A Deecoded Life

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Pretty Park Pictures

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I missed my bus stop for the MRT station tonight and ended up on a detour at Istana Park. As Uma Thurman’s character said in the movie Paycheck, “some of the best things in life are total mistakes.” This is certainly one of those mistakes that turned out great. Istana Park at night That’s only […]

Culture Overload

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I don’t know who first discovered cultures, but I thank him from the bottom of my heart. They’re one of the few things I love that are actually good for my body, and I don’t mind gobbling them up as often as I can. But if the saying “too much of anything is bad” is […]

When I Fell In Love with Sushi

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I am not supposed to be a fan of sushi or sashimi. I am not a fan of raw fish unless it’s in the form of kilawin (or ceviche, as it is known in South America), which does not really taste raw because the vinegar’s acidity “cooks” the fish. But last Tuesday when my former […]

Balikbayan ’09

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Visited my home country, the Philippines, for the first time since I started working in Singapore. I made sure to book meet-ups with most people I missed, and as a result, I had an event-filled nine days of vacation (from March 28 – April 5). Highlights: I would like to thank my sponsor, AA, who […]

Confessions of a Shopaholic {Movie Review}

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We watched Confessions of a Shopaholic last night. I know some people call this movie terrible and predictable and all that but I think that wouldn’t be fair; it wasn’t all that bad. I went in expecting a light, feel-good romantic comedy, the perfect movie for four girls to watch, and that’s what we got. […]

Summer Wedding

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This is the video we made for our friend Arni, who is getting married this summer. All scenes were shot while Kes and Tics were on vacation here in Singapore last February. This is the first video I made using iMovie, my macbook’s movie-making software.

KFC’s Oriental Chicken Salad

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I was craving for salad for lunch, and was supposed to head for Pepper Lunch and have a shake-shake salad but got waylaid because I needed to get something from Guardian. KFC was nearby, and that’s where I got a salad instead – their oriental chicken salad. I ordered it ala carte because I already […]

Bridge to Terabithia {Movie Review}

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I did not watch Bridge to Terabithia when it was released in the theatres years ago because I thought it was another kiddie fantasy movie, and aside from Harry Potter, that isn’t really my thing. But I got curious about it when a couple of my friends blogged about how it was such a wonderful […]

Spell My Name, Say My Name

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My name was supposed to be Heidi Eliza. I don’t know what was the inspiration for the first name, but the second name was the union of my parents’ names. But then my dad, who is superstitious when it comes to numerology, discovered that such a name combined with my middle and last name would […]

Areglohing with a Machine

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In our office we use the MindAlign application for internal chat. One of its main differences from Sametime and Microsoft Communicator is that it has channels that one can join in, much like the MIRC of olden days. These channels are usually created for work groups, like our team has one so that we can […]