I already have forgotten how frustrating it is to deal with any Philippine government agency. Not that I had tormenting experiences with them before in fact a lot of my encounters would even...
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Since summer of this year, I have been relishing the thought of going home to Manila on February, starting with alimasag, kare kare, lechon, taho & cocktails by the beach. After 7 years,...
Gratefulness, not family nor relatives, is what brought me back to Lourdes for the third time despite my last experience, an involuntary side trip to Bordeaux. It was mere willingness, a personal need...
A bit exhausted & fed up after months of tending to tourists, and adding to that a beastly mood swing, I assure is caused by the full moon, my husband wryly tells me...
As usual, I am the last to know about something like this one I received on email this afternoon. This video was actually already viewed by millions of people & was on US...
One bright idea day, I finally decided to process my French nationality after 6 years of France. I received my official declaration yesterday after a year & 15 days. Nothing theatrical, no officials...
My summer mcjob* is to hand out & collect keys, reply to inquiries, provide tourist information, attend to complains & assure that all our 83 apartments are ready & perfect for each of...
My brother-in-law called last weekend to ask us about portable video games for his son's upcoming birthday. Since my nephew-in-law is turning 10, he gets to choose between a PSP (Playstion Portable) &...
After moving to Marseille from Paris, I clearly remember how I hoped not to pick up the accent of the Marseillaise. It's not that their accent is unlovely, I just prefer to speak...
When Kala introduced me to youtube last year, I spent days ransacking a long buried era of music, begging an old friend to rescue me from a bottomless memory hole, just to be...
Adeline & Tof's terrace overlooking the Lago Maggiore So there we were in the Communauté Helvetique, in the Swiss-Italian side Locarno, having three barbeque dinners in a row, 570km away from home, new...
53% to 47%I am moved, emotionally in uncertainty.April 24, 2007Voting for or against?What change would France go for?Photos of Canal+'s Les Guignols ...
Once a beer drinker, ask me about wine & I'll say they all taste the same to me. Although amid family & friends who appreciate good wine, my interest never went beyond drinking...
A friend named G is a typical Frenchman, married to a typical Filipina & have atypical experiences in the Philippines. After spending 10 years in France, G & his Filipina wife moved to...
As the churchbells reminded the practicing Catholics yesterday of the Sunday morning mass, I hurried putting life on my sluggish face that only had 6 hours of sleep. I couldn't even remember the...
Carry le Rouet's center town by the port.* When the apartment's sink is the kind that will survive a nuclear bomb & the bathroom & toilet are a bit questionable, it was the...
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