June 2011
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My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant →
wow. can’t imagine how much courage it must’ve taken him to finally come out with his story, but this sure is commendable. i can only hope for and wish the best for him.
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May 2011
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April 2011
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lost in translation.
last night, my mom and i test-ran the hand-me-down washing machine from my sister. it’s a four-year-old machine which my sister fairly used when she and her family were posted in “the kingdom” in the middle east. they decided against shipping it to brisbane where they now live, so she pretty much bequeathed it to us. the task required me to read through the manual since there...
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March 2011
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30 is the new 20!
remember this:
that’s the description that goes on my blog’s sidebar. what’s wrong with it, you ask? apart from the fact that i don’t really have the body of a 7-year-old, i am no longer a 20-something either. yes, i entered a new decade a few weeks back, so this description is in need of some serious updating (at least one to...
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home is where the heart is.
about a month ago (valentine weekend, to be exact), we made the “big move” — in fact, so big that to this day, we have not fully moved-in since we still have about 5% of our stuff in the old house (at least, i still have a cabinet-full). our new home has been in construction for at least a year-and-a-half (or so…i lost count already), so when a moving truck became...
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February 2011
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i am a metal rooster, hear me crow.
today is chinese new year, and we welcome the year of the metal rabbit. i have always known i was a rooster, but didn’t know i was a metal rooster. sounds like a rock star rooster, if you ask me. so on my drive home from work yesterday, i was tuned into my fave radio station and they had this chinese astrologer as a guest on air. she was giving the dj’s their respective...
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January 2011
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katharine mcphee | “terrified”
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riddle me this, riddle me that.
when i said i couldn’t sleep the other night after some much-expected side effects from my nightcap of choice, i dabbled into this…
so i put on my thinking cap, and allowed my brain to start churning. if you want to get a crack at it, go here. after an hour, i solved the puzzle, pat myself on the back, and tucked myself in. you bet, i was grinning from ear to ear with...
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caffeinated.
that’s exactly what i tweeted some 45 minutes ago…
i am not an avid coffee-drinker, but now and then, when the mood strikes, i treat myself to a cup. tonight, after two bowls of pasta (yes, i was starved and tired from work), i decided to join my dad, mom and brother for some after-dinner coffee at home. nothing brewed and fancy, just some 3-in-1 diluted in hot water, but with...
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November 2010
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“Life may throw us curve balls along the way and we may feel like striking out...”
– message from my sister, pinky (on my FB wall)
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rewind: project EU, part 3.
for the final leg of our family vacay, we flew to paris. paris has been called many things: the city of light, the city of love, and some go as far as saying it’s (possibly) the greatest city on earth. there’s a reason why people have nearly nothing but good words to say about this global city — after all, traces of its influence can be found in just about everything, from...
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rewind: project EU, part 2.
and so the saga continues…
after an amazing time in barcelona, our family flew to madrid to kick-off our guided bus tour with cosmos. we rendezvoused with the tour group at our hotel for the customary meet-and-greet and welcome dinner. it was full-on “social butterfly” mode for the next few days. LOL! ;)
» THE TOUR: JEWELS OF SPAIN & PORTUGAL the tour we joined...
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rewind: project EU, part 1.
i know it’s been almost two months since our family vacay in europe ended, but i haven’t blogged a word about it yet. actually, i have been hinting about this trip in my past blogs (see here and here) and tweets, but chose to not fully disclose anything about it for fear of jinxing the whole shebang. so now that it’s over and done with, allow me to settle some...
September 2010
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joyeux anniversaire, philippe!
since i’ll be in portugal on your birthday, i thought i’d schedule a post so i can somehow greet you (let’s hope this works). not sure yet whether i’ll be able to get a euro sim card. anyway, enjoy your day. i can’t wait to see you in a few days. cheers!
happy, happy 27th birthday, mon amour!!! ❤
July 2010
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bonjour, manila!
exactly a week ago, i dropped off philippe at the airport. he was in town for four short days only. but as they say, better than nothing, right? he skipped took a break from school for two days, and came by to see me and my hometown for the weekend. our itinerary was pretty packed, and was even more so when “unexpected” circumstances came up. but we made the most of it, and got to...
June 2010
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work hard, play hard.
it’s been over a month since my last post. i’ve got no other excuse for that, except that i’ve been busy. as you might have guessed from the title, i have landed a job, and have been working full-time (again!) for the past 6 weeks. i’d like to think my trip to beijing brought me luck. before then, i had been actively looking for a job and running interviews here and...
May 2010
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“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy...”
– text message from my dad, quoting Carl Jung
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April 2010
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北京 rendezvous, day 8.
we’ve heard it all before: “all good things must come to an end.” sadly, day 8 marked my last day in beijing as i was scheduled to fly out by noon. there really wasn’t much to do on that day, except for last-minute packing. i was very sad to leave philippe behind, though i knew we’d be seeing each other on skype everyday. i had an amazing seven days in beijing,...
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北京 rendezvous, day 7.
day 7 marks my last full day in beijing, and what better way to end it than on a high note. after two failed attempts to see the forbidden city, we focused all our energies on finally getting past the gates of the walled city, and taking in as much as i could of beijing — including its famed duck.
third time’s a charm: the imperial palace wasn’t so forbidden anymore on our...
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北京 rendezvous, day 6.
the first part of day 6 was spent in BLCU. i tagged along with philippe as he went about registering for his classes, and setting up internet access on his computer. we thought it best to get this out of the way since i was flying out in three days, while philippe had four days till the start of school. following the hurly-burly from the morning’s activities (read: walking around campus...
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北京 rendezvous, day 5.
woke up on day 5 feeling giddy like a kid does on christmas morning. forget that i had to get up extra early — this was the day i had been waiting for since i touched down at the airport. in fact, of all the days i was in beijing, day 5 was the most planned one. who wouldn’t be when you’re just about to see one of “the seven wonders of the [medieval] world”. it...
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ariatistically asked: Your life seems all too fulfilling!
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北京 rendezvous, day 4.
might have been a “hangover” from the previous day’s activities, but day 4 was the least touristy i got while i was in beijing…of course, apart from my last day. not that i’m complaining, but for the most part, it was just like any ordinary day (only i was in beijing). actually, this day turned out to be more like an “errand day”. but what started off...
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北京 rendezvous, day 3.
i am not a morning person, so the third day started off just like any other day for me, a little slow. it also didn’t help that we didn’t have a definite itinerary for the day. all i knew was that philippe and i had to meet up with danny in BLCU for lunch. the weather was much better though on day 3 — clearer skies (read: no more sandstorm) and less cooler temperatures. i...
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北京 rendezvous, day 2.
second day started, and i woke up to not-so-blue beijing skies — in fact, it was orange. the day before we arrived, a huge sandstorm swept through the capital, shrouding beijing in a blanket of soil and dust. luckily, the day we arrived, the skies were finally clear…or so i thought. it was obviously short-lived. on our second day in beijing, there was another sandstorm. danny had...
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北京 rendezvous, day 1.
ni hao!
for those of you who don’t know, 北京 is chinese for “beijing”. i went to beijing for 8 days (mar 21-28) to meet up with philippe before he started his classes at BLCU. actually, this trip is part of his birthday gift for me, so i thank him for that! disclaimer: my next blog posts will be chronicling my recent trip to beijing, so please brace yourselves for and bear...
March 2010
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march madness.
march has got to be one of my favorite months, simply because it’s my birth month. and after all the happenings from this month, my love for this month just went a notch higher. so before march comes to a close, let me give you a quick run-down of my blog-worthy march moments.
» OH HAPPY DAY!
a lot of people my age have started dreading their birthdays. for many, the thought of...
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February 2010
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❤ j'adore.
before this lurvvve month is over, allow me to share what i got from the post office a few weeks back. before philippe left LA for paris, he sent me an early valentine package…
i was definitely a happy camper, and clearly smitten with my valentine loot.
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the ties that bind.
“i get by with a little help from my friends.” - the beatles
coming back to manila also gave me the opportunity to reconnect with old friends of mine from manresa (my elementary school). i left manila back in 1994 due to my dad’s expat posting. i was gone for a total of five years, during which time, i stayed in touch with my friends via traditional snail mail. when i came...
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shakin' off some blogger's blues.
my last “real” post (read: entry that actually told a story of my goings-on) was about kooza back in november. since then, i have scrimped on blogging, and have simply splashed my site with bits and pieces of quotes, pictures and links as a way of updating it. truth be told, i’ve hit a rough patch on the road and have been in no mood to blog the past couple of months. ...
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“The road to success is always under construction.”
– Anonymous
December 2009
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choose shoes.
as a former TOMS shoes intern, i feel obliged to do this shameless plug. i just received an email from blake mycoskie and he had asked us to pass this along. i’m not one to fall for chain-mail-ish stuff, but this is worth it.
join the “one for one” movement.
November 2009
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“If everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes...”
– Henry Ford
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good job, pacman!
you’ve done every filipino proud, once again.
(image taken from yahoo! sports photo gallery)
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the big top came to town.
who says the circus is just for kids? apparently not. droves of people, young and old young-at-heart (including philippe and me), flocked to the santa monica pier two nights ago to see “kooza”, one of the touring shows performed by the cirque du soleil company. i have always loved cirque shows because of the modern twist they bring to reinvent the circus — they do away with...
October 2009
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