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Life

Money, is it evil?

Is money really evil? In itself it is not. It is only a form of exchange for buying, a piece of paper with some amount printed on it. Man’s attitude towards money is what makes him bad or good, an evil person or a saint. The heart’s motives for having money and the way it […]

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Life

The art of selling

Excuse me po. I’m Lovely, an out-of-school youth, selling candies (at 2 packs for Php20 or 1 pack for Php12) for your support to my daily financial needs… The above sentence was part of a computerized text printed in a piece of card. It was handed over by a teenage girl in jeans to my […]

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Food and Dining

Tropical delight

I hear a big familiar thud outside the yard. This was followed by some more of the same sound. Hearing this makes me smile knowingly. Yup, some heavy objects falling to the ground… coconuts! 🙂 We have two coconut (aka buko in Tagalog, butong in Hiligaynon) trees in our front yard and they’re giving us […]

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Internet

Promoting indie artists online

All popular bands and artists have their own story, their early struggles with promoting their music and getting heard, until they finally hit it big and became famous. Their tales of being discovered may be different, but we all know they started from being unknown and unnoticed until their talents surfaced — they got heard, […]

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Life Simply Me

Celebrating womanhood

Being a woman is a gift in itself. But I only realized this as I grew up and got rid of my childhood dreams of wanting to be a boy. When I was still in my early teens, I always thought boys were cool and tough, and girls were just plain little sissies. Boys have […]

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Blogging

Blogsy firsts

First template ::  I chose the simple Shallow template with a pink theme and a pomegranate for the header image   First post  ::  My first ideas and impressions about blogging I’m quite aware of this blogging craze years way back… I learned about it from a friend who’s got his own homepage with a […]

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Life

Taking time

“Nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small it takes time — we haven’t time — and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe I’m back after two days off from the blogosphere. Nope, I didn’t go to any of those beach resorts, I spent a […]