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Music and Lyrics: Lose Yourself – Eminem

This is one of the songs that just gets me all pumped up. Inspiring, in a way. It makes me get out of bed in an instant, shake off inertia and do something – ANYTHING – decisive, creative and productive… sometimes to the extent that will change the course of my life. Say what you [...]

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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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Celebrations: Inadvertently Domesticated Turns 1

So, it seems like a birthday post is in order. Inadvertently Domesticated is 1 today!!! photo credit: The Lunch Tray To be honest, we were unprepared. We would have not remembered our anniversary if it were not for the greetings from our readers, Twitter followers and Facebook friends!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, sistahs!!!!! [...]

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Le Critique: Hole in the Wall: Centrale Kitchen & Bar

Centrale Kitchen & Bar 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA (209) 939-1825 With the limited choices in the area, Centrale Kitchen & Bar (also turns up as Centrale Restaurant & Lounge in Internet searches) has quickly become my go-to place for a good dining experience. The food, the ambience, the service and the crowd are just the [...]

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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 [...]

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Music and Lyrics: Speak Softly Love – Al Martino

To celebrate our dear mother goose’s 57th birthday, here is a song that she and Faja really love. I think there was even a time when she had this as her ringtone back in the P.I. Happy, happy birthday, Mommy!!! Love from all of us! Speak softly love And hold me warm against your heart. [...]

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Another Year Under My Belt

Although I know that I should reflect on my life constantly, I, like probably a lot of people, deeply reflect on what I have done and what I have yet to do on two occasions: New Year’s and my birthday. Incidentally, today is one of those days. Yey me! Having friends from so many different [...]

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The Semi-Birthday Post

I will do an actual birthday post on the weekend, I hope, after a little family gathering plus pasyal in San Francisco. Anyway, this by far is the year that I’ve received the most greetings. They started pouring in last Monday and then the flood began yesterday, already the 23rd in the Philippines, Australia and [...]

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June

It’s my birth month!!! *throws confetti* I’m one of those people who still get excited for their birthdays. I set up dinner, hold a small gathering or throw a party for myself every year. This year, though, it’s going to be tough to celebrate. I’m still excited for a great number of things happening this [...]

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The Weekend with Family – The Real Post

Okay…so, I wasn’t focused on my last post. The weekend was still in progress at Chef and Ms B’s new home with Chef’s family, when Ms B egged me on coming up with a blog post for the day and joining them downstairs in the span of 2 minutes. Tall order, right? So, here’s a [...]

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In Awe of the Awesomeness that is Captain Awesome

Woke up really early today to join the very simple celebration of Captain Awesome’s 8th birthday overseas. For those of you who do not know, we have a 15-hour time difference from the Philippines on daylight saving time. This means, when they gathered ‘round for dinner at 7pm Manila time, I was up at 4am [...]