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Mommy Adventures + Wanderlust: Sony Wonder Technology Lab [Part 1]

We’ve been MIA I can’t believe we’ve been on this side of the world for almost a year now. Boy, time is moving awfully fast, eh? I know, I know! I should have been blogging about our new life, but priorities always get in the way. I’m happy to share that we’ve been blessed to [...]

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What’s Up, Alberta?

I have to admit, I just finished reading all about Ms B’s trip to Canada last summer, and it reminded me of my friend from Alberta, Apple, whom I was able to catch up with last year during her quick vacation in California. It had been 14 years since we last saw each other. Needless [...]

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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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Mommy Adventures: Packing for Four

There was a time when, believe it or not, I actually loved packing. Perhaps, it was the promise of adventure that came with it that got me into the activity. The fact that we had our ever reliable Manang Virgie to take care of the unpacking after the trip was always a pleasure. In fact, I [...]

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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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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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Celebrations: Happy Birthday, @vera_ftw!!!

I opened my now-dormant Friendster today to read this testimonial that Ms V wrote for me some few years ago…when the testimonial field was used for an actual testimony rather than a message board for personal messages. And it went: …in retrospect, one of the best summers of my life was when i met her. although [...]

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Emergency Kits: How Prepared Are We?

These seemingly unending, heartbreaking events in Japan make one think, am I disaster-ready? When I was eight, I experienced my first earthquake. Though the 7.7 magnitude earthquake damaged a lot of areas in the Philippines, my hometown of Quezon City was spared. The year after, Mount Pinatubo erupted, sending volcanic ashes to the area I [...]

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Music and Lyrics: Dig – Incubus

A week ago, I intended to post this song for our Music and Lyrics, but I ended up writing a real post when I tried to come up with an introduction. I could think of a couple more songs that has a similar message as this song, but being a Brandon Boyd fangirl, I choose [...]

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IMHO: Self-Awareness

It’s very disheartening to learn of (or watch) someone turn into something, well, unpleasant. For a lack of a better word. Try as we may to call it out – by compassionate and constructive manner, or by tough love – we can only do so much. An integral part of any intervention is the subject’s [...]

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Celebrations: Curtsies to a Little Princess

A son is a son until he comes of age. A daughter is a daughter all her life. – Gaelic Proverb Yes, yes. I am weeks late for my Little HRH’s birthday post. I have started several drafts, but none seem good enough for progression. The thing is, I am finding it rather hard to [...]