A Deecoded Life

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A Christmas Carol

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When I was a child, every night from December 16 till Christmas, I would wander around the neighborhood with some neighborhood kids like me, and, armed with nothing but makeshift tambourines (softdrink crowns hammered flat and strung through with wire), our off-key voices, guts, a thirst for money and a bit of Christmas spirit, we’d […]

Unplanned Overnight

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It’s early in the morning and I have just started my computer when a sametime message flashes across my screen. It is Kes, asking for advice. I am not exactly surprised. Not that Kes is usually in the habit of asking for advice, just that the world in general is in the habit of asking […]

Singing the Night Away

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Having hurdled the Nursing board exam, my brother has his eyes set on every Filipino nurse’s dream: to work abroad. But before he can do this he has to take and pass additional exams and therefore needs big-sister-in-the-city’s help in buying reviewers. So off to Recto I go with housemates Maya and Gay in tow. […]

Longing for Long Hair

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Last Friday, I brought Gay and Maya with me to Stir Crazy, a bar where Rocky and Thom invited me. We nearly got lost but somehow we made it. The band was great, and so were our drinks – Nite, just like beer but not as bitter-icky. We took a pic of our trio and […]

Get That Ball! – a UAAP Basketball Game Story

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I am a full-blooded Atenean. And when I say that I mean I spent my entire education life (all 16 years of it) in the Ateneo in my hometown. So when Rocky invited me to watch a UAAP game last Sunday, I grabbed the chance to cheer for my alma mater’s sister school, Ateneo de […]

Speed Dating

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If you’ve seen the movie “Hitch” then you’ll have an inkling about what the title is all about. It seemed interesting, so out of curiosity and thirst for experiencing something new, a lot of prodding from friends and maybe lack of anything better to do, I signed up for a speed dating event last Saturday. […]

At Pinoy Big Brother’s House

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For my birthday treat to my housemates, I decided to bring them to Dampa, where my batchmates and I had our first monthsary celebration. Everyone was excited and was home promptly. We rode a couple of taxis over there and were soon shopping for squid, fish, shrimps, mangoes, lato (seaweed) & eggplants in the market. […]

Plan Shmlan

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A friend always tells me, plans never work out. It’s the impulsive things that do. I guess he was right about this Friday. As early as Monday an officemate invited me to a night out with his friends so I could meet his friend who’s supposedly interested in me. Then I was supposed to bring […]

High School Life Oh My High School Life…

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My high school classmate Christopher was in Manila for an interview for Landbank, and he was thoughtful enough to text me “Hey, we’re meeting in Robinson’s Place Manila at 4pm..I hope you can bring Flisha’s badminton set because I’m leaving tomorrow.” When I looked at my watch it was 10 minutes before 4pm, and there […]