A Deecoded Life

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Up Close and Personal

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In this world of technology, it’s now possible to meet people and gain friends without actually “meeting” them the usual way, which is seeing them in person. Hence, in a world where chatmates and textmates abound, it became necessary to coin a term to refer to the moment when these virtual friends would finally meet […]

Mall Rat

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Last Friday night I was back at the mall after what must have been a month. My office friend Yen had invited me to watch a movie with her. I passed by the gym first where Maya and I worked our angst off at the treadmills and stair climbers. Then I invited her to the […]

Drawing

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Last night Reggie and Maya were complaining about the sweltering summer heat. Man, it was hot, even though it was the dead of night. We started talking about the possibility of installing an airconditioner in the house. But when we realized the implications it would have on our electricity bill, we also realized that it […]

In Manila I learned…

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In Manila I learned……to eat fresh tomatoes and other spices and actually love them.…to love fresh raw veggies. …to eat eggplant. and to love them as grilled in ensalada.…to love to eat fish. …to love sinigang. and to love the radish in it. and that pechay is not part of your typical sinigang so if […]

It’s A Date?

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When you’re out with a guy and there’s just the two of you, is that necessarily a date? That is the question that begs an answer. Because if the answer is yes, then that means I’ve been on hundreds of dates in my entire life and that I was actually on one last night. My […]

MSC Sports Day 2006

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  “Brrr! It’s cold in here There must be some mint green in the atmosphere” That was how our team (mint green) started off our cheer, which was the first contest for the MSC Sports Day which happened last friday. All MSC (Manila Service Center of P&G) employees who signed up for the sportsfest rode […]

Getting the Chicken Pox Vaccine

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I don’t understand why I became such a scaredy cat when I became an adult. When I was a kid I was not at all afraid of injections. Doctors and dentists even used to praise me for being a brave kid because I didn’t cry when I got my first teeth pulled out or when […]

Ten Peso Promos

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Last night I had a long overdue chat with my bestfriend back home. We used to burn the phone lines all the time back when we were still both in hometown. But since I left, this was no longer possible due to expensive long distance rates. That is, until, PLDT saved us and launched the […]

Housemate Bloopers

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Funny thing happened to a couple of my roommates yesterday morning. One noticed that her towel was wet even though she hadn’t used it yet. Turns out that in her haste, our other roommate had used the wrong towel! Both were color blue and hung over the same bed railings, that’s why. But that’s not […]

Happy Birthday Shai!

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It was our college classmate Shai’s birthday on March 3, so the day after that she invited us to a celebration in Padi’s Point, Novaliches, somewhere far away we’d never been. Since there were four of us (Chu, Maya, Zenie and me), we decided to take a taxi. We got there at promptly 9pm, but […]