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The Art of Listening

After I typed the subject, I thought, is listening more of an art or a science? I think there is a science behind it that with careful thought and examination, it works wonders, and advancements and even innovation. The art of it is the beauty and destruction that it brings, whether if it comes at [...]

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The Divorce Force

I was born and raised in the Philippines. I do not consider myself completely conservative, but I am also not liberated. I grow up with parents of different religious backgrounds. We heard mass in the Catholic and Methodist churches alternately when I was a kid. Perhaps, it was my dad’s moving to the States that [...]

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Taste Buds: Turkey Burger with Gorgonzola Cheese on Focaccia Bread

This was a huge sandwich, but it’s okay because other than the focaccia bread, all the ingredients are pretty light. I think I mentioned on my panini post that we love paninis during the summer. It’s been hot lately, so we have been moving towards the sandwich direction. This was so easy to make. Although [...]

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Fidelio

I am posting this excerpt from Paulo Coelho’s The Witch of Portobello that I also posted on my now-private old blog some few years ago. I have so many things to say about infidelity, but that would make a thesis (or a mission statement). Obviously, I am against it and I have no respect for [...]

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Moving Posts: House Rules

I am moving this post from my old blog and I realized now, 14 months after our engagement, almost 5 months after our church wedding, we have fallen quite short of these house rules. Chef and I have disagreements, as a lot of couples out there. The degree of my temper can go as high [...]

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Taste Buds: Ham & Egg Panini with Gorgonzola Cheese

I’ve been spending too much time in the kitchen but not enough time at the gym. Oh well right. At least I am making progress on one of my challenges. This one, though, is not my creation. So, I spent time in the kitchen with Chef, mainly washing the dishes though. We haven’t taken out [...]

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Taste Buds: Roasted Chicken Wings with Lemon and Garlic

I really want to do my “bwahaha”! Seriously, you have no idea how this is such an accomplishment for me! I set my mind in cooking something a couple of weeks ago when I purchased the magazine I mentioned in my kitchen challenge post. Then, one morning, as I was preparing my breakfast on my [...]

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Le Critique: Homemaker’s Toys: LG Washer/Dryer

Lovely ladies, allow me to be a homemaker a bit, because believe me, I wish I could have read something like this when we were shopping for our major appliances. I hate doing laundry. And, I’m bad at it. As a lot of people from the Philippines, I did not bother about laundry because in [...]

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First Time Home-Buying: The Closing and The Keys

I should be almost done with my first time home-buying posts. The title should signify that. I’ll probably still post about the moving though because in that post, I can get nostalgic. Today, I just put away all my homeowner’s documents away, all the documents that I received from that Escrow lady when we signed. [...]

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First Time Home-Buying: The Signing

The Signing process is not the same as the Closing process. I did not know that until we were about to sign. I had this big misconception that the big day, the signing, was the end of the home-buying process, when I will get the keys and be allowed to move-in. So, what I thought [...]

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Taste Buds: Quickie Gourmet Ham and Cheese Snack

I am lucky to have a husband who loves being in the kitchen and who would always get inspired to whip up a gourmet anything. As I was cramming to do my homework because I had no Internet (waaaaahhhh!) for two days, I told Chef, I’m hungry. Five minutes later, he came back with this [...]