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Gelle’s Globe – Happy Birthday Switi!

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It’s Gelle’s birthday, and my surp for this year is her very own newsletter. It’s named that way because years ago, when Gelle attempted to make a blog, she was just going to name it Gelle’s Blog till I suggested she use Gelle’s Globe instead. Here is the entire thing in PDF or you can click […]

Stuck – Happy Birthday Zenie!

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The first thing Zenie ever said that got stuck in my memory is when she introduced herself to us, her blockmates, during our first week in College with these words: “I came from Basilan, the land of the rebels.” Five years later when Zenie and I started working in KPMG, I joked to our officemates […]

Skype – the OFW’s Bestfriend

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My brother finally bought a webcam and installed Skype on the laptop back home, so I got to talk to the ‘rents together before Dad flies back to Africa. “Ga, we can see you!” “Dad, did you see Angelina Jolie in Africa?” “Who’s she?” “Meet Carlo and Martin. They’re named after characters in Lovers in […]

Statuses Killed the Blogs

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My friend Chu is a good writer who used to come up with stuff like this on his blog: Now he has been reduced to this: It’s his Facebook and Twitter status as well. He always simultaneously multi-broadcasts using ping.fm. He says micro-blogging is the newest in thing but I don’t agree. I enjoyed his […]

How the Smile Shutter Can Backfire

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This happened years ago. Gelle had just bought her Sony camera which had the smile shutter technology – you can set it so that instead of clicking the button or setting the timer, the camera would take a picture when it detects a smile. We excitedly tried it out, but after many clicks, we decided […]

The First Movie That Made Me Cry

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… and it’s 20 years later and it still makes me cry. The title of the movie is The Land Before Time. I still remember the scene that caused the most waterworks. Little Foot thought he saw his mom, and he got so excited that he ran to lick her, only to realize that it was […]

My Kuya Tupe

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I don’t actually have an older brother, but I had one back in college. His name is Cristopher, Tupe for short. Most people would take one look at him and think that he has “priest” stamped all over his demeanor, and in fact I used to jokingly call him Fr. Tupe of happy pious and […]

Blue Bloods by Melissa dela Cruz {Book Review}

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I searched for the Blue Bloods series in the library upon Drew’s recommendation. Last week I finished all four books (Blue Bloods, Masquerade, Revelations, Van Alen Legacy) currently out of the Blue Bloods series. I even finished book 3 and 4 in one night. I sat down to finish book 3 in the library after […]

Madam Hutagarru and Chuck Norris

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On new year’s eve, someone asked me what to wear for new year. I told him, “Madam Hutagarru said that if you wear the colors of the rainbow prism, it will bring you luck for the new decade.” I waited for him to ask who she is so that I could tell him that she […]