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This week’s pleasant surprises

Pleasant surprise number 1: Instant cash! The other day while Dad was preparing my bedroom wall for drilling (for a woven wall décor to be hanged), Mom and I moved my bed and as I lifted up the foam, I saw a white envelope tucked under. I curiously opened it and found Php1,500 (about $30) […]

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On get-togethers, growing old and having joint pains

It’s fun meeting up with former schoolmates whenever I’m in Manila. Having a get-together dinner would always be our way of catching up on updates about our careers, travels, hobbies, love-life (or the lack of it) and even politics. One favorite topic that we all loved to discuss was health, especially since one of my […]

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Missing a friend

Few months ago, I got a message in my email inbox with the subject “Why?” It was from a good friend in the US of A. This is the content of her email: “I hope you reply with this message. I was wondering why both you and daisy’s profile were not on my list of […]