A Deecoded Life

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My First Swimming Lesson

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Last night I attended my first swimming lesson with my officemates Ivy and Jaypee and my roommate Maya. It was held in the Mandarin Hotel swimming pool. P&G’ers have a 50% discount on the classes. We had been planning this since last year but due to some weird circusmtances involving Jaypee and his nose, we […]

Rosalie and the Roses

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After a long LONG time, the office gang finally had a chance to get together again last Friday night. Once again we booked a room at Millenium Plaza Hotels (one bedroom suite), checked in with food and drinks, and blabbed till dawn. There was just so much catching up to do! Keso had come to […]

Crustasia and Seattle’s Best

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Maya and I went on our monthly dinner-slash-bonding date last night. We were supposed to try Captain’s Bar in Mandarin Hotel but there was a comedy show being held there and we were in no mood for comedy, so we decided to go elsewhere. We found ourselves in Rockwell and chose to eat in Crustasia […]

A Title is not Necessary for Success

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“What’s your course?” “Accountancy.” “Are you a CPA?” Typical conversation. All Accountancy grads are of course expected to take the CPA board exam. So, right after graduation, I followed the expected path and went to Manila with my classmates to review for five months before taking the board exam. I had never failed any major […]

Makati Girl

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My dad’s here and I decide to go with him to Fairview (dubbed as “farview” by some people because it’s so far from Makati) to visit my stepcousin Airic. Stepcousin. Now there’s a term you don’t hear everyday. Airic is actually the son of my dad’s sister. So that makes him my aunt’s stepson, and […]

Acoustikahan

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Last Friday, one of P&G’s wellness circles, PMG (Performing Musicians Guild) held its first Acoustikahan: battle of the bands contest. Four bands joined in, including our band composed of mostly AP people named Parokya ni Jobacs after our band “manager,” Joel Baculi. Joel is actually a band 2 boss who’s an expert base guitarist and vocalist […]

The Breakup Diaries {Book Review}

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Paid another visit to the clinic to get my blood tested and same thing happened again…they couldn’t get any blood from the vein on the inside of my elbow and just a little from the back of my hand. Then I almost fainted. They had to put me in a wheelchair to bring me to […]

Happy Flowers Day!

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“A stargazer lily is the only flower that has its first bloom at night.” I have always wished I’d get a bouquet for valentines. I even had a picture of the bouquet I wanted in my mind. I didn’t want roses because they’re too common. I wanted an assortment of colorful blooms with a pink […]

Seek and You Shall Not Find

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Have you noticed that when you misplace something and you turn the entire house upside down searching for it, you won’t find it? Then just when you’ve already forgotten about it, or worse, you’ve already bought a replacement, you suddenly stumble across it. Happens to me all the time, that’s why I’ve learned to stop […]