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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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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 [...]

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Blinks: Kiddos

photo: Ms B taken: April 2008, Tagaytay Highlands, Philippines I’m really missing these three kiddos right now. Not just them individually. More like the whole chaos. I really wish that there will come a time when bringing my whole family together is so easy. I want the security of knowing that the whole bunch is [...]

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Blinks: Run

photo & post processing: Ms C taken: January 2010, Caleruega, Philippines There was a time in our life when wandering is a sign of intelligence; staring blankly, a sign of curiosity. Then there’s the running aimlessly for the heck of it. It was fun. We felt the wind against our face, blowing our hair. It [...]

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Blinks: Cafe on the Foothills of Mt. Tibidabo

photo: Ms B taken: May 2009, Barcelona, Spain In the past two days, two people I know who do not know each other posted a famous line from FRIENDS that Joey Tribbiani aka Ken Adams, uses to seduce the ladies. He taught Ross about it, and apparently also Rachel. And because of it, who came [...]

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Blinks: Good Company

photo: Ms C taken: circa 2008, Manila, Philippines post processing: moremono iphone app What I really, really, reeeeaaaaalllllllyyyyy miss is the random catching up with friends over lunch, dinner or margaritas. I miss going out for a drink for no reason. Hours of conversations about life, art, music, culture’s glory and disappointments, the inane and [...]

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Blinks: Buko for Sale

photo: Ms B taken: January 2010, Boracay, Philippines Summer’s over in the Philippines, and it definitely began today here at the other side of the world. Continuing my Boracay series with the ever resourceful Pinoy selling buko (coconut) as we go island hopping. I wonder if the other world-renowned beaches have their version of Buko [...]

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Blinks: Boracay Boat Ride

photo: Ms B taken: January 2010 Sometimes, as we get mesmerized by the beauty of our surroundings, we overlook the simple shabby chic elegance of where we stand. I love this picture. This doesn’t best describe Boracay, of course, because you see nothing of the beaches the island is known for. But the colors of this [...]

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Blinks: Hope

photo: Um post processing: Ms C taken: January 2010, Caleruega, Philippines In the twenty-something years of my life, I have had one too many pitfalls, one too many setbacks, one too many failures. One too many disappointments, one too many heartaches. Yet, you’ll never see me beaten. You’ll see me shaken up and all, but [...]

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Blinks: Lollipop

Blinks is our new weekly meme that showcases photos that we have taken. We’ll be running it every Saturday. It will be a perfect mesh for our love for writing and pictures, be it a one-word title, a simple caption or a photo-essay. Enjoy! *** photo: Ms C post processing: Ms B taken: October 2009, [...]