Sleepless in Seattle

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I missed the return of Grey’s Anatomy tonight. The 5th season! My crazy sister brought me around Seattle with her even crazier friends that I forgot all about it. I’m just kidding. My sister isn’t really crazy. She’s just fun loving, vibrant and noisy. It reminds me of old times when we first traveled together and we’d flirt ( or rather she’d flirt) and I’d pull her away. I wish we had gone back to the hotel earlier because now we need to cram for saturday’s workshop presentation on How to be a “Techy” Non Techie with Internet and Technology Tools to Effective Communication

It is almost midnight here in Seattle and my mind refuses to work. Jet-lagged and still on vacation mode, I’d rather curl up in bed and zone out in front of the TV or walk around downtown Seattle. Oh sleepless in Seattle, I tell you.

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Kippy Cat Travels

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I am right now in Narita airport en route to San Francisco and I might as well entertain myself before boarding time. It’s been years since I’ve visited the states not since the year before my son died in 2000. As my son and I sat on the airplane seat on board our flight to Cebu a few days before his death, he begged me to take him to the states the following summer. I hugged my precious boy and promised him I’d take him along because the previous years were spent with the girls choir tour in the US and Canada. It was his turn to be with me.

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Watch the Live Stream of the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards

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Live Streams starts at around 5:00 PM on Sunday, September 21, 2008 (Philippine time)

Free TV Show from Ustream

Tomorrow September 21 2008 at 6:00 PM, the Philippine Blog Awards will be doing a live stream of the awards ceremony “over the air” courtesy of SmartBro at the One Esplanade. They will be providing Dedicated Badwidth (1 mbps) for the wi-fi provision to participants with mobile computers in many different areas of the room to enable those who cannot come to the awards to see it live from their computers at home. More thanks to Rsun My Technology Store for providing the laptops and Azrael as the lead live streamer for the event.

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Coffee Talks: Be Financially Empowered

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Are you having problems with debt? Are you afraid of answering the phone because it may be an angry creditor calling? Do you have problems getting from one paycheck to another?

The simple answer is you need to budget. But for that budget to work, your entire family needs to be involved. With her years of expertise in the field, learn how your family life can be more enjoyable by freeing yourself from financial worries.

On September 20, Coffee Talk Series of which Mom Exchange and Alveo Verdana Homes will host a wealth management forum with Financial Columnist Karen Galarpe.

When: Saturday, September 20
Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Where: Coffee Bean Tea Leaf Greenbelt 3

Please reply below if you can attend. Here is the invitation.

Bloggers’ Choice Award Voting for the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards

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Voting for the Bloggers’ Choice Award is now open. It is the highlight of the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.

*Sigh* it is so hard to choose. I have so many friends in the list. It’s a good thing I am automatically disqualified to vote because I am in the committee of the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards. But for all you bloggers, please choose among the list of 47 nominees.

Vote now for your Bloggers’ Choice Award.

Thank you to our generous Sponsors!

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Romantic Weekend at Nurture Spa

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My default birthday present for my husband is always a kitchen appliance. I just realized we have all the kitchen appliance we will ever need. This year, I wanted to give him something romantic! So I asked my awesome plurk buddies for romantic gift ideas. The unanimous suggestion was a romantic getaway outside the city preferably with spa pampering. I was searching for the best spa hideaway nearest Metro Manila because my husband hates driving far and I remembered that Claire invited me to visit Nurture Spa a few weeks ago. I totally forgot the Nurture Spa invite until a day before Butch’s birthday.

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The Filipino Mom Blog

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Once upon a time, seven mothers, all bloggers eagerly went out with their kids to meet up, just for fun. They all seemed to have a common ground. They all loved to eat. It seemed but natural that they would convene for this very reason so they could feed (literally and figuratively) their same interest to their hearts’ content. Never mind that they risked expanding their waistlines, the company was just too delicious to resist.

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