. It's not as strict as a planner where there are days that I don't have anything so, there are more wasted paper or space on a planner.

My choice of journal is a Picadilly notebook.  Because of this, I am looking for colorful gels pens that don't bleed on my notebook page. After going to National Bookstore, I was interested in the Nano Slick Semi-Gel Ink Pen.

Nano Slick Semi-Gel Ink Pen

• A superior hybrid of ballpoint and gel pen
• Convenient side-action button
• Professional Pigment ink
• Extra smooth writing
• Waterproof, non-fading, acid-free
• Consistent write out and line density

You can buy this set in National Bookstore for Php 165 only. The pen nib is about 0.6mm wide. The assorted color choices in a set are the same, you cannot customize yet still so much fun. The ink doesn't bleed through the next page on my Picadilly notebook. Thank goodness!

What pens are you using for your bullet journal or planner? Let me know in the comments below.

We've seen many beauty and lifestyle Youtubers talking about favorite scents and candles. They always talk about brands that are not readily available in the Philippines.

I am impressed with their e-commerce website. It's something that older Philippines companies don't have. Shipping is free if your order totals above Php700. I'm curious how the "Summer Scent" and "Salted Caramel" soy candle smell like.

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