Tweet I need to unplug M’s windows PC and bring it to the Geek Squad. I brag to the girls how my macbook is kinda resistant to virus and spyware. # Just came back from the Geek Squad and am now downloading AVC, spybot and adaware while M is busy enjoying herself in Baguio. # called IBM support to instruct me how to format my...
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TweetEvery now and then I look for causes that are close to my heart. Sometimes I discover them through newspapers or magazines But I really don’t know the reliability of the persons behind the noble cause. I admire my friend, Cathy Babao-Guballa for spearheading A Silver Lining For Bicol’s Mothers along with other...
read moreTweet watching the furniture guys install 4 poster bed # ugh cost me 10,000 bucks just to have it repaired # It’s so cool how I don’t have to yell for Lauren to get going. I just IM her. # I love my husband. I just wish he could be a handyman now that I have a frozen shoulder. I just finished nailing a hook to the...
read moreTweetI can truly understand the Household help blues faced by moms in the Philippines. Over at the Pinoy Moms Network, there is a clamor on the ideal Yaya (nanny or caregiver). I don’t claim to be the authority on yayas, maids or the household help. Before moving to our new home, I called up Marilyn, the girls’ Yaya...
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TweetWhat does being broke mean? Does it mean being down to the last million peso? or down to the last 100,000 pesos or the last 1,000 pesos? There was a time, we only had 1,000 pesos in our savings/checking account way below the minimum bank requirement. We even had a negative balance due to a service fee charge for dropping below...
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Tweet“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” (John11:25,25) I have so much faith in the above biblical passage. Most bereaved families derive comfort from that verse with the hope of reuniting with their loved...
read moreTweetYou will have to surf through the comments in Yuga’s entry Blogging is a privilege, not a right to understand why this blogger by the name of Blogie of (ittalks.robilloblog.com) starts to judge my spirituality because of a “sarcastic” comment I supposedly made. It’s funny that I am...
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TweetI am no stranger to death and dying. Let me count the ways: 1976- My mother succumbed to breast cancer 1990- My 28 year old brother, Reuben died from Fulminant Hepatitis A 1999- Oscar, my 40 year old brother died of leukemia (AML- 6) 2000- Luijoe died from accidental drowning at a beach resort in Cebu 2003- Dad died of...
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TweetGod is subtle , but he is not malicious- Albert Einstein In the course of my grief recovery and encounter with other recovery groups, I learned that recovery is an intensely spiritual process that prods us to grow in our understanding of [tag]God[/tag] . My understanding of God is based on my Catholic upbringing (now verging on...
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TweetNow that the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards are over, let’s not forget that there is another bloggers’ event called iBlog3: the 3rd Philippine Blogging Summit . It will be held at the School of Economics Auditorium, in UP Diliman, Quezon City this April 13 and 14, 2007. This event is organized by the University of the...
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TweetI am not talking of the blood-sucking monstrous vampires or human living vampires that exhibit vampiric characteristics or the need, compulsion, or involuntary tendency to “feed” upon some substance or some kind of energy produced by other living things, primarily other people. I’m talking about one facet of...
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TweetMy feet are killing me! For 2 hours, I walked the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium lobby to cajole guests to eat cocktails and be merry. Well, what a day! I got a surprise! I received a special award from Globe Broadband : the Family Blog Award which is meant to honor family-oriented blogging. It’s indeed an honor to receive...
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My grief journey culled from edited 2006-2010 blog entries are now converted to an ebook format and "Print on demand". Read story behind the ebook.
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This is about me ( a Filipina mom) and my journey to a "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son.
Recovery is a work in progress.... read more?
A letter to my daughters. Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough
Being romantic in Batanes : A time to celebrate the beauty, gift, and the blessing of enduring love.
Should parents be taught sex education?
Children have different learning styles
Sunflowers spark hope for the new graduates
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