Manila Water, thank you

Months before anyone  could imagine a typhoon of Ondoy proportions would hit the Philippines, Manila Water, which supplies some areas of Metro Manila, undertook this project of cleaning the poso negros of residences at no cost to the homeowners. All a homeowner had to do was say yes and clear the path to their poso [...]

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Nerds

In last Saturday’s issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer which I just read, I came across the article “Five reasons why nerds are hot“. While in the past being a nerd, a bookworm, a studious person was equivalent to boring, passe, weird, articles like the aforementioned have drawn of nerds a more positive picture.
A few [...]

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Mel and Joey anniversary specials

We’ve watched it for at  least 3 Sundays and have been informed/entertained by each and every episode. Just now, they showed Guell in Barcelona which my son and his friends visited. What a lovely place. Weeks back they featured Paris and Switzerland.
What a treat to see the different sights and dream. How I wish these [...]

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Gina Alajar

I admire the lady for being open and frank in Showbiz Central. She didn’t mince words, she alluded to the past without sounding like a fishwife. She didn’t try to be politically correct or fake by dismissing events of the past as thought they never were.
Take a bow, Gina. You did very well… you didn’t [...]

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Krocodile Grill in Shang

We had lunch at KG this noon as husband was craving for sizzling bangus. Initially we thought of finding something at the basement until I saw KG while driving to the parking building.
Food was good: sizzling bangus belly, inihaw na pusit and deviled crispy pata. The belly came with gravy rather than toyo/onion/sili/sugar. The latter [...]

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Birit

time and again, I have expressed my aversion for birit. Angela Bofill and Sharon did a duet ages back and thus marked the start of Sharon’s birit days. But Sharon sometimes tones done this propensity as she did in her album, which is a favorite of mine, Isn’t it romantic? But after Sharon, many others [...]

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Update on E-See club

A few minutes ago, I received a text message from 639178337851 saying, “You can now claim your E-See Club membership card at Shang Cineplex, Level 6. Please present your reward letter and a valid ID.”
As I have grown skeptical after the non-availability of the reward yesterday, I texted back, “What day and time?” Guess if [...]

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Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 27 November

Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. A few weeks back, I posted a 7-day novena which I got from the shrine in Rue de Bac in Paris. It was our first destination after we checked in at the hotel. We got lost several times but we didn’t give up. We [...]

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Mercury in retrograde? I don’t know but sure felt like it…

I had this odd feeling that not all would turn out well today. I had misgivings about proceeding but prayed things would end up right.
Yesterday, I arranged for my chariot/truck to come at 9. My itinerary:
Makati – to deliver a gift to a cousin and to meet on the disabled, particularly our wheelchair concerns with [...]

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Claudine Barretto

Yippee, tonight on TV Patrol, she was shown signing a contract with GMA7. She’s now a kapuso. I’ve always liked Claudine. She can act and is a devoted mother. My sister witnessed seeing her in Mercury Drugstore Katipunan and said that Claudine was very friendly with the sales clerks. And look at what Raymart did [...]

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