BlogCon on September 25

Calling all bloggers in Metro Manila. There will be a BlogCon event on Monday, September 25, 2006. Here are the details from Abe and Pinoy Tech Blog
What: Philippine BlogCon (Meet the Bloggers)
When: September 25, 2006 7PM to 10PM
Where: National Sports Grill, Greenbelt 3, Makati
Who: Bloggers from all over!
Read more?
There will free food (snack) and [...]

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The Miracle, My Daughter

If there is one thing that I wish I could undo in the past is believing the doctor’s opinion that my baby would die in my womb . In short , I was grieving even before my baby’s death. I was confined for 3 weeks in the hospital for Hepatitis B in 1987. At [...]

Filed under: Celebrations, Grief, Memory Lane

Philippine Idol Wildcard Performance & Results Night

I can still feel my heart pounding–kabog-bog-bog. My husband and I were seated at the left side of the spectacular Philippine Idol stage, just below Mel Villena and his band. Gosh, the bass sounds made my heart go thumpity-thump after the show and my throat searing with thirst. As a live audience we are [...]

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Most Inspiring Techno Entrepreneurs in the Philippines

One of the highlights of the Techno Negosyo Expo (which by the way ends today, September 15) is the recognition of the 10 most Inspiring Filipino Techno Entrepreneurs. See, I went to the Techno Negoso yesterday to keep myself abreast with the recent technologies or e-commerce solutions. My husband thinks I can be the next [...]

Filed under: Business & Marketing

One Web Day: How the Internet Changed My World

In celebration of One Web Day on September 22, , I am going to list down “about the ways the web has changed your world.” Having been online since 1995, a lot of changes has happened in my life. Janet Toral started with her entry, How the Internet changed my world
Here is my list:
1. [...]

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Christmas Bazaars

UPDATE Read Christmas Bazaars Schedules in the Philippines - 2007
While strolling Market! Market! this afternoon, Christmas songs blasted away from the mall’s pipe-in music. Ah, as always, September signals Christmas shopping season. I feel a gnawing pressure but my mindset is not to make shopping a stressful activity. My favorite shopping hangout are the [...]

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Baguio City in September

My husband and I just arrived from an overnight trip from Baguio. Oh I just love Baguio on a non-peak month. Traffic was so smooth all the way to Baguio and back. We were supposed to stay at the Baguio Country Club but the club gave such a lovely promo to its members [...]

Filed under: Memory Lane, Travel

The Taboo on Grief and the Filipino Culture

A few days ago , a friend ( a member of The Compassionate Friends) and myself agreed to have an interview with Sociology students from the University of the Philippines Diliman . They are currently taking the course Sociology 182 on Qualitative Research Methods. As part of their requirements, they were tasked to accomplish [...]

Filed under: Grief Education