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a new jargon

You'd say that after nine years of France, I would be fluent in French with my English in tow, and probably have an accent when speaking Tagalog. The bitter truth is that my...

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transplant

le baiser

Watching the movie "Singles" the other day, they had a scene with the most famous kiss. A kiss caught on print that makes you believe that kind of love, that love that once...

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frenchies

bahala na, a path to the happy place?

Pugad Baboy strip from Pugad Baboy OnlineGeneration after generation Filipinos have embedded in their entire lifestyle the bahala na* attitude, more of a philosophical & spiritual value than a simple mantra to get...

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be pinoy
metaphors of life

MSG fix

Browsing on the junk food shelf of my unplanned visit to the Philippine Store in Cannes, I finally met more Filipino shoppers. Our small talk sparked with the Korean owner cracking jokes about...

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transplant

connect & reconnect

It now really doesn't matter where you are. A simple click can transport you to your kindergarten classroom or to your highschool prom. The birth of online social networking have gathered old friends...

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history overdosing

going past french clichés

Around this same time nine years ago, I arrived the City of Lights with awe & a pocketful of wonder to a brimming future. Just a year & a half shy of a...

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frenchies

a boring summer post

A month into the long awaited summer & what's left of it, I truly appreciate the quietness of our new barrio. If not for lost tourists or passers by to reach a more...

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in betweens

10 sec of the fuzz

The Maillot Jaune (yellow jersey) represent the first in the day's classifications.I was never a fan of the Tour de France. Not even a slight interest. But on this year's route, it passed...

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frenchies

boracay, the new hot spot?

All I have been doing to realize our dream to have a beachfront house in Palawan is to fantasize through internet real estate, forever checking the rates & gape at the paradise we...

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metaphors of life

the perks of getting lost

My Maundy Thursday's ritual is doing the Visita Iglesia during Holy Week. My car packed with extra shirts & towels, candies & a big jug of ice cold drink while we go around...

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new places

gobble up!

The Philippines have forever been sidetracked when it comes to the richness of its food. It couldn't be described as the best in Asia but it definitely has character so Filipino in taste....

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be pinoy

i am woman, hear me roar

Being a woman is complicated. There are so many things that embody a woman's essence. Hormones? Full moon? The morning sun? But still nobody really knows what makes a woman the woman that...

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culture blending

if not forward

Since my year started with an absolute blah & not being in the very hippest place in my life right now, I think looking back merits a stub of limelight. Because when some...

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