Digital Photos: What happens to them when I die?

Printed (some faded) Photographs

One evening a few days ago, I found Monica and the rest of the kids having a grand time looking at photographs scattered on the floor—all unsorted out. These were the bag of pictures I remember having brought with me to Beijing in 2000 where I had a 6-month posting. I thought, [...]

Hello GLOBE–Will I look at the circumstance as a glass half full or half empty?

Update: When I woke up at 6 pm on 31 May, I checked and found the P300 credits loaded in my account. I was able to send text message, too, though the “Outbox” was still intact with the unsent text messages. The messages have already become obsolote, so I deleted them. Am glad the circumstance [...]

Happy 15th Birthday, PAULINE, a child but not anymore, a lady but not yet

One day before Pauline’s 15th birthday (26 May), she asked to spend time with family and friends—at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel. What a pleasant surprise to get a positive response from her 6 other siblings, my hubby and my mom. Summer was so full of activities, that most of the time, I was home alone, [...]

Free WiFi at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel

At 3 am at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel’s Lobby Lounge.

Pauline chatting away with friends greeting her on her birthday.

Ingat–Just What Does It Mean?

I went to Trinoma yesterday afternoon to meet a former office mate who wanted some advice—she has just resigned from her writing and editing job. She said she wanted to concentrate on rearing her small child, and would like to write blogs and conduct parenting workshops as she has a lot to share. Then [...]

American Idol’s Season 7: DAVID COOK WINS!

UPDATE: 22 May 2008 at 9 am (21 May 2008 in the US)

THIS POST WAS PREPARED ON 21 MAY (with a few blanks to be filled out), ready to be published as soon as DAVID COOK’s WIN was announced. I didnt have a back up post in case David Archuleta won.

America has voted—97.5 million votes, [...]

JOBS: V-Speak (How Home Based Virtuals Converse…and Meet)

Home-based jobs in the Philippines have been there for a while, but seldom are there home based jobs which do not just deal with credit cards, telephone cards, and marketing some goods and services for which the home based staff earns only commissions from sales made, with no basic salary and benefits that come up [...]

Biking at the Quezon Memorial Circle

‘Twas a perfect afternoon. Yesterday, Sunday, the weather was cool—seems like summer must really have been over.

Chato, Alan Jr and I decided to go to Quezon Memorial Circle for our usual bike ride. Compared to other days, there were less people this time, I wondered why ( I heard later that there was a storm, [...]

Prayers for the RCBC Laguna carnage victims and their families

ANNOUNCEMENT: HOLY MASS for the victims and their families at the RCBC Building in Makati at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, 20 May 2008.

Except for a few TV programs, I do not watch television, particularly the local news, nor do I read newspapers. The local news on television and the newspapers are generally sensationalized. [...]

Mother is 69–but look, she looks like she is only 50!

Today, my mother turns 69. She’s “Mommylola” or “Ma” to my kids, and “Ma” to me. Most times I affectionately call her “Inda” (mother in Kapampangan). Yes, she is 69, but look, she looks like she is ony 50!

I have so much to thank the Good Lord for my mother—she has seen through the growing [...]

Charice Pempengco in Oprah’s Show (Thanks for making us proud to be Filipino)

Somehow, this is a delayed reaction on my part, but when best friend Bing sent me the You Tube segment showing Charice Pempengco singing in The Oprah Winfrey’s Show, I was just so amazed and touched, tears were profusely falling down my pretty face. I can’t help but share with all other Filipinos the pride [...]

Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Children’s Day, too!

Today, Mother’s Day, will be focused on us, dear Mothers, and so I say, Happy Mother’s Day to all of you! To my very own mother, who has been with me through all of a half century, to my aunts, in-laws, friends, wives of friends, young mothers, grandmothera, pseudo-mothers, blogger moms, bloggers’ moms, and my [...]

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