Win Six SEAIR gift-certificates to Busuanga Coron Palawan

One lucky person will win six SEAIR gift-certificates to Busuanga!
Edit- September 15Congratulations to Micamyx for winning the six SeAir gift certificates to Busuanga! Read her winning entry, Why I Want To Win Free Tickets to Palawan via SEAIR .

( Photo credit for Busuanga)
We are giving away not one, not two, but six SEAIR gift [...]

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My Son died at Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort in Mactan, Cebu

I still remember that last day, May 27, 2000 in our hotel room at Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort . It was right after we had breakfast getting ready for our glass-bottom boat ride. The video of “Be with you” by Enrique Iglesias was blaring on TV. Luijoe’s sisters shrieked ewwww mom except Luijoe [...]

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Review of Globelines, Smart Bro, Smart 3g and PLDT MyDSL Internet Services

It’s been a year and 2 months since I subscribed to three (3) Philippine Internet Service Provider (ISP) namely, Globelines Broadband Budget Bundles, Smart Bro and PLDT MyDSL. At the time of installation, I believed it was not yet time to make a review. Give it a year, I said to myself. What [...]

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David Cook Wins American Idol Season 7

(Edit- I posted this entry yesterday before David Cook was declared the American Idol Season 7 winner. I just knew David Cook will win.)

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Music Break with Violinist John Lesaca

John Lesaca playing Looking Through The Eyes of Love

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RCBC Cabuyao Bank Robbery Victims and Their Families

(RCBC Updates / Last Rites on Victims below the Videos)

Butch first told me about the RCBC bank robbery as his company is somehow related to RCBC. In his entry on A Season of Violence and Death, my husband writes:
The killers’ calculus was simple and chilling: No witnesses, lesser chances of getting caught. And so [...]

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Photo Hunt: Candy

Photo Hunters theme this week is Candy.

What better photos to choose for today’s Photo Hunt than the Candy Creations of Jelly Belly which I got to relish a few months ago.

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Bullying in Philippine Schools

This is a guest post by my daughter, Lauren. I’ve always wanted to tackle the topic of bullying for a long time now since I was so problematic about it during Lauren’s early years at school. The harrowing effects of bullying are best illustrated by the victim. In this case, Lauren tells her story.

Lauren [...]

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