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Life

Music gear upgrade

Every time our prayer community holds our regular weekly gathering, the choir master is tasked with bringing the required musical instruments. Usually, the easiest to be carried and transported is the acoustic guitar. Oftentimes, he also brings his keyboards, which is a portable one, and has its own case. So far, we don’t have music […]

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Life

New words Yolanda taught me

I’m sure everybody knows Yolanda, she who broke a lot of hearts, damaged houses and properties, caused widespread destruction and claimed so many lives. After this super typhoon that wiped out some parts of Leyte and Samar, the name is now associated with a mix of emotions – feelings of loss, anger and devastation, as […]

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Life

To mic or not to mic

One time I was browsing an online forum, and there was one topic that really made me DUH! The one who started the thread was talking about NOT using microphones during community gatherings. He said the community doesn’t need to hear every breath of the speaker coming from the mic, as well as the singers […]

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Life

Thankful Tuesday

Despite our province being declared under Signal No. 4 at the height of super typhoon Yolanda, we didn’t suffer much damage compared to the other eastern parts of the Visayas such as Leyte and Samar. This is why I am so teary-eyed and thankful to wake up the next day still alive and still have […]

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Life

Heartbreaking

Every breath is a second chance. – Always, Switchfoot My heart these days can’t help but feel heavy and sad seeing the news about the aftermath of the super typhoon Yolanda which literally wiped out most of the coastal areas in Leyte and Samar provinces and other parts of Visayas Region where it passed. I […]

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Home and Living

Sprucing up the home

Whenever there is a gathering to be held at home, whether it’s just a get-together of friends, a birthday celebration, or any other occasion, it is natural for us to clean up, spruce up our place, and to decorate it even just a bit. This is the time to get the priced plates, spoons and […]

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Business Shopping

New shopping mall in the neighborhood

We now have new varied business establishments that delight the shoppers of our very own city: which are mostly the housewives, the usual market buyers, the middle class, the high-end shoppers, even the senior citizens, who are tagged along by their children (just like my mom and dad when we go to the supermarket from […]