A Deecoded Life

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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 […]

Meet Alexe Mac

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I couldn’t sit still the whole day because I was so excited for work to be over and I could rush over to the IT show in Suntec and finally buy a laptop worthy of my childhood dreams. While I was still studying, we could not afford a computer, so I used up all my […]

Star-Studded Birthday

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We call Cate and Dengs the “kambal ng tadhana” because they were both born on the same day of the same year. This year they celebrated their birthdays together for the first time, and we held it at Rodel’s flat. Before that, at the stroke of midnight, we flatmates gave Cate our star-themed presents for […]

Pigtails

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I have very thick hair and when they get long, I easily feel hot or get irritated at the way they feel at the back of my neck. I don’t like the effect of pulling them into a ponytail, however, because it makes me look like I have short hair, like a guy. So how? […]

The King and I

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Last March 1, Rey (which means king, hence this blog’s title) had a layover flight in his favorite city among all the places he’s been to as a flight steward… which happens to be where I live. Come to think of it, his verdict is part of the reason why I decided to give coming […]

Three Poems, Three Performances

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Imagine that your Literature teacher had given you a group task to come up with a creative way of presenting the poem below, how would you do it? Children’s HourHenry Wadsworth LongfellowBetween the dark and the daylight,When the night is beginning to lower,Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,That is known as the Children’s Hour. […]

Marley and Me {Movie Review}

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Not one in the group who eventually watched this movie actually wanted to. Chi and AA said they did not like dogs while Cate and Gelle thought it would be another typical corny dog flick. But since there was no better movie showing, we sort of had no choice. So we had dinner at Just […]

Magic Babe

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For last Valentine’s Day’s exchange gift, Cate and I received entrance tickets to The Arena club in Clarke Quay for February 28. We thought it was just an ordinary night club, but when I finally got around to finding out where it was, I discovered that this club housed the first permanent illusion show in […]

Makeup Madness

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The last time I blogged about makeup, my friends Jess and Flisha were terribly amused. I suppose makeup is not something I can claim to be an expert on. I only started using them regularly when I got forced by my bosses when I was a teller and needed to face customers and all. While […]