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Blinks: Capilano Rainforest

I just realized how spoiled we are with Instagram when I wanted to do some post-processing on this photo sans tilt-shift-focus and Inkwell filter. A similar shot was actually posted on Instagram taken with the iPhone, but this one was taken with my good old fashioned Nikon D90. This was my first time to visit [...]

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IDesign: Starting Design School

So folks, I’m starting IDesign, the design series of ID — inadvertently domesticated, in case you didn’t make the connection, LOL! Yes, this is quite diametrically opposed to whatever path I am in now, but to be honest with you, this does not come as a total random thing to me. If you read my [...]

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Wanderlust: Holy Capilano!

This post is really about both Capilano Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mountain. Despite the title seeming it’s only about Capilano, I’ve learned that in Vancouver, these two attraction sites go hand in hand. There’s been so much to do and I’ve slowly been updating the blog’s layout, but I’ve finally found some time completing a [...]

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Letting the Stars Align vs Perseverance

I certainly have no excuse for not blogging now with my MB Air that’s so easy to bring to cafés. Or, just in bed. Anyway, I’ve always felt that if the keyboard is inviting, my fingers will just find its way to it, and you know what, that is so true. I guess these little [...]

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Wanderlust: O, Canada!

I don’t know about you, but one of my regular pastimes is to search for travel deals, even if taking vacations doesn’t come as easily for Chef as it does for me. So, these searches spike when we know a holiday is coming up. Do you find yourself browsing through Expedia, Jetsetter, Hayes and Jarvis, [...]

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Le Critique: Hole in the Wall: Bouchon in Napa Valley

Bouchon 6534 Washington Street Yountville, California 94599 707.944.8037 Recently, I posted about a visit to Yountville, where I raved about the land of Thomas Keller, in a quaint town in Napa Valley reminiscent of Europe. It could have easily been one of my French, Spanish or Greek holidays taken or to be taken. Travel is [...]

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Blinks: Florence – The Birthplace of Rebirth

A couple of weeks ago I was having a discussion with my coworker about living in a different time. We both agreed that we’d rather not live during any other time than now, when plumbing has been mastered and taking a bath is not a rarity nor a luxury (well, for the most part). However, [...]

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You are Your Credit Score

When I moved here to the land of milk and honey, first thing my dad did was added me as an extension to his credit card. This was not new to me as we had extensions to our mom’s back in the Philippines. The reason my dad had, though, was entirely foreign to me. Apparently, [...]

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Wanderlust: A Jaunt to Yountville

There are just definitely those times when a quick trip to somewhere new becomes a wonderful surprise leaving you in awe and excitement at the same time. Times when you thought you were going to one place then you suddenly changed the plans and went somewhere else for practicality’s sake but then wondered why that [...]

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All that Identity Hoopla

I take personal information seriously. I guess that is because both Faja and I have been victimized by identity theft. I may not have lost as much as he had, but still. Every dollar counts! But, quite honestly, I have not done anything to actually do any identity theft protection. Well, other than shred everything with [...]

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Music and Lyrics: Mating Game by Bitter:Sweet

Whoa! It’s been so long! Thanks to Ms. C for posting on the blog while I took a month or so long hiatus. Though, I must say, I’m going through this weird phase again in my life that is not totally unfamiliar – quite the contrary, it’s super familiar that it’s really been troubling me. [...]