A Deecoded Life

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Blissful Dinner

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We decided to celebrate our first year anniversary in Singapore with dinner at our favorite restaurant, Bliss, which is located in our park, Punggol Park. We ordered the same things that we had ordered months ago when we were celebrating Gelle’s new job (of which her last day was last Friday, by the way) – […]

My First Year Anniversary in Singapore

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I can’t believe that it’s been more than a year since I wrote this (comments in teal have been added now): Top Things I’ll Miss in the Philippines (in no particular order): Pinoy chibog. Mangga with bagoong. Okra. Dinuguan. Kilawin. Inihaw na isda. Chicken inasal. Halo-halo. Tapsilog. Toyomansi. Fresh dalandan juice. Lansones. Isaw. Sinigang. Adobo. […]

Communicator Charades

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In my office, we use the Microsoft Communicator for internal chat. This was also what we used when I was still working in P&G. These are all the available emoticons on communicator: I wondered how some of those icons would actually be used in conversation. I mean, like that dog icon, for example. Can you […]

The Rock that Launched a Thousand Tears

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Her parents got a letter from him. A picture of him and her had been printed out with his words written at the bottom. He said he loved her very much. That she knew him above everyone else. That it was her hand that he held when he was in difficult times. His hand that […]

Ionized

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Singapore just recently opened its newest mall, Ion Orchard. This new mall has a beautifully unusual design – lots of lights and wavy lines, completely different from your typical rectangular buildings. It’s located in the shopping district, Orchard road. (above image taken from Timeoutsingapore.com) Its beauty is not limited to its outer appearance, however, as […]

I Miss You, Love

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You were my second love, I was eleven I was not that good at loving you at first But as I spent more and more time with you I fell in love. Was it a gift or a curse? I used to lie on my stomach, in bed with you Miss out on a couple […]

Joelle Wedding

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Joey and Gelle finally set their civil wedding date to July 19. Before that date, of course we had to have a bridal shower for Gelle. I set the schedule to 14, the date when our friend Kes would be in Singapore for a stopover then invited Gelle’s gal pals over to our house. We […]

Christina in Singapore

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Christina had a vacation in Singapore and we met for dinner last July 18. It was a mixture of her elementary and High School classmates whom she hadn’t seen in almost 13 years. We had dinner in Makan Sutra, walked towards the merlion, and got home at past 2am. I guess people who haven’t seen […]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia {Deetour}

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We went on an overnight trip to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate AA’s birthday and Gelle’s last out of town trip before getting married. Chi found a website that offered a cheap package for coach and hotel, so we booked ourselves an overnight trip. On the morning of July 4, a Saturday, we picked up our […]