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Home for the Holidays 2005

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Rather than the usual detailed narrative, I will summarize my ten-day vacation in my hometown in snippets because 10 days worth of activities is kinda overwhelming and kinda exhausting to write about. ***Was at the airport before 3am, almost 3 hours before my flight, because I was warned that there would be long lines. Reggie, […]

Party2Party

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Yesterday was a party day for me. In the morning there was an awarding for bronze and silver awardees in the 10th floor marketplace. Though this technically wasn’t a party, they served popcorn and the yummiest ice cream for the attendees and may be considered one, food-wise. In the afternoon we had our Christmas merienda […]

White Christmas @ Lokaldero

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Yesterday, P&G FSS (all P&G employees supporting P&G Asia shared services) had its Christmas party in Lokaldero, the Fort Strip. The theme: WHITE. So in line with this event wherein I was to have two separate performances I had to scout around for the perfect white blouse and pants. Since I don’t wear white pants […]

A Christmas Carol

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When I was a child, every night from December 16 till Christmas, I would wander around the neighborhood with some neighborhood kids like me, and, armed with nothing but makeshift tambourines (softdrink crowns hammered flat and strung through with wire), our off-key voices, guts, a thirst for money and a bit of Christmas spirit, we’d […]

Unplanned Overnight

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It’s early in the morning and I have just started my computer when a sametime message flashes across my screen. It is Kes, asking for advice. I am not exactly surprised. Not that Kes is usually in the habit of asking for advice, just that the world in general is in the habit of asking […]

Singing the Night Away

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Having hurdled the Nursing board exam, my brother has his eyes set on every Filipino nurse’s dream: to work abroad. But before he can do this he has to take and pass additional exams and therefore needs big-sister-in-the-city’s help in buying reviewers. So off to Recto I go with housemates Maya and Gay in tow. […]

Longing for Long Hair

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Last Friday, I brought Gay and Maya with me to Stir Crazy, a bar where Rocky and Thom invited me. We nearly got lost but somehow we made it. The band was great, and so were our drinks – Nite, just like beer but not as bitter-icky. We took a pic of our trio and […]

Get That Ball! – a UAAP Basketball Game Story

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I am a full-blooded Atenean. And when I say that I mean I spent my entire education life (all 16 years of it) in the Ateneo in my hometown. So when Rocky invited me to watch a UAAP game last Sunday, I grabbed the chance to cheer for my alma mater’s sister school, Ateneo de […]

Speed Dating

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If you’ve seen the movie “Hitch” then you’ll have an inkling about what the title is all about. It seemed interesting, so out of curiosity and thirst for experiencing something new, a lot of prodding from friends and maybe lack of anything better to do, I signed up for a speed dating event last Saturday. […]