This blog post is 2 months late.
I was in Boracay with my ex-girlfriend and our two kids from February 12-14. It was a double treat for the kids — for my xGF’s birthday on the 11th and of course Valentine’s Day.
Believe it or not, it was my very first visit to the famous beach...
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Click Here for a translation of “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” in different languages.
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BELIEVE IT. †There is such a thing as “Sister’s Day” and it just around the corner. †It’s on the first Sunday of August.
How did I know about it? †I got an e-mail ad from one of my favorite online flower shops, that’s how. †See photo.
My initial reaction was, “Sister’s Day? †Oh brother! Are you...
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TODAY is Father’s Day (that’s right, today and not last Sunday as many people were led to believe). †Today is one of the few days in the year that dad’s like me take the spotlight, and I received several “Happy Father’s Day!” greetings — in person, by email, by text.† †
Here are...
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I WOKE UP late this morning from loud incessant banging on our bedroom door. †I was a bit annoyed because it was just 9:00 o’clock AM on a Sunday, and my ex-girlfriend and I usually sleep ’til about 11am or 12nn on weekends to compensate for our typical weeklong sleep deprivation.
It was Marielle, my...
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I DELIBERATELY RESISTED the urge to send SMS greetings last Christmas and New Year.
It does not mean that I did not want to send my best wishes to the people who have touched my life in one way or another.† Neither does it mean that I ignored those who made the effort to send...
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THAT’S ‘Happy New Year’ in Dutch!
I have no particular reason for choosing the Dutch translation of ‘Happy New Year’ as my blog entry’s title. †It seems cool, that’s all.
I can greet you ‘Happy New Year’ in most any other language or dialect you wish, if you want. †Or better yet, go look up the...
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I RECEIVED about a dozen naughty ‘Happy New Year’ greetings via SMS from some of my closest pals. †Unfortunately most of them are too obscene to post in this blog so I had to do a tedious screening and censorship process that reached up to two and a half days (which gives me a...
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IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY and all I want to do is wish that everybody is having a perfect Christmas. †Here’s Jose Marie Chan’s “A Perfect Christmas. †For those who want to sing along I also included the lyrics below. †Thanks to Google it took me less than three minutes to find both the music file...
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I FIRST SAW this being circulated through e-mail forwards last Christmas (2007).† I just got it again, this time through my good friend and former colleague, Merle Antonio who, by the way, is currently based in Dubai (if I am not mistaken, that is).
This is really nice so I cannot NOT post...
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WHAT DO Regine Velasquez, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Simpson, Whitney Houston, and Celine Dion have in common? †This blog post’s title is, of course, a give-away. †They have all sung ‘Oh Holy Night’ beautifully and their wonderful renditions are all available on You Tube.
But you need not go to You Tube...
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