Re-decorating a teener’s bedroom, Broadway style

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Two things: First, I often submit photos to Photo Friday's weekly challenges. Been doing so for the past several months. Not always. But often. Second, Alex is taking up … [Read more...]

About the newspaper columns

In July, 2005, my first opinion column was published in Manila Standard Today. Because it was an offshoot of A sassy lawyer in Philippine suburbia blog, the name "Sassy … [Read more...]

If I believed in karma, this would be it

Most people who read my blogs know that I work from home. If you're not among them, well, I do. Work from home. Or work at home. Whichever the more grammatically correct … [Read more...]

A taste of the empty nest syndrome

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[Republished from yesterday's op-ed column] Early in February, on the way to a UP College of Law reunion, my friend, fellow law alumnus and fellow Antipolo resident Eric … [Read more...]

Play to win

[Note: The following article was published in Code Red magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and I wasn't really planning on republishing it here, but I am in the midst … [Read more...]

This future filmmaker doesn’t need hair dye to be fashionable

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Women dye their hair for different reasons -- to hide the gray, as part of a costume or for fashion. Among Asian women, it's all the rage to have light brown hair with golden … [Read more...]

Just when I thought I hit a plateau…

Feast Asia on print

Below is a screen shot of the index page of Pinoy Cook (Home cooking rocks!) as it appears today. If the text is too small, you can click here to read the entry. If you … [Read more...]

Excuse me while I brush up on my photography skills

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Starting today, I am obliging myself to take at least a dozen photos everyday of various subjects and using different photography techniques. My writing career is taking … [Read more...]

Taste test

Brownies my family didn't care for

Speedy likes to tell people that he and the girls are my guinea pigs. I like experimenting in the kitchen and they are the ones who decide which make it to the food blog. Not … [Read more...]

First day of the Christmas break

I woke up late, had coffee and breakfast with Speedy (he still has to go to work today and it's their company's Christmas party tonight), then started checking my e-mail. I … [Read more...]

About security of tenure

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I was browsing through the incoming links to this blog a few days ago and there was one (naturally, I can't find it anymore) discussing pro-blogging and how many bloggers have … [Read more...]