A Deecoded Life

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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 […]

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 […]

I Got Retrenched and I Liked It

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Yesterday’s checklist: *contract signed – check *employment pass approved – check *pre-employment medical exam – check Yep. After getting retrenched last May, I finally got a new job, a better one to replace the old. Now isn’t that totally awesome? Everything happened so fast, too, though it was really slow at the beginning. I had […]

Heering Accessorize 2009

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Last week, I joined a contest in Elle Magazine via their Facebook group and won a pair of tickets to the finale of Heering Accessorize 2009 – the world championship in fashion mixing and drink designing. Mixologists create a Heering cocktail inspired by a haute couture dress and designers create a Heering cocktail dress inspired […]

Weng Feliciano, Meet Weng Feliciano

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I had a funny encounter in Facebook today. Apparently I am acquainted with two people from different parts of the world who have the same first and last name. Well, nickname, actually, since the guy is named Roel and the girl is named Rowena. What a funny coincidence though.

Another Marriage Proposal

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Here we go again! I’ve been avoiding logging into Skype to get away from pervs and weirdos, but when I finally log in again today to talk to Tina, I got another one: Below are some of the weirder opening lines I’ve encountered and ignored from different social networking sites. “Hey I saw your profile […]

Banana Cue and Barbeque Day

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Gelle has always said that she has never tried banana cue the ZC way, as she put it, that is, having them grilled and slathered with margarine and sugar, so we thought about making some at home. Unfortunately we could not find any saging na saba in the market or the grocery stores, but luckily, […]

Recession Victim

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“I need to have a quick word with you.” These words are seemingly harmless enough and should not have sliced into my heart and caused me to send off this text message to my friend Cate with trembling hands: “My boss wants to talk to me. I’m nervous about this.” My fears were not unfounded, […]