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This is a major misprint/typo/Freudian slip/death wish made by Manila Bulletin today (they say, check the back page). It's sure going to be a collector's item indeed and am sorta envious that a friend of mine got a copy :D


TV caption naman!

May the Filipinos, as a nation, stop wasting the chance to be better... and may we finally realize the dreams you and your beloved Ninoy dreamt for us. Rest in peace, and indeed, adore you or not, you have fought the good fight.

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I have at least twelve godchildren already, ranging from age 17 to this newborn. Most of them are firstborns as well :) For most of them, I felt privileged for being asked and most of them are kids of people that are still very much in my life.

Hopefully, they all will grow up strong and good.

...I decided to help my friend's client and make guest sheets for a birthday party.

It made me realize yet again how I do everything half-baked. I learned Photoshop and had a great digicam before one of my friends did but she's now earning from her digiscraps and her pictures are really nice. Me, I contented myself with the basics when I could have been better.

But still, I believe I was able to make one mother happy :)

I decided to put some allowance for the binding but am not sure I did it right. Ahehe. And I realized that I love yellow too much :D

These are some type of snail or something. Basically, they're organisms that attach themselves to driftwood. Shot these while we were in Boracay about two weeks ago.

How is this entertainment? Well, it is, or rather, they are! For a toddler, that is. I was happy just to document them but my 21-month old loved pulling them off. Yes, cruel really, and I did stop my son everytime I can but there were just so many driftwood with these on the beach... but he is a toddler just discovering his world. Self-serving it may be but I just consoled myself that God must have made these to delight kids as well. One God's creature to another.

Like what I Plurked, I am sad and bothered that I don't feel sadness or a sense of loss with Cory Aquino's passing. I'm not happy about it, and yes, I did expect it somehow considering her age and how Kris Aquino has been acting (one could see they've been told it's just really a matter of time)... but really, I feel I should have a greater sense of loss. After all, she featured in our history in a big way. She was a rallying point when we were lost.

Maybe it's because i've been generally ambivalent about politics anyway. And admittedly, i've never felt she was my hero, my leader.

Still, my condolences to the Aquinos and Cojuangcos. And to the grieving Filipino people.

... and expressed my thanks to God, the friends who prayed, etc., then here it is... I am happy to share that my sister passed the Nursing Board!

Of course, it's kinda useless really in the U.S. because they don't really require that there. But still, it's proof that she has the smarts, not just the heart, to be a nurse.

I can still remember how my heart ached to see her crying for hours when she didn't pass the first time. I knew she was so disappointed with herself and so ashamed. I also remember vividly the fights we had because she was paying more attention to the bloody boyfriend than her review... but at least, common sense prevailed, and hard work too.

It's recession in a bad way in the U.S. My friends tell me even nurses can't get good work... but I have no doubt things will turn around in time, for Americans, for everyone. And now I pray that she will get to establish a good life for herself abroad. Not just because our parents are working hard for it, but also because she will be a mother herself.

And, for what it's worth, if this present boyfriend IS the one she's going to choose to spend her forever with, I really hope and pray he's at least half the man my husband is.

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She's currently in Florida, enjoying Disneyland, ahehe.