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• Cooking instructions 10
• Sunset in Puerto Galera 9
• The continuing PLDT MyDSL saga 16
• Because nature is not without a sense of irony 2
• Server overload and the gay Santacruzan 14
• Mad world 23
• Is there a shortage of role models for our daughters? 10
• A janitor fish story 11
• Induced abortion is art? 9
• Staying healthy is no simple matter 15
• Vindictive, arrogant 17
• Ethics and prostitution 4
• Filipino humor, the realistic kind 8
• The birds of prey and Batjay 32
• Maneki Neko, the beckoning cat 7
• Art work inside a sketchbook 25
• It’s matter of attitude 28
• Look at Laguna Lake now 18
• Toxic colors 2
• Why I don’t want to have the dogs’ ears cut 13
• 12 kilos of lacatan bananas for 52 pesos? 7
• The Olympic torch hoax 18
• Must see: ‘Awake’ 5
• I never thought I’d get a Multiply account 7
• A new twist to the fake diploma culture 12
• The wily cousins 18
• Ethics and product endorsements 19
• The Only 5 Kitchen Tools You Really Need… Or Not 12
• Now every criminal wants to be pardoned 3
• You know that song from Miss Saigon…??? 5
• Panay Church on Good Friday 3
• Nostalgia 24
• Inside Jojo’s Christmas Cottage 0
• Proposal to ban 6 food colorings 5
• Two revolutions, past and proposed 13
• A good answer and an even better observation 7
• Superman lives in Antipolo 14
• Hide and seek Olympic torch relay 2
• The sun rises in Aklan 15
• Health in a shrinking world 5
• The Clintons’ millions 1
• Bangus harvest in Roxas City 11
• I like kids with spirit, but this is too much 11
• For a while there, even 10-year-olds could marry in Arkansas 2
• Parlez-vous Anglais? 19
• Playboy, Philippine edition 56
• U.S. top soybeans producer? 7
• A theory on regional ethics 0
• Hire bloggers for military propaganda 0
• Ways to conserve water 7
• Begging for food 15
• The politics of food shortage 0
• Mommy, Mama or Nanay? 47
• About the Philippines’ rice imports 0
• Asia facing food crisis? 0
• Boracay photo gallery and Wordpress 2.5 11
• Guarding against summer brownouts 11
• About security of tenure 21
• A Cory Aquino painting and some Faberge eggs 20
• Taking back what is ours 1
• Cruising Southeast Asia 0
• Food shortage 0
• The problem with too much 0
• Dinner in the sky? 0
• Dragons, crocodiles and artists 22
• The Boracay experience 49
• Lenten reflections, sort of 0
• Six days, six nights 13
• Suffering from chemical imbalance? 0
• An Asian perspective 27
• Looking for a Wordpress moblog tutorial 9
• More politics in 2008 Olympics 0
• A tale of three men 0
• Alton Logan’s story 0
• Aaron Patterson’s case 0
• House of Screams at Chicago Reader 0
• Malu Fernandez, again 47
• Is there such a thing as weird pizza? 16
• Politics at the Beijing Olympics 0
• Doomsday scenario for Asia 0
• Mothers, daughters and sex 0
• Some thoughts about home schooling 0
• Right of parents to choose home schooling 0
• Ruffa Gutierrez is wrong about beauty pageants 67
• Addiction 0
• No People Power without military support 0
• Overthrowing an unpopular government 0
• UN official: More will starve 0
• Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) 0
• World’s most endangered coastlines 0
• Taste Thailand and Vietnam 0
• Exaggerated dangers of internet 0
• Protest march: alleged rape of Filipina in Okinawa 0
• Rainbow colors 14
• Poverty is Gloria Arroyo’s fault 0
• Boycott pirated DVDs, end insurgency 0
• McCain’s statement on autism 0
• Choosing a free video hosting service 9
• How many memoirs are true stories? 0
• Looking forward to the summer 22
• Another Oprah boo-boo 0
• Rising cost of food in the Philippines 0
• EO 464 revoked 0
• The Amityville Horror is fiction 0
• The James Frey scam 0
• Misha Defonseca did not dance with wolves 0
• Margaret Jones’ ‘Love and Consequences’ 0
• Citizen journalism and the new media 0
• People Power 0
• Citizen journalism 0
• And then there were none 5
• Two films I’d recommend 7
• Should we hire an interior decorator? 14
• Diamonds and the 80th Oscars 0
• When the line between good and bad gets blurry 13
• Diamond showcase 0
• De Beers, lawsuit on price-fixing 0
• Epstein’s articles on De Beers and diamonds 0
• About De Beers 0
• The pet situation is fast turning into a nightmare 11
• Burning the midnight oil 11
• Change of diet and a new electric grill 20
• Bastards and kings 25
• Dog art 10
• She claims to be your friend but her name isn’t even familiar 13
• I love him except that he bites 35
• Prom night 23
• Have you heard of Tetada Kalimasada? 13
• 12th Philippine Hot air Balloon Festival 19
• I wear my sunglasses at night 12
• A picture is worth a thousand words 23
• Dog day afternoon 19
• Sex in the City (of Baguio) 16
• Fame is a bitch 10
• Feeling like a Stepford wife 25
• Sam’s boyfriend 48
• Some thoughts about shrimp crackers and entrepreneurship 11
• Country Garden’s millionaire’s vine 10
• A school report and the Science Expo 8
• Roots to grow and wings to fly 14
• I don’t normally write about love, but… 2
• For Alex on her 14th birthday 18
• A vegetable garden 16
• The dreamy mood of Mike de Leon’s ‘Kung Mangarap Ka’t Magising’ 16
• The other Stargate 8
• Obesity will not be a problem for poor Filipino kids 13
• They don’t make movies like ‘Chinatown’ anymore 17
• The pedestrian’s right of way 18
• Microsoft Surface: no more Windows/Ubuntu on Sam’s laptop? 5
• The effect of the rising cost of fuel on my not so perfect vision 13
• Would you eat meat from a cloned pig? 23
• For the love of tilapia 28
• Bringing Up Baby and The Baby Borrowers 2
• Simpler language for better understanding 20
• A legal drama called ‘Damages’ 19
• She hates needles 16
• Tilapia: an international star 30
• UK parents to access kids’ grades electronically 8
• Attention: U.P. alumni 11
• Getting your kids to pose for the camera 7
• You have to be a ‘Totally Spies’ fan to appreciate this 13
• 22-carat gold down my throat 18
• Can you talk about your children without bragging about them? 15
• The Wordpress upgrade disasters: is it time to move to Drupal? 9
• Stuff movies are made of 11
• Star-struck, celebrity-crazed 2
• I love fireworks; I loathe firecrackers 9
• Do you have a New Year’s resolution? 14
• A tale about a pair of Margarita glasses 14
• Last night it was wine; today, roses 17
• Handmade Christmas gift tags 17
• Does your child thumbsuck? 8
• I like to take photos like MacGyver would 18
• Because Alex wants to bring baked mac to the class party 6
• What features do you look for in a Wordpress theme? 11
• It would have been a great Christmas gift, but… 4
• A painful incident at the shopping mall 39
• Christmas, New Year and our 16th wedding anniversary 24
• Our cat Pepper will be on TV! 13
• Apple juice and fresh milk 7
• Terms of endearment 43
• Disposable paper cups and some environmental concerns 13
• Not a good day to see a movie 6
• Are you a PLDT MyDSL victim? 50
• Christmas came early for Sam and Alex 14
• FAQ about the Wordpress blog template 3
• Why I want a flatbed scanner 24
• On the kitchen cabinet 22
• Art work 38
• I want a Palm Centro 31
• We lost another cat 27
• The bride-to-be and the flower girl’s mother 15
• Alfred Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps” 8
• What the kids have to say 14
• Branded cookware and dinnerware for less than half the price 9
• The blogs I like don’t do link love 10
• Parents vs. school principal: The case of Susan Reed 21
• House remodelling 16
• I’m married to Brad Pitt 21
• Is margarine healthier than butter? 15
• Chopsticks on a plate 31
• Movies I’ve seen, movies I want to see 18
• So you want to be a pro blogger… check these out 6
• Birthday gift and bedtime companions 5
• A question about a historic spot called Mount Buntis: “Can a mountain give birth?” 5
• Steve Jobs and Bill Gates dance the hula 12
• Forced marriages, arranged marriages 6
• The haunted house in San Ildefonso 20
• Death does not become E.T. even on Halloween 15
• Have I been whining too much about not having a house helper? 13
• Cats are hunters by nature 17
• Dumbledore was gay — J.K. Rowling 23
• Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits 15
• Is Le Creuset cookware available in the Philippines? 33
• Tea cups that do more 17
• A dinosaur and egg story 16
• Kitchen knives with a jagged edge 11
• Street sale 12
• Do your own laundry from now on 29
• What Sam wants (a.k.a. A daughter’s love note for mommy) 35
• Cancer, optical mouse and Knorr liquid seasoning 11
• On air fresheners, phthalates and citronella 22
• Writing requires the right mood and sufficient inspiration 12
• The aliens have landed 2
• Adjusting to a new lifestyle 29
• Canon EOS 40D 3
• Trickle, bubbles, splash 5
• Ostrich Mart 0
• Street art 0
• Look…! Up in the sky!! 19
• Outside the Pinto Art Gallery 2
• Awesome Pinas photo and video contests 2
• Parenthood is not a power status 14
• Customized background colors for rounded corners 1
• On nurses, nannies and governesses 12
• Wedding customs: in China, the bride must cry 19
• Yayas (nannies) and TV shows 26
• Street children and a sando bag 23
• The sun sets over Taipei 2
• The view from Taipei 101 Observatory 0
• Garbage as art 8
• Crocs and escalators 45
• The wedding processional 15
• Pediatricians and pediatricians with specialties 20
• I am soooo loving Joost! 8
• A girl, butterflies in the garden and my Rebel XT 16
• The mutation of viruses 16
• Quezon Memorial Circle 5
• I rarely say NO when my kids want books 25
• You can’t wear blue jeans to the JS Prom… or can you? 30
• Photography schools 33
• For Sam, on her 15th birthday 25
• The Face Behind The Blog, 8 random facts about myself and the thinking blog award 32
• Choosing sites worth reading 8
• Too much idle time makes one prone to unproductive thoughts 26
• TriNoMa, Triangle North of Manila 3
• I got caught in flashfloods; so did Quentin Tarantino 15
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: no disappointment 24
• Sometimes, defense is not enough 18
• Disclosure policies, Carlocab and blogging ethics 30
• Is it too hard to play fair? 62
• Rains, floods and the irony of living in a Third World country 17
• Don’t mock this cam phone 19
• PMN Fam Pics, 1st edition: A very glossy story 35
• Din Tai Fung: dumplings for lunch 0
• Under the scorching sun at Yehliu Geo Park 2
• To and from Keelung Island and the Yehliu Geo Park 0
• Who designed your wedding ring? 32
• Seafood dinner at the Fisherman’s Wharf 0
• The most annoying TV food host is Rachael Ray 41
• The rockin’ girl blogger meme 8
• Cheese cookies and pancit lomi 9
• The China Airlines headquarters 0
• My daughter, my husband, a cell phone and a can of… 13
• No potholes on the streets of Taipei 0
• I can eat dumplings for a year 23
• Dinnerware and flatware 22
• In Taiwan: a dead man’s concubines 12
• The view from the the 89th floor 18
• Flying above the clouds 0
• When SPAM takes on a whole new meaning 28
• A new hot and sexy Filipina image 16
• A balancing act 26
• When Marks and Spencer is a necessity 35
• Not immune to the shopping bug 13
• Scenes from a shopping mall 4
• Sexy is not sex-starved nor a sex toy 34
• When a blender is most useful 16
• Unexpected dietary changes 20
• The difference between teeners and lawyers 8
• Why can’t you bring cookies instead? 22
• “DIY Dads alter their careers to fit their family life” 9
• Cattleya Farm Resort’s pool number 4 2
• A sunburn is not always a bad thing 12
• The last 10 movies I saw 20
• New twist to an old saying 9
• I bet you’ve never had it as bad we have 24
• Happy father’s day 18
• Our kitten, Salt, is missing 21
• Flowers of the firetree 0
• Inbound links 3
• The daughter of the other woman 20
• “Stay-at-home moms are saints” 21
• In celebration of Father’s Day, part 2: The day I told my father I was getting married 14
• Jennifer Hudson and Dreamgirls 9
• In celebration of Father’s Day, part 1 : The Gerber baby bottles 16
• Candle-making and beaded jewelry 8
• Pink flowers and purple veins 0
• The lunch box dilemma 19
• What to do with a sick husband 13
• Pretty kitten 3
• Some changes 25
• Gift-wrapped kitten? 1
• Apology and age 16
• Kittens’ favorite sleeping spot 0
• Waterless 21
• Watching Miss Universe 2007 15
• Cat’s eyes tell the time 4
• I’m so slim when I’m with Shrek! 15
• The mommy lunch 21
• Formaldehyde in Sunsilk shampoo 104
• Kitten and my MacBook 9
• The Cagsaua Church ruins 1
• TV, advertising and children 22
• Kitten Pepper is getting fat 0
• Street sign 0
• Yellow orange gumamela (hibiscus) 7
• A family that takes photos together… 9
• University Avenue, U.P. Diliman 0
• Citronella and insect repellent lotions 8
• U.P.’s Sunken Garden on election day 0
• Creating rounded corners and drop shadows with GIMP 4
• The roving kitten 6
• Causes of the common cold and other old wives’ tales 22
• Chichirica (Madagascar periwinkle) at Balay Indang 3
• Small screens: iPod Nano and Samsung SGH-E530 cell phone 0
• Peace and tranquility at Balay Indang 42
• One cause of parent-child communication gap 17
• Sunflowers in May 5
• Outdoor flash photography 2
• The drama of sunset 2
• What’s good for a kitten 0
• Pink and white lantana flowers 0
• Happy mother’s day! 13
• So, surprise me on Mother’s Day 14
• Flea-free cats and kittens 2
• Divorce rate in U.S. down 2
• TOFI: thin outside, fat inside 3
• How’s your relationship with your mother-in-law? 25
• Camouflage 0
• Aperture priority and the appearance of water 3
• You called? 29
• Hibiscus (gumamela) in three colors 0
• Two spiders 0
• Kalamansi up close 0
• In marriage, what does “consent” mean? 0
• Trumpet lily 4
• Candletops 0
• Canon IXUS i7 zoom 11
• Marikina’s annual gay flores de Mayo 20
• Flowers at Balay Indang: yellow lantana 0
• Balay Indang and the return to the ice rink 17
• Fresh milk and a kapok tree 8
• Green berries? 3
• Fresh flowers and healthy bugs 3
• Stainless steel jewelry 6
• There are no wonder cures 6
• See you in a few days 0
• Ants feasting on a yellow flower 4
• Do you trust your doctor? 10
• More bleeding heart flowers 0
• Lilac flowers (vine) 3
• Pink dendrobium 0
• White star flowers? 0
• White orchids 0
• Sorbitol as an ingredient of dalandan juice concentrate 14
• Colors of the sky 3
• Getting rid of cat fleas 3
• Composition: use of leading lines 0
• It’s the details that count 0
• Composition: subject placement, foreground and background 0
• Ant with itchy head 0
• Pebbles 0
• Animals as photo subjects: portrait or nature photography? 0
• I love April showers! 15
• Cat zoonosis 1
• Is the world moving too fast for comfort? 17
• Six pesos 0
• Miksang photography vs. commercial photography 0
• GIMP and X11 on your Mac 0
• Bonfire 0
• Sun peeping through the clouds 0
• Sunset at the beach 0
• New leaves 0
• 2 photographers and an English Lit teacher 0
• Peach mums for sale 0
• Peach and yellow dahlias 0
• Aerial orchids 0
• The bored child 11
• Ballpoint tip 2
• Pale pink dahlia 0
• Bougainvillea, up close 0
• Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Pink Siris (Albizia julibrissin) 0
• Framed bougainvillea 0
• Bleeding heart 0
• Kittens take a bath 4
• Ingredient: natural color. What?? 9
• Cloth versus disposable diapers 14
• Death and grief 26
• The pet food recall 2
• Introducing Salt and Pepper 12
• Are we what we read? 15
• CD, VCD, Laser disc and DVD players 9
• Changing times 14
• Bye bye, StockXchang and StockXpert! 8
• Bad case of gadget accessories lust 10
• On export overruns and bad imitations 0
• Mothers as consumers 17
• ‘I’m on a roll’ 4
• Senakulo and Lenten rituals in the Philippines 3
• A game of Monopoly 15
• We’re moving to a new server 0
• Meet the newest members of the family 18
• Summer job in the kitchen, day 1 13
• On blog awards and cats 42
• Rice harvest 4
• A thing of beauty… 0
• The Philippine weblog awards 10
• Golden grains 2
• Ubuntu on Sam’s MSI S425 20
• Harvard Law, WordpressMU and a month of absolute geekiness 25
• Shopping for shoes and flip-flops 20
• Figure skating and the varsity football team 20
• Co-sleeping with kids 22
• The family bed 10
• Any alternative to Whiskas and Friskies? 7
• Pheasants 0
• Pale pink flamingos at the zoo 1
• ‘Fresh milk and a kapok tree’ 26
• Professions, careers and vocations 21
• A kitten named Whitey 2
• A peacock preens 3
• Cats, pets and a zoo 2
• Big cats: tigers, lion and leopard 0
• A good model for controlling pet overpopulation 2
• The long drive from Baguio to Manila 7
• A weekend in Baguio 2
• Flowers, bands and costumes 0
• Float parade 0
• A castle inspired float 0
• Dancers in toga and body paint, Panagbenga Festival 0
• Ballerinas 1
• About ionized alkaline water 36
• The sexualization of young girls 31
• Chocolatey interludes 7
• Speedy Valentine 24
• Marriage counseling and multi-dadding 8
• Tropical sunrise 1
• Kitchen cabinet 31
• Pinoy Moms Network 1
• 0 is not 2; 2 is not 4 9
• Taking the wrong baby home 11
• Fashion mirror? 11
• Tell me to my face 13
• Date with Harry 6
• Tougher than you think 2
• Getting organized 9
• A birthday 19
• Father-daughter conversation 24
• The blossoming of a yellow hibiscus 0
• Firetrees along an empty road 0
• Sunset at the beach 6
• Beach volleyball 0
• Outsourced parenting 9
• Save the pawikan 5
• Beach, sand and sea 0
• Babies are not commodities 2
• Star Wars Episode I on TV 0
• Balloon man at IMAX 0
• Lights, lights, lights 0
• Is hoarding a personality disorder? 20
• Flowers of the malunggay tree 1
• The view from the carpark 0
• Conversation in the car 15
• Fireworks aside… 10
• Mall of Asia 0
• Poinsettia in January 0
• The bra connection 12
• Cats like dill 5
• Bonsai garden, U.P. Diliman 2
• World Pyro Olympics, 2007 2
• Fireworks, Eastwood City 0
• Hungry cat 1
• Feeding a tiger with live chickens 0
• The duchess is a duke 2
• Cat fight or cats at play? 4
• The birth of a leaf 2
• Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ 6
• Tropical fish 1
• Rumble or embrace 0
• Koi at a family reunion 0
• Morning glory 2
• Pink edged leaves 1
• Callospa Resort 8
• Butterfly with a broken wing 0
• Fortune plants and blue skies 0
• Humor or malice? 20
• Can “parenting” be taught? 25
• Personalized Christmas gift tags 5
• Happy holidays! 12
• Mixed berries muffins 0
• December 22 is Global Orgasm Day 8
• Bump in the head makes one horny? 10
• A book and a blog 5
• (Almost) Christmas reunion 3
• Pasta, a birthday, a Christmas party and a book 7
• Dumb Smart Schools (do NOT Text 2622) 2
• Snap it! 13
• E. coli in green onions mean…? 14
• Is marriage repressive? 8
• SPAM and answer 0
• Christmas lights 10
• Milenyo, Reming and the Philippines 4
• Bonding moments 10
• Violent video games and brain waves 15
• Another typhoon: panic time 14
• Daniel Craig’s 007 and Casino Royale 13
• Dreaming big dreams 10
• Pacific Ocean 3
• Waterfalls 1
• Insect on my desk 2
• Weddings… babies 7
• Take a photo, complain then leave 13
• Drugs can save marriage… huh?!? 18
• Pre-nuptial agreement 5
• Cannibalizing and Gringo’s story 15
• Look what Pacquiao did! 11
• Living to a ripe old age 15
• Miss Earth 2006 motorcade 5
• No marital rape in Singapore 7