A Deecoded Life

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Dee-cade in Retrospect

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It hadn’t immediately occurred to me that when the clock struck midnight on December 31 of last year, it wouldn’t be just an ordinary year coming to a close but rather, the first decade of the 21st century. I only realized this about a few days ago when all these lists and awards started coming […]

The Best of GMH

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It’s the day before Christmas and while my hamonada is simmering on the stove, I decided to read the best entries of GivesMeHope. These are my favorite ones. Perfect for Christmas mode. At my college graduation everyone is allowed to take a loved one with them as they walk across the stage. The last girl […]

How A Teacher Saved My Christmas

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My family is traveling to Cagayan de Oro to spend Christmas day with my mom’s sister, whom she hasn’t seen since 2001. It’s an 18-hour bumpy bus ride, but I wish I were on that trip with them. Christmas can do that to you. Seeing all those Facebook statuses about friends who are home for […]

As If Love Could Be Measured in Likes

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Validation. It used to be from text messages. If our cellphone didn’t beep in a long while or if we checked it after leaving it stowed away somewhere for hours and the screen is blank, devoid of message notifications or missed calls, we’d get a heavy feeling in our chest and think, “nobody loves me!” […]

Online Secret Santa

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We’re organizing a Christmas party for our friends here in Singapore. One of the agenda is the traditional Kris Kringle or Secret Santa or what we Zamboanguenos call manito-manita. Sending out the invite and getting people’s yes’s was easy enough, thanks to Facebook. My problem as the organizer was how to conduct the picking of […]

My Best Achievements

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Yves posted her individual pics on the “red carpet” with each of her guests and painstakingly wrote a caption explaining how she knew each one. Below is mine: Heidee:H! I have a lot of things to say. Wait..ill be right back..naiiyak ako eh..mag ‘session’ muna ako..haha!You are an epitome of “cool-ness”. You are a person […]

Facebook Overload

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I read this article about Facebook Addiction. It says that psychologists are now probing a new kind of addiction called Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD). Psychologist Dr. Michael Fenichel, who has published numerous writings on FAD online, describes it as a situation in which Facebook usage “overtakes” daily activities like waking up, getting dressed, using the […]

Mac Tools for Videomakers

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I am loving the YouTube grabber for Mac. As the name implies, you can use it to grab YouTube videos and download it on your computer. It gets download as an FLV file, but you can use the same software to convert the file to MOV or MP4. I am also loving the iextractmp3 which […]