A Deecoded Life

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Porque (Maldita)

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I discovered this music video on my Facebook feed. It’s a song in my hometown’s local dialect, Chavacano, sang by the local band called Maldita. Chavacano is like Spanish in Filipino grammar. That is why our city is now called “Asia’s Latin City.” I love the vocals. I hope they make it big. PORQUE Solo-solo […]

Tremor Tales

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At around 6pm this evening, I was ordering dinner in Jologs at the fourth floor of Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road, Singapore, when my vision started swimming and I thought I was just dizzy. Then I felt the table shaking and heard the people asking if we should head downstairs. Turns out we were in […]

My Personal Mission Statement

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Years ago, I attended the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People signature program. One of the exercises there was to write your personal mission in life. The book says: To find out what your principles are, envision your own funeral. Imagine that as your casket is being lowered down into the ground, your family and […]

What’s Your Status?

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When my OFW friend’s friend found out that she was single, she warned her to steer clear of OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) guys here as a lot of them hit on girls here despite the fact that they’re married back home… which they keep hidden, of course. It’s the best advice ever, actually, as I’ve […]

Joey Turns Thirty

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In my favorite TV series Friends, there is an episode that shows what happened during their respective 30th birthdays. Joey’s reaction is hilarious, as you can see below. Last September 16, our real life Joey turned 30 himself. His wife Gelle cooked up a surprise for him and we guests hid in the darkness of […]

The Cab Driver’s Wife

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I was already running late for my farewell lunch yesterday, so I flagged a cab in the parking lot near our HDB. A few minutes later, the driver started talking to me, asking me where I was from, etc. I’m not really fond of engaging in small talk with strangers, so I answered all his […]

V Shaped Formation with V Nice People

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My UAPL Finance officemates held a farewell lunch for me at Tampopo, a Japanese restaurant in Liang Court. I ordered the black pig and barbeque pork ramen with tasty egg, which was quite nice, though I was able to finish less than half of the noodles because I can’t seem to take in too much […]

The Aligaga Place

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Yesterday was my last day in UAPL, so my lunch buddies said I could pick where I wanted to eat. I pondered where was the most memorable place that we had lunch and it came to me in a flash – “Let’s go to the aligaga place!” The place I was referring to is actually […]

Moving to Ang Mo Kio

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Cate, Tatsie and I moved to our new flat in Ang Mo Kio last Sunday. We didn’t realize that we had sooo much stuff! We were afraid that they wouldn’t fit into the moving van that Tatsie had booked for 40 bucks but it turns out we need not have worried. The truck was so […]