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If wishes were fishes

I have an ocean’s worth swimming in my head right now. Some are as fierce as sharks in clamping onto my attention. Others are like little minnows that flit in and out of consciousness. Some are big, Jonah-style fishes that seem to loom over everything else.
Here’s a sample of my fishies:
I wish I can move back to 924. […]

Scary things and other updates for June 2008

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A month ago, I had a scary encounter with a person wielding a very sharp knife. Well, I do owe that dentist for getting rid of my final impacted wisdom tooth… but only after over an hour of slicing, drilling and hammering at my jaw. Consolation: due to the stitches, I was not able to […]

Close my eyes and…

I finally submitted my resignation letter last February, effective March 21. After all my work-related angst, what took me so long? Well, it was just now that I finally got that clear signal to go. No fanfare, no big arrows, no voice booming from yonder clouds. Just having that peace and conviction settle in that […]

The food trip before Valentine’s

It was the week before Valentine’s
And I was very well fed…
 February 9 Saturday
The Singles Club plus some not-so-single persons had another aftershift camwhoring session at Eat my English. I survived on Cara’s leftovers, Wendee’s Bicol Express and chicharon with rice. Then had coffee at McDonald’s while telling stories about grisly childhood experiences:
voice over from Dennis: […]

Feedback from friends on my appeal for blog ideas

So far, my professional blog idea is on 50/50 status. Just a few resoponses so far, but the people who have commented online are encouraging:
Content wise, why not do a blog about both finances and language education? That’s what my blog-mentor suggested. The question is finding the convergence of those two very different topics. Also, […]

Free rice

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