Win Six SEAIR gift-certificates to Busuanga Coron Palawan

May 30, 08 Win Six SEAIR gift-certificates to Busuanga Coron Palawan

Posted by in Site News, Travel

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

May 24, 08 Review of Globelines, Smart Bro, Smart 3g and PLDT MyDSL Internet Services

Posted by in Consumer Awareness, Shopping, Technology

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 do you know? I survived to tell...

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David Cook Wins American Idol Season 7

May 21, 08 David Cook Wins American Idol Season 7

Posted by in Entertainment

(Edit- I posted this entry yesterday before David Cook was declared the American Idol Season 7 winner. I just knew David Cook will win.) Even before I started this blog, my American Idol Blog was up and about since Season 3. The American Idol blog was born from one of Lauren’s abandoned blogs which was started in...

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Music Break with Violinist John Lesaca

John Lesaca playing Looking Through The Eyes of Love What joy to hear John Lesaca playing the violin! It was not the beautiful music that emanated from the violin that took my breath away. It was his expression and feelings that went into the violin playing. I miss playing musical instruments. How long has it been? 10 years,...

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RCBC Cabuyao Bank Robbery Victims and Their Families

May 18, 08 RCBC Cabuyao Bank Robbery Victims and Their Families

Posted by in Grief in the News

(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 they went...

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Photo Hunt: Candy

May 17, 08 Photo Hunt: Candy

Posted by in Memes

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. There was a cake decorated with Jelly Belly Jelly Beans. Even my cupcake was topped with Coffee jelly beans. Lovely table centerpieces, indeed. These...

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Bullying in Philippine Schools

May 14, 08 Bullying in Philippine Schools

Posted by in Education, Parents & Children

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 at 6 years old...

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Charice Pempengco in Oprah Winfrey Show

Charice Pempengco in Oprah Winfrey Show (Full version) I’ve changed my mind. When I first heard Charice Pempengco in the Ellen Degeneres show, I wasn’t too impressed with the “birit” style. Though quite awesome, her lung-busting vocal skills are simply not my type of singing. Today, my sister Lorna sent...

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Kippy Cat, A Mother’s Day Gift

May 10, 08 Kippy Cat, A Mother’s Day Gift

Posted by in Family Celebrations, Memory Lane

AJ often takes a photo of his mascot, Ernie whenever we are in new media events. Ernie even has his own travel blog (which at this time is on temporary hiatus due to technical issues) since he tagged along with AJ in all his adventures in and around the country. Looking at AJ with Ernie, an inspiration hit me. Why not have a mascot...

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Angel Gabriel – Jose Gabriel Dela Rosa

May 10, 08 Angel Gabriel – Jose Gabriel Dela Rosa

Posted by in Grief in the News

Photo from gjaysworld.org A reader sent me the link to GJay’s blog, which was started by his uncle Raffy dela Rosa. I thought at first Gjay (Jose Gabriel Dela Rosa) was injured and may have hope of recovery but… It’s been a month since 7 year old Gjay passed away. The nature of his death was a freak vehicular...

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Bloggers Suck at David & Goliath Little Losers Party

May 06, 08 Bloggers Suck at David & Goliath Little Losers Party

Posted by in Bloggers, Fashion, New Media

I am probably the biggest loser at the David and Goliath Little Losers’ Blogger Party. Here are five reasons: 1. Winning a “Bloggers Suck” tee for being the most enthusiastic blogger (along with Jane) to write a story that was never written. 2. Winning a prize for technically being the oldest loser in the...

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Nikon D40, A Wedding Anniversary Gift

May 04, 08 Nikon D40, A Wedding Anniversary Gift

Posted by in Family Celebrations, My Family

Our 23rd wedding anniversary is actually May 5 but Lauren will leave for a beach outing tomorrow so we celebrated our dinner at Portico tonight. My husband is pretending to be shocked when I gave him my anniversary gift. Lauren seated across our table takes a video of us and a few photos. Butch unravels my gift. Ooh, a Nikon...

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