Year: 2012
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Ms. Joy’s Chocolate Cake Factory
Easter Sunday has always been Chocolate-cake-making day for Neil and his mom, whom everyone calls “Joy” or “Tita Joy” . How many times has Neil bragged about his mom’s baking and cooking skills? He couldn’t tell – this has always left me amusedly smiling. This year’s holy week ended with his mom’s cake baking tutorial…
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Issa: A Grey’s Anatomy Virgin
When you love something (or someone), can you stop yourself babbling about it? During our office break, every single soul in the pantry heard how I bragged about my love for Grey’s Anatomy, to the point that I argued Gossip Girl (let’s call it GG) was nothing compared to it. “GG is really for high…
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Camiguin’s True Charm
When all you want is a little peace and quiet, Camiguin Island is the place to stay a while. Crowd and chaos are rare scenes, just the unspeakable sunrise, the captivating view of Mt. Ilihan, the quiet sunset, and the unfading smiles of people whom I haven’t seen in the last 16 years. Camiguin still…
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Pending Posts
Howdy, Readers! I’m sure you miss me. It’s been a long time, folks. Thanks for passing by though I wasn’t updating this blog for some weeks. Assuming this blog has awesome readers, I came up with a list of posts I intend to write about in the following days. If I could write all…
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How to Win a Japanese Friend?
Are you trying to learn Japanese for your planned tour? Or simply to make sense of real anime voices? Or just to survive a night with a Japanese acquaintance? If so, these phrases will surely be of help: Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. (silent ‘u’) Literally, it’s translated “Please look favorably upon me.” It simply means “It’s…
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Issa: The Wave Rider!
Nervous about your first jetski ride? You know that jetski isn’t for the faint-hearted. If you aren’t that brave but you have insatiable thirst for thrill and fun, wave riding is for you. It only takes a 10-year-old’s intelligence to figure out how it works. A great friend told me that jetskiing isn’t just for the…
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Oats or Cereals?
Living away from my mom’s kitchen isn’t easy. Every OFW knows that quite well. Normal people (i.e. single yuppies) usually gorge themselves with chocolates, chips, and fried foods. Those who aren’t part of the normal group eat oats or cereals. I’m not proud that I don’t cook. I think I can (like corned beef with cabbage…
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Happy Appreciation Day!
Let’s have lunch together. Ohh.. Why? Is it your birthday? No. It’s Appreciation day. Really? It’s my first time to hear such. Yes. It’s Appreciation day for us. I’ll mark this day, then. Thank you. Thank you! Three calls. One instant message at YM and I found my feet rushing to the ground floor of…
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Black Boy Audio Excerpt
Like a few lucky kids, I grew up hearing stories from mom – whenever she was in the mood to tell tales – real or not. Now that I’m far and well, I should admit, a grown-up, I suit myself with audio books or excerpts available online. To spice up my domestic chores, I listened…
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Itanong Mo Sa Mga Bata
Intro: C9—- C Em C Em Ikaw ba’y nalulungkot, ikaw ba’y nag-iisa? F G F G Walang kaibigan, walang kasama C Em C Em Ikaw ba’y nalilito, pag-iisip mo’y nagugulo? F G F G Sa buhay ng tao, sa takbo ng buhay mo? C Em C Em Ikaw ba’y isang mayaman, o ika’y isang mahirap…