A Deecoded Life

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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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I signed up for the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People signature program being offered in our company. It was a three-day session which meant tons of emails and problematic invoices for troubleshooting likely to pile up, but I felt that I badly needed this and could do with the consequences. I sure am glad […]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last installation in the 7-part series, was scheduled for worldwide release on July 21, 2007. Bookstores all over the Philippines were to open at precisely 7:01 am for this, so my friends Caloy, Zenie and I decided to line up outside Powerbooks Greenbelt’s doors at 6am. We realized […]

Host for Hire

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When a part time job as party host got advertised in Jobstreet, I clicked on the “apply” button faster than I could troubleshoot a problematic invoice. A few days later I got an email inviting me for an interview, and that Sunday found me in Ortigas with a resume advertsing my hosting skills. When I […]

Ultimate Frisbee

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My interest first got sparked when I watched my officemates play ultimate frisbee during our company sportsfest last summer. It seemed fun, and since I knew that two of my housemates were into the sport, I decided to give it a shot too. So a couple of weeks ago, Reggie brought me to his game. […]

Summer Daze

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It’s summer time (nearing the end, actually). What does that mean? Sweltering heat. Sleepless afternoons (only the boys in the house got an airconditioner for their bedroom. Yey for them!). Headaches from temperature changes. How to combat that?1. Tank tops (P50 white ones from tiangges)2. Buko shakes (buko loco buko melon combo from Buko ni […]

Bucket List – Things to do Before I Die

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Here is a list of things I want to do before I die. I will cross through each one I accomplish. Attend a masquerade ball in costume Bake a cake Be a bridesmaid Buy my own laptop Get a perm Drive a car Dye my hair a noticeably different color Eat in Hai San (the […]

Mina’s 30th

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My manager Mina turned thirty today, so I printed out thirty pictures of her then my teammate Mich taped them all up on the wall behind her and around our cubicle along with a birthday greeting. Then we sent her a bouquet of roses and stargazers bearing a card saying that it is from Tog, […]

Episkey! (Wand Pointing to Heart)

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1 Message Received Sender:Gelle Message:Dee! OMG! May Pic ka sa Marie Claire magazine for the month of May. Yung sa speed dating ni Sam Oh. Page 59. Kasama si Jess. I’m a simple non-popular girl. The only other time my face has been on the page of a publicly-circulated medium (not counting school papers/mags and […]

Summer in Subic {Deetour}

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I was supposed to go mountain climbing last Saturday, but some friends told me it’s dangerous to do that during election time, so I switched plans and early Saturday morning found Rome, Caloy and me in Thom’s car headed for Subic. We arrived close to lunchtime and checked in early at Courtyard Inn, where our […]