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Blinks: Our Red Hot Wreath

We haven’t done Blinks in so long but I’ve actually been taking lots of pictures lately with my phone. Thanks to Instagram, a Twitter-like application but with pictures. I have a slew of post-processing apps on my phone now and it’s pretty amazing. Additionally, because it’s like Twitter with followers and stuff, I learned so [...]

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Recovery: What Will Matter

It has been almost two months. I guess it is safe to say that none of us has moved on. He constantly invades our thoughts and dreams, converses with us in little ways. For me, coping is an everyday battle. I am still grieving as if it were just yesterday. And I am having difficulty [...]

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Blinks: Nebula

I confess. I am not entirely satisfied with the iPhone. For a got-my-hands-full woman like me, its inability to multi-task is a great turn off. But, one of the things I actually like about the iPhone are the photo apps. They just make the PhotoShop non-wizard me look like I have been editing photos for [...]

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Blinks: Blue

photo and post processing: Ms C taken: April 2008 Oh, the peace and quiet that these blue skies and water bring! Oh, deep blue sea, my soul longs for you!

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What’s New: November 2010 Movie Releases

There are nine movies opening this week. I remember when there were nine opening in a month! – Arthur Abbott, The Holiday I am an avid movie-goer. Um and I always tried to catch the ones that catch our interest. Sometimes we even went to the theaters more than we should because of the thousands [...]

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Music and Lyrics: Defying Gravity – Wicked

This version of Defying Gravity is slightly shorter than the one performed in the musical. This was performed at the Tony Awards in 2004 where Idina Menzel bagged the Best Actress Award for the role of Elphaba. I believe this is one of most empowering songs I have ever heard in my life. It wells [...]

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Blinks: Red

Last year, September 25, 2009, was a day of red. It was the color assigned for Captain Awesome’s class for the Salu-Salo, which was some sort of family day in Ateneo. A mini-program was held in the classroom along with some games before and after lunch/snack. After the classroom shindig, families went off their way to [...]

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Blinks: One Year Ago

One year ago from today, Chef and I legalized our commitment to each other and our relationship. Our civil wedding was held in the beautiful San Francisco City Hall. It was humble compared to the church wedding that we had three months later. We got up, made breakfast, I did my own hair and make-up, [...]

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Blinks: Doors to the Future

Education is a fundamental human right. We send our children to school because we believe that this is the first step towards a bright future. We encourage them to have fun, we tutor them with their lessons, we do everything we can to help them realize their dreams. We tell them that they can be [...]

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Le Critique: Book Review: Wicked, The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

SPOILER ALERT: I am somewhat describing the plot and will have constant references to different parts of the book. The last revisionist novel that I read was Anne Rice’s Sleeping Beauty series, which of course is not the Sleeping Beauty of Disney charm. I read those novels a million years ago in high school and [...]

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Blinks: City Lights 2

photo & post processing: Ms B taken: April 2008, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong The amazingly vibrant Hong Kong. This posterized image of Hong Kong Island features the Bank of China Tower made by the geometry-loving, and one of my personal favorite architects, I. M. Pei. This was taken before the Symphony of Lights played [...]