When the kids were younger, throwing a party meant I had to do all the cooking. Well… except for the two occasions when we hired a caterer because cooking for a hundred was beyond my capabilities. Actually, cooking for 30 is already beyond by capabilities. My limit is somewhere around 20.
Anyway, we’re hosting a [...]
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Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando does not like gray–the traditional color for public infrastructure. He likes bright colors like hot pink and blue. So, pedestrian overpasses are in pink and blue.
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No question about it–the action was superb. MI 3 was pure action from start to finish.
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) finally caught the wedding bug. At his engagement party, he received a new assignment (in one of those this-will-destruct-in-5-seconds gadgets) to rescue a female agent who got caught by an arms dealer named Owen Davian [...]
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Consider this. Kids can be such insistent pests when they want something. My daughter Sam had been pestering me for an iPod for months. She wanted an iPod video; I bought her the less expensive iPod Nano. She said, “But you can afford the iPod video!” True. And, based on the resentment in her voice, [...]
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Sam was startled by a movement on the window. Okay, I’m not trying to scare you but if you’re squeamish, better not click on the next page. If you do, well, I warned you, okay? Because there was something on the window. Dark as it was, Sam saw it…
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dado sleeping (with eyes open??) resting on our outdoor chair thinggy.
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Bebe likes to hug soft things. Sometimes she even hugs my sister’s hand.
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A third of what’s been written about me is true, a third is half-true and the rest consists of drug-induced hallucinations. I suppose I’d better let me, rather than them, tell you about me, this blog and a few irrelevant things as well.
