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Four Seasons of Craziness

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CNEA girls are at it again. Pictorial time at the 11th floor, before we have to relinquish our sweet spot near the door and head over to the hot spot near the pantry by next week. This week’s concept: four seasons. I’m obviously winter, but can you tell which seasons the others are? More concepts […]

Talk B.I.G.

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My biggest hosting gig yet – I acted as a “talk show host” for the JFM ’08 quarterly site event held in Rockwell tent last April 21. I was supposed to act like Ellen Degeneres, but aside from donning a pants suit, there was nothing Ellen-y about me, especially not my dance moves – which […]

John Grisham Fan

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The Runaway Jury had been sitting on my bedside stand for three months with the bookmark stuck after chapter two when I packed my bags to fly to Korea. I always make it a point to bring a book on flights lest I get bored while waiting to board, so it got swept into my […]

Stripes Day

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Cluster 3 was in stripes, and some of their friends were in stripes too, just by chance. This definitely calls for pictorial time at the “studio background” also known as the 11th floor reception. cluster 3 and friends in stripes Caloy is so heavy! TG in stripes P&G shampoo commercial models even the Hershey’s kiss […]

Carie’s M2N

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Our cluster’s team leader Carie is being assigned to Newcastle on an extended business trip for the next half year, so we prepared a despedida lunch for her yesterday where we showed a video we made for her. Since the entire video is too big to be uploaded, I uploaded it in 4 parts. If […]

Marriage Contract

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One sleepy afternoon during the summer of 2002, we blockmates drafted a ‘marriage contract’ out of lack of anything better to do. The contract stipulated: We, the undersigned, do solemnly swear to bequeath a REFRIGERATOR of good quality to the first in our block to marry, provided that the following conditions have been met by […]

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks {Book Review}

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Synopsis:‘Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are those in which the ending is a surprise.’ So begins THE CHOICE. It perfectly describes its author’s works of art. Nicholas Sparks comes up with another must-read tearjerker about great love. Travis Parker is an attractive young man who seems […]

Happy Birthdays

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Early Valentines (February 9)Jen’s birthday fell on a Saturday, so we decided to stage her surprise a day before. We decorated her place with all the red stuff we could get our hands on – balloons and anthuriums borrowed from our new floor’s decorations, the couch from the reception area, and greetings and pictures printed […]

Tamed

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TamedAs twilight nudges dayand makes a crimson puzzle out of the cityI feel not the chill of the biting windand ignore the dance of the coruscating gems below. His solitary figure arrests my gaze. Within my chest, a stirring –It is my heart, whispering,Longing to erasethe tincture of sadness upon his countenance. My arms stretch […]