Remembering the sounds of Christmas of quite a long time ago. 1. "Merry Christmas, Ma'am, Sir," combined with a special holiday smile, in all places of business & consumption from the taxi to...
Everybody already had those kind of days. You know that kind when nothing seems to be going right - a series of bad luck that sometimes lasts for a stretch of time &...
With an A stuck on your back window & at times driving a car with a 92 license plates*, it's going to be hell on the road for new drivers, like me -...
It's end-November, an unusually warm autumn & my enviroment just began to put up Christmas props a week ago, which they will all put in full activity on December first. Colorful lights, Santas...
finally came in the mailanother one of my history overdosingSergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Greatest Hits, released in 1970 ...
Hazel, Mayumi, myself, Basti, Laurent, Ana & Lounaat Hazel's in MarseilleWith our Miss Bacolod, JhonnaIt's really amazing how a bunch of Pinoys get together -with the four of us, it was like a...
The weather was never a topic in the Philippines except for something like milenyo - it is just not an everyday conversation. Now, I always find myself waiting for the weather forecast -...
In a very distant past, it is said that you are what you eat. Then came the time when you are what you read, followed by not long ago of you are what...
isang gabi ako ay nagpapahinga, napansin ko ang bituinat ako ay tilang nakatulog, di ko napansin ang aking naratingako raw ay nasa ibang mundo, kulay rosas ang gintong ika'y aking unang nakita, araw...
While the weather didn't know what to do, I was moving from the south to the north & west and back. A second visit this year from home got me busy for the...
There would always be a lot of convincing before I join clubs or associations. I did have a couple of clubs at school although I was always the last to join. Now, I...
My mom has always been a smart dresser. According to my titas, she would sometimes buy fabric to make into a dress instead of buying food. Being the youngest & the only girl,...
When it came in late & after our almost a month long heatwave, the mistral breezed in & never left - summer is over. Although we didn't plan much of a getaway this...
Summer is the busiest season in France where you will find yourself doing the same thing as everybody else - moving around. Not only that there are so many displaced people everywhere, a...
Passion, stress, anxiousness were all what we felt throughout the finals of the Worldcup. After France's penalty kick at the 5th minute, Italy dominated the game with a corner kick goal at 19...
While Spain was laughing at the team of France with so much confidence that maybe this time they will beat the oldies, les Bleus scored 3 beautiful goals. Spain's penalty kick goal is...
Mutation of a more than a week long half eaten cabbage on the kitchen table. ...
During Kala's birthday appero last saturday, one of our conversations went like this:Makis kay Kala: "Tinanong ko kay Julien kung ready na ba siya dyan," sabay turo kay Sebastien at Mayumi. "Natawa lang...
When one of my aunts lost a luggage in the plane & had to call the airline almost every hour, I was in a tug-o-war of cultural differences. It was a familiar picture...
I called my mom to ask her the whereabouts of my aunt & her mobile number to confirm the little details of their stay here in France. "We're already packing your bilin," my...
Winter is becoming very long, as long as the last time I updated my blog, and we are really fed up of the cold. Our region does bathe us with a lot of...
Finally, after all the unexplained & unnecessary stress and my bothering of friends online, like they were stress relieving pills, I received my temporary driving permit just almost two weeks ago. The relief...
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