What do you do when someone says, “Hi, it’s me Blah-blah-blah. It’s been a long time, my friend. I’m so proud of what you’ve accomplished…” etcetera, etcetera, and the name is not even remotely familiar? I’m not an impolite person (except with assholes) but on such occasions it is tempting to ask, “Have we met [...]
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When Good Housekeeping magazine’s Associate Editor Bubbles Santos contacted me for an interview a few months ago (it came out in the November-December 2007 issue), it was followed by another request. Would I write a short article for the Valentine issue? I said, why not? I had forgotten all about it until I saw copies [...]
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Got this in my mailbox.
For those with the inclination:
As part of UP’s 100th year celebration, we are putting together ‘100 Kwentong Peyups’, a series of columns which will appear in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Philippine Star throughout the year. We invite all past students of any of the University of the Philippines ‘ [...]
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Yesterday The other day, we were in Greenhills hunting for an iPhone and a Palm Centro AND a Sony Ericsson W960i. We had just stepped off the escalator on the ground floor of Virra Mall and were on our way to the exit to go to Luk Yuen Restaurant. If you’re familiar with the layout [...]
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Overheard while waiting in line at the bank last week:
Woman 1: “Heto yung sketch nung gown ng flower girls. Violet na may gold trimmings.”
Woman 2: “Eh, bakit naman violet?”
Woman 1: “Violet ang motif kasi yun ang favorite color ko, eh.”
Woman 2: “Palitan mo motif mo. Hindi bagay sa anak ko ang violet.”
Wow, talk about a [...]
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I know it’s a tag and I don’t really do tags but Julie provided me with an opportunity to write about something I have wanted to for a long time. To be more precise, it was an unfamiliar blogger who provided the opportunity although it was Julie who gave me the “award.”
A day or [...]
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I’ve witnessed and heard about strange wedding customs but this one is, by far, the strangest of all. Or, maybe not.
In west Sichuan Province, the custom is called “Zuo Tang (Sitting in the Hall)”. Usually, the bride begins to cry a month before the wedding day. As the night falls, the bride walks inside the [...]
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Alex has been complaining because Dream Satellite TV has cancelled Disney from its channel list. No more Suite Life of Zach and Cody.
Well, at least she had Disney Channel for six years. I never had Lifestyle Channel because it was never part of the Dream Satellite service. And it would have been so useful [...]
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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.
