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Posts made in August, 2011
Aug 29, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
I am fascinated with native Australian animals. I know this peculiarity has something to do with its location in the Southern hemisphere. The best place to see these animals is Healesville , well known for the Healesville Sanctuary, a nature park with hundreds of native Australian animals displayed in a semi-open natural setting....
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Aug 27, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
Time And health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. – Denis Waitley
Riding a train on our way to Abbottsford, I pondered over my vacation to Melbourne. It has been a week since I arrived here and all I could think of at first is how expensive this vacation is....
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Aug 27, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
A woman is the full circle.
Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. ~ Diane Mariechild ~
Rica and I go back when we were little kids romping around the school grounds of St. Theresa’s College Cebu. I thought we graduated in the same high school. It dawned on me that we had not seen each other for the last...
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Aug 24, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. – Eddie Cantor
I find it amazing how much time I can spend in a garden doing nothing at all. That’s what I did yesterday as I took the walking tour to the Secret...
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Aug 22, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
It is my third day in Australia and my daughter took a day off from work to give me a treat to the Great Ocean Road. I didn’t expect much from day tours. They can be boring but the itinerary was exciting . It helped that Ash, our Aussie tour guide/driver was so funny. The Great Ocean Road is a 243-kilometre (151 mi) stretch of...
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Aug 20, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
It is better to be “unfashionable” than to freeze to death Lauren, in San Francisco
That is the quote of my eldest daughter who is right now in San Francisco and gave some tips to the stylish tropical native visiting San Francisco . It is supposed to be summer over there but well, it takes time to get used to cool weather.
I am...
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Aug 18, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The brouhaha of the alleged child abuse committed by Willie Revillame and the filing of a child abuse complaint at the fiscal paved the way for the approval of an important legislation that will protect the rights...
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Aug 14, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
You can’t wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug. ~Author Unknown
HUG [huhg] – verb : to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace
A friend who I have not seen for over 30 years suddenly gave me a full-on hug, unselfconsciously without much thought and took my breath away. I guess...
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Aug 10, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
Set the bar higher. It’s not about lists and numbers, it’s about actions. And popularity does not mean influence, at least not anymore. -Lauren fisher
I am a finalist in two categories. If you think I deserve to win, then please vote for me…via this link http://tattoo.globe.com.ph/tattawards/vote
What can I say? I...
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Aug 07, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
“Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you.” Sri Sathya
My friend Leslie Bocobo insisted that I attend the Michael Charleston “XIAO” B. Chua lecture on “Ang Pagtuturo ng Kasaysayan gamit ang Parisian life ni Juan Luna” at the Juan Luna...
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Aug 02, 11
Posted by noemi in Uncategorized
“A part of you has grown in me, and so you see, it’s you and me together forever. Never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart.”
There are friends that come and go and there are friends that make a huge mark in our lives. It must have been 30 something years ago when a friend gave me a bible. Inside the inner...
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