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On the Loose: @ideeli Christmas Shopping

It’s been a while since we did an On the Loose post. Not that we haven’t done any shopping. On the contrary, I think I have reached my [self-imposed] quota for 2011. Now, before you play the world’s smallest violins for me, 2012 is just a few days away. I’ll be resetting my shopping count [...]

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Taste Buds: Russian Tea Cakes

Happy Holidays, one and all!! Yes, yes, my greeting, along with blogposts, are a tad bit delayed. Nonetheless, it’s never too late for a good dessert recipe. There’s actually quite a story behind my Russian Tea Cake mini obsession. Three years ago, I took an interim position at another department and met a funny group [...]

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On the Loose: Christmas Shopping

Christmas shopping was a lot easier and faster this year. I do not know if it was because most of our family, friends and godchildren are overseas or because I did this year’s shopping with my husband. I am more inclined to believe that it is the latter. LOL. But, we did only have very [...]

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Mommy Adventures + Le Critique + IMHO: Another Kind of Program, A Different Kind of Christmas Spirit

On December 15th, Um, Mommy and I experienced a different kind of Christmas Holiday Program presented by our children’s school. I have got to say, I was somewhat culture-shocked. The program was divided into three parts. There was a play performed by the students from Kindergarten to fourth grade, some sort of “piano recital” and [...]

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Music and Lyrics: Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Margaret Whiting and John Mercer

I hear Mariah’s voice everywhere. Christmas is, indeed, just around the corner! Though I was once mesmerized by the soothing voice of this multi-Grammy winner, I am honestly getting tired of hearing All I want for Christmas is You plus all the yodeling. Um and I used to have a playlist full of Christmas songs [...]

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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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Celebrations: Happy Birthday, @strangebyday!

Your special day has come and gone in your time zone, but I still have a couple of hours to celebrate your coming to life! Strangebyday and I go way back. Not as far back as she and Hazehung go, though. We were college blockmates and we instantly became members of the same barkada. We [...]

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Mommy Adventures: The Christmas Wish List

While I, more or less, know everything that my children need, I do not always know what they want. So, I make them list down (or tell me) the things they want to have for Christmas. I usually give their lists to family members, godparents and, honorary aunts and uncles, and Um and I would [...]

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Festivities Aren’t Cheap

Recently, I shared on a recent post how excited I am this season as Chef and I are hosting our first Thanksgiving dinner, and the coming noche buena. This week, I took an extra day off to shop for what we need – the food, the tools, and the entertainment (and even a little something [...]

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Holidays are Coming!!

There is no doubt in my mind that this is my favorite time of the year. The holidays are upon us and no, this isn’t my favorite just because of the gifts. What the holidays mean to me is family as I’m sure it does to you too. For Chef and I, what’s extra special [...]

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Blinks: Frozen Milk + Cream + Sugar

photo: Ms C taken: December 2008, Manila, Philippines It’s a tradition we, strangebyday and I, have: to shop for Christmas gifts together before all the holiday party, lunch/dinner or whatever invitations come pouring. In the process, we try out new restaurants in the mall. Five Cows is a semi hole-in-the-wall kind of dining place located [...]