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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." --Mark Twainwhen 2011 was about to kick in, i sort of said to myself that i was gonna limit my number of travels, transfers, and

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"It’s worth whatever investment or money or sacrifice of time required on your part. It’s not about being a tourist. It’s about experiencing true risk and adventure so you don’t have to live in fear for the rest of your life." -- Jeff Goins you can hide the map because i can make myself one. last saturday, my mother commented on one of the photos i uploaded to facebook via mobile web (yes, my

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"I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly." --Buckminster Fuller i'll tell you what's stressful. it's when you've done more than your fair share of laundry by hand, cooked food and ate what you cooked, washed the dishes -- the house chores, you know. then, having done all that, you rewarded yourself with a trip

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"Enjoy the company of people who are in your life for a season or a reason. Not everyone needs to be in your life forever. That's reserved for the very few lucky ones."-- from Travelife Magazine's Suitcase Tales let me begin this by saying that i missed out on the glory days of the nayong pilipino but... uh... now, on to my story. joining the walk when an online notification called my attention

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"Give your stress wings and let it fly away."--Terri Guillemets today is a workday but it feels like a holiday. that's me talking (or more aptly, writing). i should have just stayed at home instead of doing what i did -- showed up at work -- and be like this -- lazy (and feeling guilty about it). haysss. bed! that's where i should be. after all, it's a very wet, very windy and cold, gloomy day.

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it all starts and re-starts with a hi or a hello. as simple as that. everything else just follows. here's hoping this is the entry that marks my honest-to-goodness comeback to blogging. hello world! hi there! -¤- my inspiration for coming up with this from-out-of-the-blue entry is also a from-out-of-the-blue message sent to me via gmail chat while i was offline. it said, "elo vallll!!!!!" just

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“The only question in life is whether or not you are going to answer a hearty ‘YES!’ to your adventure.” — Joseph Campbell hoyohoy, tangub city is the latest addition to my list of target destinations. the compelling reason? read on... if you're a thrill-seeker like i am, you just might make it a target destination, too! tangub city is my father's hometown and, as such, it is one place that

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it was june 18, 2005 when we, bisaya bloggers in manila, first met. from edsa shangri-la in mandaluyong city, we went to the gateway in araneta, cubao, quezon city then back to mandaluyong to window shop at the megamall. there was jory, gail, sealdi, bhevs, and i. i wrote about that day and the article lives to this day.june 18, 2005 first meeting memorieshttp://caterpillartalk.blogspot.com/2005/

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"A galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with the demi-culverin type of cannon."-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleon10th of october 2010 mission: get on board galeón andalucíapier 13, south harbor, city of manilawhat this was like: effort!our group started

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originally posted as a facebook note on january 7, 2011it's difficult to comprehend. it's difficult to accept. it's difficult to let things sink in. today, i got reminded how life can be so fleeting.at first, i wanted to dismiss the information as part of a major, major uhmm bad joke but i quickly realized that, at this day and age, my friends who were born around the same year as I was are

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"The human spirit needs placeswhere nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man."-- Author UnknownI know this to be personally true: experiencing Batanes is a must. Returning to Batanes, reliving the experience is inevitable. Not returning to Batanes is unthinkable.more travel & adventure photos are available in my online gallery:http://kulitjr3.multiply.comOn February 27, 2010, twelve days

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"J'aime bien les couchers de soleil.Allons voir un coucher de soleil..."("I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset...")-- Chapter VI of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint Exupérythank God for glorious sunsets! i cannot help but always feel like a child so filled with glee every time i see carpets (sometimes bursts!) of warm colors adorning the sky as

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daybreak is a joyful time, just listen to the song bird harmonies, oh the harmonies!-- part of the lyrics of reo speedwagon's in my dreamsthe room that my two younger sisters and i share at home in iligan have six big windows, three of which are facing east -- allowing us views of where the trees and greens abound and the distant mountains. with that, i could say that, growing up, i had all the

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i'm busy. i'm busy with work, i'm busy knowing God, busy experiencing places & seeing sights, busy taking pictures, busy looking at rainbows, busy sharing knowledge, busy learning tunes, busy connecting with people (the old & new) -- i've never been this happily busy & i'm sure this'll even get better. happy, happy, joy, joy! Ü-- i already posted these lines before and i'm posting them again

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10th of july 2010a saturday adventure with gal palsa D.I.Y. trip inspired by internet research ;-)laguna: san pablo city, nagcarlan, liliwwhat this was like: mission accomplished and more! yey, it's a gurl power saturday! :)the plan was to see 5 lakes instead of 7. we started late (9am instead of 8am) due to circumstances beyond our control. bunot lake and calibato lake were both already stricken

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the before look and the work-in-progress look -- a comparison:june 12, 2009. keeping my mouth open for this photo was a struggle. had my braces installed. look at that misalignment. a gum bleed here, a wax strip there. all that excess cement (or whatever that whitish stuff is that orthodontists use to make every bracket stick to their respective tooth assignments).june 12, 2010. not quite done

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"isang libo't isa mang bagyo ang dumating, di ka matutumba.malalim ang kapit mo dito."this is the how-to-get-there, what-to-do, what-to-see, how-much-to-prepare part.this is it: heaven on earth! | racuh-a-payamana.k.a. marlboro country, mahatao, batanestime stamp: 12:38:40 philippine time | february 14, 2010, sunday(finding paradise on valentine's day and chinese new year 2010!)in this picture:

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13th-14th of march 2010 the cagbalete trip + baliscar super adventurein lieu of a full story blog, i came up with this video filelength: 4 minutes and 10 secondsin this video: meet my travel soulmates, meet the pinas flashpackers :-)we ♥ jumpshots!we ♥ group shots!we ♥ adventure!if you should watch, watch 'til the end -- watch until 'Play Again' shows up on the video screen.

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♥ "And when the earth fadesFalls from my eyesAnd You stand before me,I know You love me.I know You love me." ♥-- lyrics, At the Crosswhat draws me to rainbows? i believe this:And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come. I have set MY RAINBOW in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the

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.o0 ('i knew i loved you before i met you.' i ♥ batanes! if batanes were a person -- male -- papakasalan ko na s'ya, walang arte-arte. Ü )-- my tweet for the 23rd of february 2010, a week and a day after i got back from batanes♥ the oh-so-splendid view from vayang rolling hills ♥finally, i can say that i have been to my ultimate dream destination in the philippines. after just merely thinking of

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"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things."-- Philippians 4:8 (NIV)i have seen manila bay in good light. this is how it looks like.this is the philippines' manila bayyes, it looks as awesome as that. i took this picture one early

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"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary."--Aaron Rosewhat can you say about a five-year old pair of everyday slippers? that it was black, ordinary, and other than the 'summer walk' embossed on its soles, it was as brandless as no-name-recall. that it was mine and that, just this morning, it gave up on me.my 5-year old brandless pair of everyday slippers gave up on me

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happy. life. under the tropical sky.batanes (february 2010! tuloy na 'to!)ilocos (vigan and pagudpud)apo reefmasbateromblonanawangin, zambalesdonsol, sorsogon for encounter with the butandings and the firefliesbohol-siquijor (by 2010 mid-year or after; if there's a side-trip to cebu island, too, why not?)tubbataha reef (but this will probably be more likely only after i get a scuba diving

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".o0 (happy thoughts, happy thoughts. holidays are coming! all in a row, all in a row --11, 18, 25, 1 | wish kong makita si piolo :D)"-- my tweet of the day for 8th of december 2009on december 13, 2009, sunday, my tweet of the day was:.o0 (i got my wish! i finally saw piolo in person, nakausap ko pa. if ang gwapo n'ya sa tv & print, super gwapo n'ya sa personal.)proof? oooops! i was sooo

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11.27-30.09a long weekend spent in the philippines' bicolandiahttp://kulitjr3.multiply.com/photos/album/538/bicol_trippixsharing 86 of the 1000+ pics (gasp!) taken while visiting caramoan, camarines sur and legazpi city in albay and the places in between and along the way with anthony and don and our new friends -- neil and rachelplaces hit: naga city. sabang. guijalo. el centro, caramoan.

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"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen."--Benjamin Disraeliafter i first set foot on tagaytay and got the feel of the place in 2002, there was never a year that i missed visiting the place. i've experienced the birth of many life-long bonds and heartwarming moments there -- intangible stuff which, aside from the uniquely tagaytay ambience,

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hey, i miss you.i can't tell you, of course. i gave you my word that i won't bother you anymore. here, in my little space, i dare write because i know you no longer come here. when this month rolled in, my thoughts redirected back to you. you've become the character in my prevalent thoughts -- i can't help but think that, maybe, i'm starting to go crazy. wow. what is it with you that refuses to

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last august 27-31, 2009, i was in palawan for a 5-day fun, fun, fun adventure in puerto princesa and el nido.puerto princesa is about an hour (by plane) from manila. el nido is 7 hours away (by van) from puerto princesa. glimpses of puerto princesa and el nidohttp://kulitjr3.multiply.com/photos/album/495puerto princesa and el nido adventurehttp://kulitjr3.multiply.com/photos/album/496 27th of

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"we will go from strength to strengthuntil we see you face to face"i never really fully understood just how much i and my companions have been saved from the waters unleashed by typhoon ondoy until i saw videos and photos of how high and strong the floodwaters were in a lot of affected areas.yesterday, information about the typhoon, road conditions, and floods got to us via text messages, calls,

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"you have turned my whole life aroundthank you, thank you."i had an amazing day today. i learned a lot of good stuff in just a span of a few hours. it's been awhile since i last had that kind of overwhelmingly pleasant and bountiful learning experience and i am very, very thankful. i'm talking about stuff that have to do with human relationships, basic life principles, and financial

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"each breath i take is by your grace"i was praying the graceful moving creatures would wait for me to finish my ice cream but -- nooooooooooooooo -- they have a world of their own.they've come closer to the edgeand, just like that, they changed formation......before going off to another part of the lagoon to entertain (and, perhaps, to be entertained?) by a korean family enjoying a boatride and

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to cut what-could-be-a long story short, i lost my mobile phone, k770i steward (which i fondly refer (referred?) to as ube) earlier today.ube and a fellow k770ialong with ube, i also lost a memory card with 1GB capacity and my smart prepaid SIM -- 09xxxxx1021.the lost items were not forcibly taken away from me (thank you, Lord) and i most likely lost them when i let my guard down upon stepping

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me: doc, i'm just wondering because i counted my teeth and i only have 28 of them. adult dentition is at 32. i looked at my scan and there seems to be no teeth hiding in my gums. when will i have my wisdom?the ortho took a look at my scan and smiled. then, he non-chalantly said, "you don't have any."me: ha?ortho: there are people who don't have any and isa ka sa kanila.me: ha? pwede pala 'yun?!

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the first time a friend told me to try farm town in facebook around a month ago, i politely declined. i wasn't interested. however, things that are meant to happen do happen. on june 5, 2009, i opened one of the piled up farm town invitations in my otherwise forgotten and unchecked facebook list. after that, there was no turning back. it took just a few clicks and i was won over by the farm town

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in times of vulnerability, seek Him.may you always find abundance and protection in His grace.may you find the audience of His earth angelsin times when you need attention.may your troubles tremble in His presencewhen you are in no shape to fight back.may He do your battles for you when you calland even when you don't.when you are down and reduced to crying,may He pick you up and give you a

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"When you stop growing, you start aging."In my quest to better understand myself and to keep growing as a person, I dig opportunities that allow me to assess my personality better. One of these opportunities is the DISC.DISC is a four quadrant behavioral model based on the work of William Moulton Marston. It explores people's behavioral style based on personality and situations. DISC stands forD

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because i have yet to acquire the patience to clean up somebody else's mess and i am very territorial..i left that on my desk. i hope that come tomorrow morning my desk is just the way i left it.p.s. i want patience, now na! hahahaha.

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last saturday, 2nd of may 2009, i blew my pride into a balloon and i managed to make my balloon so big -- i was afraid it would end up exploding in my face but it didn't and i was kinda disappointed. a huge part of me was actually relieved because it meant that i could take home the balloon with me. yey!in a way i was proud of my "pride". i was able to effectively blow air into my balloon (which

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19th of april 2009 | sundaymount pinatubotarlac | zambales philippinesthrough water, through land...and dust!breathtaking sight of the crater lakeanticsearly morning meet-up in mcdo quezon ave. early morning arrival in capas, tarlac. 1.25-hour 4x4 ride. 45-min trek which we accomplished in about 30 minutes. awesome sight of the crater lake.complete set of photos here: http://kulitjr3.multiply.com

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april 9 to 11, 2009another wow trip | this time, up north!places hit: sabangan, bontoc, banga-an rice terraces, bomod-ok falls, lemon pie house, kiltepan viewpoint, sugong, lumiang to sumaguing cave connection, lake danum, yoghurt house, calvary hills, echo valleysuper memorable adventures: 24-km hike to and fro bomod-ok falls (through banga-an rice terraces). topload riding (wet and rained on,

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"if you want it, decide on it"coron, palawan was not in my list of dream destinations. i added it to the list during the last quarter of 2008 -- even bumped it up all the way to the priority part of the list -- after my friend, sealdi, posted photos of her coron trip in her multiply album. i saw through the pictures that she enjoyed the experience. because of those pictures, i got to think this

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lolo gary lived strong and healthy enough to have ten children. he sent all ten to college through honest-to-goodness hardwork (read: hands-on farming and fishing) and God's grace. all ten learned his way of life, earned their respective degrees, got married, and reared kids.lolo gary lived long enough to see the kids of his four sons and six daughters grow up. he met 31 grandchildren and 15

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"when you walk righteously, favors overtake you"lay aside weights. concentrate on endurance -- do not be hindered; stay on course. when in doubt, ask. live a heritage, leave a legacy. servitude - serving others even when it's inconvenient. when you walk righteously, favors overtake you. everyday is sweeter than the day before. check your heart, stop worrying. what can be offered from an empty

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"I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives.I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him."--Abraham Lincolnreflectioni know i am a fan of kaleidoscope world. i know i like listening to girl be mine. i know i was one of those kids who learned the lyrics of mga kababayan and who eventually grew up to a thousand other songs but never reached the point of forgetting

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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."-- Jeremiah 29:11heldit is difficult to stay cheerful when the daunting challenges never seem to let up.it's already been quite a long, hard pull and i have yet to see the end of it -- or, at least, see a silver lining. i know i have to stay focused but i feel

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"There are nights when the wolves are silentand only the moon howls."--George Carlinit was already late at night (read: nine-ish) and we'd just gotten back to the company in batangas from a visit to a colleague's house in sta. cruz, laguna. my urinary bladder was already complaining due to the long drive and too much soda. when the company vehicle came to a halt, i rushed out and practically ran

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"We all possess the thunder of pure furyand the calm breeze of tranquility.If it wasn't for tomorrow, how much would we get done today?Whatever your purpose... embrace it completely.Get lost in the clouds every now and thenso you never lose sight of God's wonder."--Paul Vitaleyesterday, the sunset i saw over tagaytay as i walked out of the workplace was fantastic. however, i think that's an

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Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.1. i've been blogging since may 2004. 2. this is not the first time i gave in to this online tagging game.3. my gizmos --

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tangub city is about an hour-long roadtrip plus 15-min barge ride plus another 20-min roadtrip from iligan city. going there, getting there is not new to my family. after all, it's my father's hometown and, as far as i can remember, there was no year in my earth life that we didn't have a trip to tangub.having said that, tangub city's lure for me goes more than its being the christmas symbols

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'twas the afternoon of my december birthday when i received word from my youngest sis about the explosions in unicity and jerry's, two shopping centers in iligan. i asked if the explosions were indeed due to bombs as she'd initially relayed or due to firecrackers exploding in unified booms. the answer was definite: bombs.the bombs that blew off were deposited at the baggage counters by the

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fave yellow19th of december 2008tanauan city, batangaswhoa, yellowit was the night after my birthday and it was our christmas party. i left my desk & our workroom and announced i was going to change...and changed was what i did. when i was making my way back to the engineering area, everyone was taking first-and-then-second looks at me... they just couldn't believe i transformed. hahahaha!'twas

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11.30.08 | around the world in one sundaywe went to experience the pasig river ferry ride and we ended up in hong kong, shanghai, the middle east, spain, singapore, greece, the rest of europe, the united states... until our feet got us to holy cow!how so? see for yourself and just enjoy this album:http://kulitjr3.multiply.com/photos/album/416locations: guadalupe, along pasig river, escolta, the

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the long and short story of this is: we have corporate bible study -- initiated by no less than the company president -- not to make us religious (nor to convert us into a new religion) but to help us make our lives better and understand how we can have prosperity in all things.for weeks already, the main topic has been "the power of words". i am learning from the sessions and i try to apply the

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"Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap."--Robert Fulghumwhile i was deep into troubleshooting an unwanted circumstance involving my latest machine, my company-issued mobile phone beeped.unknown number: bakit ##k ang sweldo mo?ako: hu u? bakit mo minali ang sweldo ko

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"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."--Ralph Waldo Emersonour company's biometric system seldom fails in not recognizing me. my officemates go through it with a green light matched with a 'thank you' while i usually get the red light matched with 'please try again.' it's always been just me since the start.during our enrollment to the system, it took awhile before the biometric

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"It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing each morning, you must tend your planet."--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Princefor over four months now, i've been taking care of two plants. i saved them from the bouquet of flowers my housemate and i brought home from our company's inauguration. when the flowers started to

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"I've always been in love with you (always with you)I guess you've always known it's true (you know it's true)You took my love for granted, why oh whyThe show is over, say goodbye"-- from Madonna's Take a Bowwith renewing of the mind comes letting go of unnecessary drag from the past. i am standing on more stable ground now and able to count on that certain brand of confidence i thought i didn't

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"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."-- Romans 12:2 of the Holy Biblethoughts dictate emotions,emotions affect decisions,decisions translate into actions,actions form habits,habits talk about attitude and character,attitude and character make reality,

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see who's the guardian of the micthis weekend being a videoke weekend with my pals from work made me reminisce about the family videoke sessions in iligan and recall tonight the song that my father always gets to sing. i like the lyrics a lot... the song speaks of love that is always supportive, always sustaining, always reliable. in two words: ever there.My Love Will See You ThroughMarco

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"She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes." --Frank Defordthe highlights of my september? bangs and south korea. did i write bangs? did i write south korea? yup, yup.see?as for korea...i was given clearance to fly all over south korea during the fourth week of september 2008. it was quite tiring. 6 flights in 6 days. preparing for the trip was challenging

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"Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."--Swami Sivanandai already talked about doing the laundry in a previous article. now, i'm going to talk about cooking.my friend, yoni, must be right. i am getting domesticated (and yeah we're growing old. no, i mean, we're growing up.) if before i couldn't be made to deal with mere rice cooking,

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surprise. surprise.after a while of not being able to share my thoughts and what-nots here, i'm back again. i haven't really been gone. i can't remember a day i haven't been online for the past month but it took me until today to write another entry again.my life's going good so far. i get to experience the usual fluctuations of day-to-day living but everything's been bearable and i'm having the

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"A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between countries, so the officials can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly."--Lemony Snicketas i was preparing breakfast early today, i heard someone calling from the gate. when i went out to check what it was all about, i was

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"There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or the most beautiful scene that you have ever witnessed. Don't be bitter because you can't record it. Sit down, drink it in,and enjoy it for what it is!"--DeGriffanyone who's familiar with the board game ca$hflow would probably say, "doodads!"BUTyes, i've just upgraded my (until

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"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures."--H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Instruction Bookthese days, i know people aren't pulling my leg when they say, "oi, tumataba ka na!"i can see and feel the change myself. i'm growing into my clothes (i'd rather say it that way instead of "i'm outgrowing my clothes") -- my pants, most especially. before, i had no trouble putting them on but

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"You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it."--John Updikeone thing i realized when i started running my own place: cleaning is therapeutic. other people may find this too trivial that they either take this for granted or fail (worse, refuse) to recognize but, for me, this is one

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"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all."--Richard Wrighti know. it's been awhile since i last updated this blog and today can't wait. in just a few hours, this territory of mine in blogosphere will be on its fourth

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"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."--John Lubbockon april 29 to may 1, 2008: from sta. rosa to calamba to los baños to lumban-caliraya to pagsanjan-cavinti-pagsanjan to sta. cruz to bay (read as ba-i) to los baños to san pablo city to sta. rosa. let the

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"Every individual has a place to fill in the worldand is important in some respectwhether he chooses to be so or not." --Nathaniel Hawthornenext saturday, i will be living under a different roof. an apartment in batangas is already waiting for me and my officemate slash roadtrip-buddy slash would-be housemate, joyce.yesterday, we found it -- the new place to live in. it's a one-bedroom apartment

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04.16.08. taking this photo jolted me back to realityi set my alarm for 5:30 a.m. but when i woke up, i had to rush because i was already running an hour late. what was i thinking relying on that alarm!? duh.i managed to squeeze in my usual hour's worth of morning rituals into 20 minutes and by 6:50 a.m., i was out of my place and making my way to work.i hailed a tricycle to take me to where the

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"Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;and the landscape lay as if new createdin all the freshness of childhood."--Henry Wadsworth Longfellowobserving the sunset while on a moving vehicle9th of april 2008 | wednesdaysta. rosa, lagunai could have asked the driver to stop for a little while so i could take a better picture but i didn't."hello...""...see you soon."the sun was a full

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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."--Rabindranath Tagoreif you can't find me here, i'm here. yes, here.

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kung totoo ang sabi ng mga kaibigan ko na nagmamahal na lang ako ng isang alaala, bakit nasasaktan pa rin ako?kanina. na-busy ang yahoo messenger ko. si former roommate. nangungumusta. mega kumustahan. pakonti-konting kwento tungkol dito at tungkol doon. habang may team meeting, nakikipagdaldalan ako sa yahoo messenger. smiley dito, smiley doon. sagot dito, sagot doon. hanggang sa umabot sa topic

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"A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act,and life's worthwhile."--Author Unknown1st of march 2008 | saturdaygurls' day-out in southern luzonmaybe together we can get somewhereany place is betterstarting from zero, got nothing to lose...the plan was to drive from calamba, laguna all the way to pagbilao -- one of the municipalities of quezon province nearest to bicol -- and enjoy a pristine

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"Make your feet your friend."--J.M. Barrieinexpensive and comfy.light and pretty.shoes.mine. mine. mine.

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"Each day comes bearing its own gifts.Untie the ribbons."--Ruth Ann Schabackerfly, colorful butterflygood morning, world. i am in a happy mood.life's getting challenging and, therefore, far from being boring. my recent interactions and observations have given me inspiration and renewed hope. i have been made to see opportunities through different perspectives. things are gonna get better, better,

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"General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed but I don't see that -- seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified, or newsworthy - but it's always there."-- from the movie, Love Actuallythere are a lot of people whom i can run to and be with. i have both family and friends.during the past few weekends (throw in a few workdays,

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"People choose the paths that gain them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort -- that's a law of nature --and you defied that."-- Dr. Gregory House of House, MD'not going anywhere good'had i affirmed that phrase, had i believed in it, it would have held true. BUT never did i and never will i.i examined the basis and found it wanting.i have learned to choose the words i take to be

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"Each forward step we takewe leave some phantom of ourselves behind."--John Lancaster Spaldingi just remembered that i've been given an assignment by one of my fellow bloggers. i'm supposed to share seven things about me. now that i remember, i also recall (yeah, i'm being redundant, so?) that some months back, one of my classmates from high school who discovered the joys of blogging last year

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"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you."--Maori Proverb...cast beautiful shadows...deserve a marvelous sunset...make an awesome photo even more awesome!-¤-more importantly, beautiful people......make a big happy family!(eventhough quite a number have already migrated, we're still that many :P)note:the first three photos are courtesy of albert who took photos of me and my

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"In the right light, at the right time,everything is extraordinary."--Aaron Rose12.31.2007: bidding bye to a year that was...i spent the last week of 2007 practically sprinting from here to there and spent the first day of 2008 in a similar way. whew! you can say "LAAGAN!" and i'd just chuckle.i was still in tangub city with my family when one of my awesome friends -- sealdz -- sent out an

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"...and when i looked Your light was everywhere!"pooh. it's my december and nothing much is happening. let's see...when december came in, i -- as written previously -- bought good reads, hied off to metro manila, enjoyed an afternoon with yoni my travel buddy, had my hair cut a bit, had a hair spa, met with tiff, enjoyed a yellow cab pizza, had a foot spa and a chair massage, invaded a music

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"Your life is an occasion, rise to it!"loving all that white which my fingertips flirt withi got my share of batangas' cold december breeze last night. the wind was blowing so nicely, i felt compelled to at least try embracing it as i walked. the wind responded by brushing and ruffling my hair some more. it certainly felt good to be spreading my arms and allowing my self to soak in the wind.

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"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have."...where there are friends, there's fun and so much more!10.28.2007 p6peeps' get-together in taguig10.28.2007 p6peeps' balut attack11.24.2007 p6peeps' makati night11.24.2007 early christmas spirit11.25.2007 out on a sunday11.25.2007 trip mo ba 'to?by the way, here's launching my singing and

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"All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of the empiresdepends on the youth."-- Aristotleoctober 2007. cam-whoring with friendswhen i left iligan for the nth time, i brought with me one of my old notebooks. i browsed through the pages and saw the smorgasbord of items i've written down so far. these items are basically quotes or thoughts i've jotted

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"The most important trip you may take in lifeis meeting people halfway."-- Henry Boyea look at my octobers definitely says october is a month of trips and travels for me.october 2004manila - tagaytay - manilamanila - cagayan de oro - iligan - tanguboctober 2005manila - iloilo - guimaras - iloilo - bacolod - around negros - dumaguete - dapitan - ozamis - iligan - tanguboctober 2006manila -

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"I've heard it too many times to ignore itThere's something that I'm supposed to beSomeday we'll find itThe rainbow connectionThe lovers, the dreamers, and me."-- Rainbow Connectionlast thursday, i went on a little adventure on my own in cagayan de oro city. to find my way back to iligan, i got on a bus and i got myself a window seat. the sun was about to set when the bus pulled out of the

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"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;I lift my lids and all is born again."-- from mad girl's love song by sylvia plathwhen i was five, i spent a year in kindergarten and earned a treasure trove of memories which, up to this day -- almost 20 years after -- i can still vividly recall.i first arrived at the schoolhouse as a kinder 1 (k1) pupil but, on that same day, i went home as a kinder

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"People killin', people dyin',Children hurt, hear them cryin'Can you practice what you preachWould you turn the other cheek?"-- Where is the Love?click here for more picturesa dead monk's badly bruised body in murky waters. a young protester shot dead, his life snuffed and his body in blood. a lifeless man with a bloody hole on his head. a dead japanese cameraman. when the monks and nuns of burma

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"May the wind under your wings bear youwhere the sun shines and the moon walks."-- Gandalf in The Hobbiti made him wait. would you believe? i made him wait for years. why, oh, why? i shouldn't have. kicking myself for it would do me no good now. i made tolkien wait. booh.i remember stopping and putting down the book. only a few pages into the hobbit and i thought the language was beyond me. how

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"It's because I like you, I don't want to be with you.It's a complicated emotion." -- Marlin, Finding Nemothis post's alternate title should read: sa maka-relate lang"if i fall from grace here with you, would you leave me, too?"-- from Smashing Pumpkins' Galapogosmy friends are going through heart-related troubles these days. i, as a friend, am a pendulum swinging from being cynical and sarcastic

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sing with me. salivation, salivation, salivation is free... uh huh, uh huh, uh huh...owkey, owkey, lest you think i don't know the lyrics to that popular cranberries song, let me say you're mistaken. blame the little green mangoes for the word play.little green mangoes! yum, yum!they represent the entire population of my all-time favorite kind of mango in the whole wide universe and there's no

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"Meet me tomorrow night. Or any day you want.I have no right to wonder just how, or when." -- from Morning Theftwhen the 1st of september set in, christmas songs played on piano and sax blared from our neighbor's house the entire morning. as early as now, there's already a big christmas tree all-decorated and displayed on their veranda. clearly, he is not that excited... hahahahaa!anyhoo, this

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“How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!The world forgetting, by the world forgot.Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.”-- Alexander Popeimage source: pon and zi galleryumpisa tayo sa salitang pakshet na ang ibig sabihin ay... pakshet. well, yun na yun. tapos yada yada yada, manira ng mga pakshet (kaya nga pakshet), magpaka-bitter, yada yada yada...

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24th of august 2007 | fridayit might as well be just my luck. after my late morning bath, i ate breakfast, slept until past noon, woke up, changed my houseclothes with a black shirt and pair of denim pants, combed my messy hair, brushed my teeth, put on my contact lenses, went downstairs, pushed my feet into my trusty pair of tribu sandals, told my half-asleep mother that i was going out, got the

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"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sunAnd find your shoulder to light on,To bring you luck, happiness and richesToday, tomorrow and beyond."--Irish Blessingon august 9, 2007 i wrote: waaaah my baby boy left for canada this morning. no more wake up calls of ate katrweeen for me from him in the mornings. no more impish shouting matches with him in the evenings, too.go well, little guy!now, i

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"Everyone is born right-handed... only the greatest overcome it."-- Lefthanders' Slogan by a brilliant unknown authorimage source: imdb.com's gallery for love actually southpaws unite! today, 13th day of august, is international lefthander's day!!!what? southpaws?! lefties?! who?some of the better-known great ones are...albert einstein (greatest physicist of all-time, theory of relativity, hello!

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"Indifference and neglect often do much more damagethan outright dislike."-- Prof. Dumbledore in Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenixdo you think this is a water hose?august 4, 2007 | saturdaysome snake shed off about 1.5 meters of skin and left it behind in a corner of our yard.current whereabouts of the said snake: unknown! we reckon it just passed by our territory; the skin's orientation

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"Take the ultimate mental challenge! Baffling logic problems and cryptograms… 3D mazes, optical illusions and conundrums… visual and verbal teasers... tantalizing word games and maths puzzles - enjoy them all..."-- www.readersdigest.co.uka collection of puzzles and mental challenges in loose-leaf pagesc",)(",)(--,)we asked for it. we got it.yey, my father is really the man!

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i couldn't seem to finish the handprint i was trying to paint. my motivation to do so went on vacation, i think.i'd like to blame those two eeny weeny whitish worms i saw crawling on my ultra-sweet slice of mango for that bit. who knows, maybe i accidentally ingested one of their equally eeny weeny siblings? (yuckkkk. i feel somewhat sick at the mere thought.) i should have been suspicious when i

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