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paradise shoots

Just a few of the photos from a dive in paradise island last month. I MISS

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Aging

"PWEDE mag-say ng bad word?” buddy Kublai blurted after taking a big piece of Peppato Blue cheese that I bought from Malagos Gardens, and wanting to puke.Peppato is aged and very strong cheese with whole peppercorns. You’re supposed to slowly get to know it and not swallow a huge chunk ...

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GOIN’ PLACES: Crab trip!

THE craving was sparked by the other week’s bucket of tubs, the Dabawenyo in me shouting, “Wala yan sa crabs ng Davao!” But of course, the crab dinner the other week was in Davao, and it was really good. Except that it wasn’t the crabs ...

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Life lessons in the quantum world

THE chaff from the grain. That's a classic phrase that encapsulates the very process of keeping what's essential and letting go of what's not. Interesting, more so in these days of recession and elections and singing Careless Whispers in duet.I'm not a nerd, I dropped my math subjects several times ...

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dayang and isla reta

happy days are here

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GOIN’ PLACES: Crabs in a bucket

THERE are more restaurants sprouting, so many choices, too darn difficult to choose. And so we decided in terms of proximity to where Dengdeng was; in this case, home.Thus, the choice for the night was Pablo’s Steaks and Crabs at the rear portion of Metro ...

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They’re the kids I knew

THE workshop was done for the day and the children and teens were all there on the basketball court playing... everything.Around six teens were playing basketball, fast and rough. Around them, younger kids were running at full speed and jumping around in a really exhausting and complex “chinelas” game that looked like ...