A Filipina Teacher Hired to Teach in the USA

Aug 10, 08 A Filipina Teacher Hired to Teach in the USA

Posted by in Filipina

My Cebu-based 44 year old, sister-in-law is leaving for Louisiana, USA on Thursday as a special education teacher for a suburban public high school. It came as a pleasant surprise to her. The US hiring agency informed her of an opening on July 4. She got interviewed via Skype by a panel of 10 where questions like “How do...

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August 8 2008, 8-8-08, 888

August 8 2008, 8-8-08, will it be a significant day for most of you? 8/8/08 has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? But what else is happening today? Today is Sara‘s wedding date. Today , the 29th Summer Olympics will take off in Beijing at 08:08:08 p.m. Today is just an ordinary day for most of us. Like any other day...

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Whom Not To Marry

I am invited to two weddings this week. One on friday and another on saturday. Getting invited to weddings is a rarity because every relative or close friend I know is married unless they are my nieces or nephews which is not happening anytime soon. My new life as a blogger gained me a whole new circle of young friends. Sara...

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Groovy Mama Sez Hai

Aug 04, 08 Groovy Mama Sez Hai

Posted by in Memory Lane, Parenting Tips

Let me explain. It started when I exclaimed “That’s awesome!” to a plurk. Was it Baddie or Pau who noticed that I said that? I forgot who, but Helga begged that I utter LOLcat words. Lauren seemed visibly “annoyed” that her friends were encouraging me to LOLcat speak. If you don’t know yet,...

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Senator Mar Roxas and New Media

Aug 02, 08 Senator Mar Roxas and New Media

Posted by in Current Affairs, New Media, Politics

When Carlo Ople, the New Media Consultant of Senator Mar Roxas invited me for a bloggers’ meetup, I almost choked: “Whaaat? I hope you won’t ask me to endorse him or something”. My imagination started to run wild. The buzz is Senator Mar Roxas is likely to run for the 2010 Presidential Elections. I...

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