A Deecoded Life

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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 […]

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 […]

New Year Superstitions

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There are all sorts of superstitions involved with the first day of the year. the most famous, of course, is to make noise to drive away the evil spirits, that is why we have fireworks. In the Philippines, we had quite a few – set 12 round fruits on the table to represent good luck […]

Did You Have an Imaginary Friend?

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Today on Facebook: Cel’s Status – Me: When I was your age, the househelp couldn’t iron our clothes. Nina: Why? Me: Because I forced them to play cards with me! Nina: Tita! You should have played with your imaginary friends! @_@ Kids say the darndest things. I never had an imaginary friend, though. Oh, I […]

I Got a Barbie Doll for Christmas! Yey!

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“Mommy” Gelle and “Daddy” Joey gave me a Barbie doll for Christmas! Even though Gelle joked that she bought it because I was “making parinig” (dropping hints), I totally didn’t expect it. She probably meant this blog where I mentioned the significance of Barbie dolls and Christmas to me and how I wouldn’t mind receiving one […]

Internet Archaelogists Find Ruins of Friendster Civilization

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“Hey look, the new Friendster looks nice,” Ervyn announced to me and Cate earlier tonight, angling his laptop screen towards us so we could see. “Yeah I saw it some time ago. It does look prettier,” I agreed. “Not impressed!” Cate replied, making a face. I have to agree with Cate though. Sure it has […]

Barbie Dolls for Christmas

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I was strolling through Ang Mo Kio Hub’s Fairprice grocery store when I came across a shelf of Barbie dolls. It was all I could do to buy one… for myself! Barbie dolls were my favorite toys as a child. And they particularly symbolize Christmas to me because I got all of mine on this […]

Sana Ngayong Pasko Music Video

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I shot and edited a music video of Michael Buble’s song “Home” starring Ervyn but it couldn’t be uploaded on YouTube due to music copyright issues so I uploaded the video for downloading here instead. I also decided to use some of the footage (scenes shot all over Singapore) to make a music video using […]