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Letter to the new graduate

June 18, 2010
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My Dearest Baby Brother, Happy Graduation! There was never any doubt in our minds that this day would come but now that it has, I can’t contain my excitement for you.  I am so expectant.  For years now, I’ve been waiting to see how you will harness all that the world has to offer, to [...]

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An overwhelming love

May 9, 2010

The women in my family… are very good at swallowing disappointment and moving on. They have, it has always seemed to me, a sort of talent for changing form, enabling them to dissolve and then flow around the needs of their partners, or the needs of their children, or the needs of mere quotidian reality. [...]

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Quality, not quantity

April 29, 2010

The older we get, the more we need the people we knew when we were young. It’s 2:30 AM and we’ve just finished with the dishes from tonight’s dinner with friends.  Lots of wine, picadas and pizza.  Wow, it is so nice to be able to socialize with a few familiar faces.  Sometimes, this adventurous [...]

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So much world

March 25, 2010

I welcome the fear, knowing that if I’m not feeling it, I’m in the wrong place. ~ @jenovia Tonight, I’m antsy.  I am happiness and music and possibility all rolled into one big ball of potential energy.  I’m like a wound-up rubber band just waiting to let loose.  It’s been a busy day.  Family, friends, [...]

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The next next generation

March 18, 2010

When it comes to technology, I consider myself quite tuned-in. I read my daily TechCrunch, Valleywag, Boing Boing and Engadget. I’m an early adopter of most online services and I get really really excited about stupid geeky things like A.I. apps, open-source CMS offerings and start-up camps.  But in my old age, I’m starting to [...]

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I’m too sexy

March 16, 2010

So, I’ve been home a little over a week now and it’s been lovely. There is nothing like the wonderful love of Mom and Dad to make any crazy person go sane (and from what I’m told, I’m a little more crazy and a little less sane). It’s nice to come back to home cooked [...]

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Feeling like death

March 2, 2010

Oh.My.Gosh. Having the flu sucks. I am so sick that I might even infect you as you read this post. I am THAT grossly ill, with mucus and tears and earaches and all aches and and and…. gah. I can hear out of 70% of my left ear but when I blow my nose, that [...]

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Dancing with the Stars

January 28, 2010

For those of you who don’t know, Filipinos love showbiz. They love to sing and dance and perform. This is why karaoke has been banned in Philippine prisons – it takes up too much electricity. However, they have come up with a performance program in one of the biggest prisons in the country to create [...]

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The big party

January 5, 2010

Our multi-occasion party on January 2nd was a great success.  150 guests from both the Gamboa and Castelvi side of the family attended.  We celebrated my Grandfather’s 80th birthday, my Grandma’s 79th, my Dad’s 53rd, my Uncle Jhet’s 53rd and my parents’ 28th Wedding Anniversary.  Phew!  We really know how to milk a get together [...]

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To endings and beginnings

January 5, 2010

I am sitting in MNL airport, waiting to board my flight to SIN.  Mom, Dad and DJ have just left for their flight to Hong Kong.  This is the start of my solo journey – first to Singapore, then to Bali and then I don’t know what next.  It is surreal to be here on [...]

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