Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

I remember taking this shot at a  casual get-together with some high school classmates at Shakey’s Espana, in front of UST where we finished high school. Those bracelets were gifts from one of our classmates who makes jewelry as  a hobby. I do remember the laughter, the camaraderie, the game I posted at Facebook if [...]

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More Like Remembering with Fondness

I started a blog last night, a birthday greeting to a once-treasured friend. I just wondered  how after writing a few lines, I was suddenly at a lost for words. Maybe, the memories have finally blurred at the ages after thirty-eight years.  And here’s the first few lines that I wrote: Today I greet an [...]

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It’s My 3rd Year At WordPress

Oh my, oh my! Can’t believe  it’s exactly three years now since I started this blog. Time certainly passes like the wind. The last two years, I made a recap of some blogs I did earlier but it is a time-consuming job so I’ll pass, at least for now. Blogging has been a sort of [...]

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To Smell The Pages Of A New Book ….Is Heaven!

A month ago, a friend from my Multiply days exchanged comments about the books we have bought and read and I even blogged about it here. Then a few days later she sent me a personal note and asked for my mailing address because she wanted to send a book.  She said it was a [...]

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Just A Simple Prayer

I received this wonderful message from a close friend who is also a cancer survivor like I am. It’s a one-line prayer that says: Dear God,  I pray for a cure for cancer.  Amen  Don’t we all wish  and pray that they would finally find a cure for cancer? And yes, I guess it’s a [...]

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The Joys Of Living

If you’re following my blog you would definitely ask, “what, food again?” I am wondering myself why lately, my blogs are focused on food.  Summer definitely brings that hungry feel, because every time I open our fridge, I often wonder what to prepare for the next meal. So I’m done with the tortilla  but I [...]

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From One Bookworm To Another Bookworm

Alam mong adik ka na talaga sa libro when you want to enter every Booksale you pass by and hope to find that one particular book which you’ve been looking for for so long. Alam mong adik ka na talaga sa libro when you want to justify an expensive purchase at National Bookstore saying to [...]

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Lovely Saturday, Quiet Sunday

It’s been a long time, literally, that is! For the past few days, all I came up for a blog were one and two-liner features that made it to my most read list, just the same.  Anyway, I just thought of updating you all with the weekend I had. Yesterday, I met a friend way [...]

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Ramblings

I am re-posting this  because it exactly echoes what I feel at the moment, the trying times of seeking answers and finding everything jumbled.  I wrote this more than two years ago. I am glad though of having friends around who care, praying for me every step of the way. I remember an old friend [...]

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Penne With Tomato And Chorizo de Bilbao

There are many ways to cook pasta.  My daughter and I have tried so many variations of pasta dishes using different kinds of sauces that sometimes we just invent.  There are as many list of pasta which you can choose from – from the ordinary spaghetti pasta that we are familiar with to the foreign [...]

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