Christmas has always been a big deal to me. I just never knew how big a deal until it was almost taken away.

Back story: If you've been reading the news, you'd know that there was a kidnapping in Basilan last September. Espie and Milet are both part of a network that Mike works with in doing development work in Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi ( Read more... )

I just finished watching President-Elect Barack Obama's speech at Grant Park, Chicago and surprised myself. I'm not American, but I cried. :p He really is electrifying. Suddenly, by his being President, the world is a better place ( Read more... )

I mentioned in my last entry how my Lolo Fel turned 95. In fact he turned 95 just last Monday. And the party in his honor was last Sunday. It is a very rare honor to have a grandparent live to be 95. I have the even rarer honor to have all my grandparents still alive and living close by to this day, even as I already have two children of my own. ( Read more... )

I just caught the tail end of the last of the US presidential debates and the analysis and polls that followed. I've been following the race on and off the past few weeks. I watched most of the vice presidential debate, live. I was very impressed with Joe Biden and, well, my skin crawls whenever I hear Palin speak. ewww! And yet, I couldn't get ( Read more... )

Last Sunday my mom told me that Tita Annette, a close friend of my parents' recently learned about this blog and and went and read it from the very beginning.

I was astounded. I started this blog in June of 2002 while I was in Zamboanga. That's 6 years and a month almost to the day. And let me tell you when I was there I was so full of crazy ups and ( Read more... )

Jerry Jose made me install Firefox 3 because he said it was faster and totally the sh*t so I did. And lost most of my firefox plugins. Boo! No more permatabs, and tab mix plus and all sorts of stuff. But I was ok with that, thinking they would certainly have new versions of the add ons soon. They totally want everyone to love Firefox 3! There was ( Read more... )

I caught the rerun of Victoria Beckham Coming to America last Wednesday and couldn't stop thinking about it since. In fact, I spent most of my non-nursing/diaper-changing/taking-pictures-of-desi time yesterday re-watching the whole thing on YouTube. POSH SPICE! I love you!

I can't remember when I developed a fascination for her. It could be when she ( Read more... )

When I wrote the last entry Pahabol Deep Thoughts, I looked up the showbiz chismis on the internet, just to make sure I haven't misheard what I saw on TV. So naturally, Google pointed me to the showbiz chismis sites, and though I didn't go through a lot of them, something did surprise me. No, not the amount of non-news they have on these foreign ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, I used to watch that show where Ricky Reyes would teach people how to put on make up. And then I would sneak into my mom's dresser and practice. I would wash my face immediately after, careful not to let anyone know. I guess it was something I found fascinating. I don't know if I was any good at it. After all I was just a little ( Read more... )

For those who are concerned, like my 2-3 readers, Lia is not sick anymore. Well, she still has a cough and is dripping snot out of her nose, but no more temperature. Appetite is more or less normal. She's still cranky but it's bearable now. After I faced her to the wall for throwing a tantrum yesterday, today when I said, "Don't cry." She didn't. ( Read more... )