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Can't Let Go of Them
2007-11-08 09:03:00
This one is from awannabe and it's about the "Three Things I can't let go of Meme." Sounds like three things I can't live without. Have a ride.~*(^(00)^)*~AJ and I have been together for more than three years minus the several months he had gone abroad. Though I am uncertain of the love I have for him, I am sure to myself that it would be an agonizing moment to see him away from my side. He is my best companion and he is the smile on my face.~*(^(00)^)*~Though I seem to have some thoughts of looking for a better job perhaps trying my fortune to land in another career and a well-compensated one with a better position in a bigger company, teaching has been a passion for me. I see myself as a teacher in the future while I can and it would be the last kind of work I want to engage in for the rest of my life.~*(^(00)^)*~Sure there were times I went astray, I had bitter moments of struggles with the family I belong in. I had a prolonged cold war with my dad, my brothers may have hurt ...
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Want to sell something online?
2007-11-08 09:01:00
The advent of the internet amidst modernization and globalization has surely changed people?s way of life all over the world. The popularity of the internet has surely taken us in awe that everybody seems to want to have a computer and facilitate everything and anything they could imagine doable on the net. The internet has so far took its spot as one of the most accessed form of media these days. You can watch videos, read books, keep yourself posted of the latest news and information, download, and even buy the things that you like at the comfort of your home. And you thought that was all?Now, with the presence of ecommerce software , you can also actually sell anything online. For entrepreneurs and businessmen who want to find success in selling their products online, this Shopping cart software is for you. At Ashop Commerce , setting up your own shopping cart or building your online store capable of making it compete with the web?s most powerful sites with a simple, low mont...
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They Just Keep Popping Out
2007-11-07 17:32:00
Turning and twisting myself to somehow manage to sleep comfortably in my bed had been deprived of me for almost two months. It's just so hard to be wincing when three wounds, the size of a one-peso coin, give you the feeling of a voodoo doll being pricked on with the slightest single move that agitates them. But the hell is over. I have gotten over the wounds, leaving me some scars on the right leg. At my age, I wouldn't have to worry anymore whether "sebo de macho" or any enguent might still help them regenerate. I'd care less seeing those spots. I got big legs anyway but the irony is I love wearing shorts because I still haven't adapted my warm-blooded body to the extreme heat here in Manila. That speaks well for an Igorot who grew up in a city with cool weather ranging from 10-22 degrees celsius temperature, and the slowly diminishing flora of pine trees, huh.While on cloud nine telling you guys I have gotten over what I thought was leg ulcer, I am saddened on the other hand ...

The Flat-Nosed Me
2007-11-06 18:16:00
There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.-Sally FieldHow I miss some funny moments and conversations with my past students and fellow teachers. When I was in Baguio, they'd always ask me about the acqueousness of my nose. I'd tell them, it just sweats a lot for no apparent reason. I never thought that the cliched belief of associating jealousy with a sweaty nose was something that would leave me red in the face. I hated my nose when I was younger and I felt doomed everytime I'd look at my brothers-they being endowed with fine looking ones. All the while, I avoided my nose put in the limelight of any conversation or small talks. I wished it was never appendaged to me.After years of drenching my nose to no avail, and the futile attempt of suppressing the humiliation and the ridicule attached to it, I got the hang of allowing it the center of banter among my friends and acquaintances during lunch breaks in the dining hall, sho...
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Jumping on the bandwagon
2007-11-05 10:09:00
What?s the buzz? Have you signed up for ">smorty yet? Well, this is my take on the bandwagon of making money online and smorty is surely one on top of the list. Smorty gives you lots of opportunities to get paid to blog about a wide variety of products from its advertisers. Smorty is a service connecting advertisers with bloggers. Once you have your smorty account, you?ll be amazed as how easy it is to use this service. It has a user-friendly dashboard which makes it easy for you to manage your account. Its dashboard facilitates you with its list of opportunities, your pending tasks, deadline reminders to keep you abreast, and the figures you have to making yourself a few notches away from making it big time.Why not? I have just recently signed up for smorty and I am excited about what it can do not only to enhance my blogging experience by writing unique opinion posts with links back to the advertiser?s site but by also helping me make both ends meet as I get paid for blog adverti...
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Going To Church
2007-11-04 18:35:00
The power went off just a few minutes back. I thought I wouldn't be able to post anything tonight. It just so happened that some inconsiderate neighbors had the nerve to bypass their actual electric consumption. Wire tapping, using jump wires, looting of electrical wires-these are so common practices of some self-oriented people where AJ lives.AJ was quick, he got a candle downstairs near the kitchen. Candles are a necessity in a place where the least of worse things habitually happen. The candle gave us temporary brightness in the room while I was busily fanning myself with a brand new folder I darted into on the desk to my left. I was quiet and obviously irritated of the earlier bearable heat which just doubly took its toll on my easily drenched body.The power was restored by the time the folder was half-way dilapidated.In my recap, I saw myself at the church this afternoon. Having said my prayers intended for my family, my loved ones, my health, etc. gave me some kind of inner p...
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Get to know me better
2007-11-04 18:00:00
Parisukat had me tagged with this interesting meme. Take a look.GET TO KNOW ME BETTER meme (Part I) by meatballQ1. What were you doing 10 years ago?>I was going to school though would often skip classes.Q2. What were you doing 1 Year ago?>Video calling my students for my online classes. (Masagwa ba pakinggan?)Q3. What are 5 snacks you enjoy?>Let's not forget chicheria (junk foods) like 'boy bawang' and piattos, pearly shell, spaghetti, and pancit canton Q4. What are 5 songs you know the lyrics to?>Better Man, I Believe, Closer You and I, Qing Fei de Yi, I'll Always Love YouQ5. 5 things you would do if you were a Millionaire?-build my own charity-play Bingo everyday-go island hopping in the Philippines-take home some guys (paminsan-minsan lang) hehehe-put up my own internet cafeQ6. 5 Bad habits?>smoking more than what i was used to, neglecting my health, singing while eating (my boyfriend always reprimands me when he catches me red-handed), procrastinating, ningas cogonQ7. 5 thin...

Nooking by the window
2007-11-03 19:28:00
That is my favorite spot especially on weekends. Hypnagogic, I pressed my lips gently on AJ's. That was one of the usual mornings we always treasure. He was murmuring something and I thought he was dreaming. It was almost eleven o'clock in the morning. A brand new day, waiting downstairs. We got out of bed, hustled by the loud music on the third floor of the house.AJ made me a coffee as I was thinking of how to make the most of my day. I was visible at the usual rendezvous of my thoughts-the window in the living room. There was so much noise, as I was thinking of my family back home. Dodging back bitter memories of being unable to support them for a couple of months when my world was focused on the Casino. I felt invigorated with the assurance that I have gotten over my addiction.Thinking of the watch I just sent to perk up my sister's awaiting adolescence, planning inside my head of dropping by a bookstore to buy some old books, I feel, I need to do something to make better my ...
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Come and Go
2007-11-02 11:11:00
My calmed mind gives me a slice of disturbance as my fingers press each key on my keyboard. It could have been easy but it wasn't.Some of our teachers have come and gone. My heart screams silently as I try to ponder on the why's. Was there something I never did that I should have done to have avoided the sudden separation they never expected from the company? Two of our teachers just had to leave, sadly. I was not in control, or was I just careless to let them go?Earlier this month, Teacher Anna had to go. Knowing her for more than 6 months colored the working relationship we had. All the while, I thought it would be a happy ending but the private talk I had with her to relay the top banana's decision was a paraprosdokian twist. "Teach, I am sorry to say that your last day is on the 15 of October." I was straightforward, trying to avoid that temporizing might just pain her the more. I know how much she valued and showed passion in her job. I know she did her best, but to my boss ...

Holiday Cheer Through Out The Year!
2007-11-02 08:32:00
I have started talking about Christmas in my previous post and I think it's too early to be talking about my Christmas wishlist for my family. Anyway, before worrying about stretching my budget for the season of love and gift-giving, let me for the meantime share with you the items in the list. It pays to see something to visualize even before the occasion to keep you focused on their realization. Thank God CouponChief is here to help.For my older brother, I hope to give him a pair of shoes. There are lots of choices though at shoes-accessories. For my younger brother who has planned to get hitched early next year, I want to give ">a digital camera so he can take pictures of his wedding which I may not be able to see. I am thinking If I also have to give him a suit. For my two other brothers, I can share with them a computer and a force jacket each. The weather in my hometown really gets cold especially in the months of December and January. For my sister and her favorite pet "Bant...
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My Seven's
2007-11-01 17:12:00
I got tagged by Chuckie Dreyfus. The mechanics of the meme: Name seven things about me that are related to the number 7. I wish it were 6. (LOL) Would have been easier.Here are the seven things about lordmanilastone that are related to number 7.1. I usually have dinner at 7:00 p.m. That is my only available slot in the evening, before and after that, I teach a lot of students.2. Duckpin (7 letters) Bowling (7 letters)=This is the hobby I am crazy about these days but I just don't have much the time to really enjoy it regularly.3. I always have a hard time hitting pin no.7 when it's the only pin left for a spare.4. When I was seven years old, I hated going to school and would be in tantrums without my dad handing me a one-peso coin for my baon (pocket money). Hehehe.5. My first name is composed of seven letters. (lordmanilastone=take out seven letters and that's my first name, the rest is my family name) Sorry for making it a puzzle game for you guys.(LOL)6. 2 + 2 + 3=7 The total ...

Health and Fitness
2007-10-31 18:44:00
It was the first time in months I had to commute back home alone last Friday night. I wasn't used to such but I had to heed to AJ's request. (He doesn't want to wait on me playing duckpin bowling until the wee hours of the next day (LOL)). I felt some thrilling liberty traversing the dark path towards home but the feeling of being abandoned was overpowering. With the heavy back pack weighing on my back and the trepidation lurking in my nervoused guts, I walked the long stretch of the road from my office to the highway for my bus way home. It was almost midnight.The thoughts of AJ were my company. He would often carry my favorite green backpack containing my used clothings and some tchotchkes. Whenever we are headed for the junction, I'd often feel a recurrence of my youth looking at him while trailing behind. He is several inches taller than I am and he just walks really fast that I am often left panting a few meters away.Damn it! I almost missed that. When I arrived at the jun...
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My Three's
2007-10-30 10:07:00
Got tagged by Mommy Kat and I want to share with you some information about me based on the questions below:THREE NAMES THAT FRIENDS CALL YOU:nightkapsgandaMOST IMPORTANT DATES IN YOUR LIFE:December 25September 4July 163THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33 MINUTES:smoked a cigarcaffeinatedposted for My Dreamzzz WorldTHREE WAYS TO BE HAPPY:healthy lifestylepeace of mindgood incomeTHREE OF YOUR FAVORITE FOODS:GalbitangPizzaDinuguanTHREE PERSONS YOU MISS THE MOST: My bf in highschool (bestfriend, LOL)My only sisterMy Filipino Teacher in highschoolTHREE GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE:peace of mindgood healthhappinessTHREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:writingbloggingduckpin bowlingTHREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR HOLIDAY:BoracayPanglao BeachDisneylandTHREE MALLS YOU USUALLY GO TO: SM MallsStarmallDivisoria MallTHREE OF YOUR FAVORITE FASTFOOD RESTAURANT:ChowkingJollibeeDon Henrico'sTHREE FAVE SPORTS:Duckpin bowlingTennisTable TennisTHREE FAVORITE DRINKS:Red HorseSMBGenerosoTHREE PERFUMES...

Pagerank: It's a 2-2-3
2007-10-29 10:36:00
First and foremost, let me take this chance to thank Blogcatalog, Blogrecords and all the other blogging directories out there for the awesome achievement I got through my sites. (At least for a newbie like me) Special mention goes to my fellow bloggers, virtual friends, visitors of the sites, staunch readers, and all whom I might neglect to recall. Blogging hasn't been this rewarding without you guys. Characters In My Life has a PR of 2, this site which I spend most of time on has a PR of 2, and My Dreamzzz World has a PR of 3. Finally after the long wait, I can finally say my blogging effort has come to fruition. This is such a big achievement on my part who was once so naïve of what blogging is all about. Thanks to Google which made it easy for me to discover the plethora of opportunities on the net.I can?t express how much grateful and happy I am though I know PR 2 and PR 3 aren't really that much. I have considered my sites like my own children that I sometimes feel dishearte...
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Pecuniary Talk
2007-10-28 13:57:00
Earlier, last week, Jenny, one of the latest additions to our roster of teachers asked me if I could lend her some cash- enough to suffice up her family needs more than a week before the company's pay out. I have known her for barely a month but obviously that incident where she discreetly approached me at my station was not something I had to take against her. I used to be a money-borrower myself and in all honesty, I still do until now."Teach, I am wondering if you have some spare..." she said matched with the hesitant and the hopeful expression in her face. I knew what she meant and I was momentarily speechless not confident enough to say 'yes.' She went in to continue that she and her family just moved in to a new apartment and they have to start filling up their small room with their own domestic properties like stove, pots, dishes, as well as diapers for her baby and their daily provisions. She is just one of the moms out there I certainly commend for the courageous move to...
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Ruminating My Religiousity
2007-10-26 14:35:00
It was a quarter before noon when I decided to take my meal at Ate Liza's. I took one of the small round tables just beside it's entrance. Everybody in the kitchen seemed so preoccupied that my presence was apparently conspicuous. I have been skipping breakfast these days so my esurience pushed me to butt in with the customers scrambling for food over the counter. I told Ate Liza, I wanted some mung green soup for one of my seemingly habitual brunch sessions. I was trying to avoid a deja vu of what occurred the other day.The other day, I got in the cafeteria just a few minutes past twelve and I felt sorry all the pots and containers were empty. There was nothing left to eat for a late comer like me. I was compelled to eat outside the building. While waiting for my food to be served, I couldn't avoid wandering my eyes around. My wait was taking more than usual as expected. A fair looking lad measly enjoying his meal caught my eye. From his looks, I realized that he works at the pr...
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Reviewing my Patience
2007-10-25 11:36:00
Patience is virtue. I know it's trite but I think I forgot to live by it in my class yesterday.Here is what happened. I see the student online, click on his name in the main messenger window, and a conversation window appears. I click on the video icon, wait for a few seconds, (sometimes a few minutes depending on the internet speed) the connection loads, my student and I get connected. It's 8:30 pm and the class starts.ME: Hi, Carlo, good evening! ( I project a wide smile to show how happy I am to see my student.)CARLO: Yes...(His voice was very soft and was without vim.)ME: Carlo, if your teacher says, "Good evening!" You should say,"Good evening, too!" Ok, one more time, Good evening Carlo!CARLO: Good evening too.!ME: Ok, very good, Carlo! Next question, Carlo, how are you doing today?CARLO: I went to school today.ME: What? No, I am asking you about how you feel today! (a bit intense but not yet shouting) How are you doing today?CARLO: Today is Tuesday. (Seems like the student ...
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Messy Garage
2007-10-24 06:47:00
Cleaning my own room often bores the insouciant me. I seem to care less when it comes to the maintenance of peace and order in my small world.After lunch, I had to bustle to my station. I barely had five minutes to log in and start my class in the middle of the day, only to find out later that my student would log in to tell me she was cancelling the class. She had to attend a special meeting in the academy where her daughter is enrolled.Whew, I was a bit relaxed from the clear-cut panting which barged in the short talk I had with my student. I left my station and headed for my room just at the back. I decided to lean on my cushion though I was trying to avoid dozing off because I was scared that would worsen my sleeplessness later in the evening.As, I turned on the fan across from the desk at the foot of my mattress. The cluttered desk caught my attention. I saw the old receipt I got from the bank where I deposited some amount of money a few months ago under my younger brother's a...
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Online and Offline
2007-10-23 19:26:00
You know, I just hate this particular student of mine. When I readied myself for our class at 5:20 p.m, I just saw him online. A minute just as I was about to give him a phone call, he suddenly appeared offline."Look at this student, " I told my fellow Teacher Harry. "He is offline again and I don't know if he is really interested in my class or not," I complained annoyingly."Sir, I have the same kind of student, sir." The ever-polite Teacher Harry replied. "I see him online but goes offline when it's time for the class," he added.Last Friday, I was totally pissed off with the same student as he intentionally logged out of Windows Live Messenger in the middle of our class. I was just informed by his mentor in Korea after a while that he was very busy to actually finish the class.If that were so, the student should have at least informed me himself before even kicking off his lazy butt of the internet. I was left in circles as I didn't know what actually happened. I even thought t...
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Make your hotel reservations
2007-10-23 18:56:00
Christmas is more than two months from now but the season has definitely started leaving a trace of anxieties and excitement to people who believe that Jesus Christ indeed saved the mankind many, many, centuries ago.As the celebration draws nearer, some people start planning for their Christmas Holidays. It must be an awesome way to celebrate the season without straining yourself with the expensive hotel reservations we have around. At Hotel Reserva tions though, it is a different story as it gives you the chance to travel to the remarkable spots we have around the globe without leaving your pockets empty. At Hotel Reservations, they have the best hotels in the most coveted vacation spots like Australia, Italy, Asia, Germany, Greece, Belgium, France, England, Portugal, etc. Of course the vacation package wouldn't be complete without the presence of the beautiful hotels which magnify the significance of the holiday through the warmest and friendliest accommodations they have. The lux...
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Christmas and Nostalgia
2007-10-22 14:49:00
AJ and I on Mondays usually leave for work at around 11:00 a.m and we arrive at the work place more than an hour later. Earlier this morning he told me he wouldn't go to work with me because he had to finish some stamps ordered from him the night before. (By the way AJ is good at making stamps.) Before I left though, his father came telling him the work was done.We both took a shower (one after the other, LOL) and expeditiously set off for the highway bus. He was behind me and before, I got on the bus, I heard AJ say, "Take the seat on the left side of the bus." It was an air-conditioned bus and he thought the left side of a bus would always be cooler than the other.Anyway, I sat on the right side and he gave me a petty nudge. Annoyed, he said, "Didn't I tell you to take the left side?" I looked at him and I raised my hand and felt the air coming out of the fan blade and told him, "It's cool here."The short journey to work was a defeaning silence between him and me. I was dozing ...
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Uncertainty
2007-10-20 18:44:00
Once upon a time, when I was a high school student, I had a dream. I was very vocally zealous to share with my friends, classmates, and to all the people I was comfortable with my bright expectations for the future. I dreamt of having my own family.Whenever asked about my future plans, I recall myself say, "I'd get married at the age of 30 just in time after I have afforded a car, a home, sacks of diapers, and other necessary provisions for my family. I had learned then that the ideal number of kids for parents to raise was "four" and I had wanted to have "three".Once upon a time, I was a mirror of vigour who showed passion in studying, treading the propitious journey towards the pot of gold- the realization of my dream. But then, once upon a time, the azure sky slowly faded away as the clouds humiliated its ostentatious display of hope and the thought that it was free to to dream after all was drastically ripped off me. I progressed and moved forward looking at the horizon conjoin...
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I don't think 'him' is selfish
2007-10-17 06:13:00
To give you my beloved readers ease of understanding of the following post. I would like to give a name to my boyfriend this time. Let me /call him AJ. As I got up this morning, the gloomy appearance of the sky outside my glass window, plastered a thought on my mind. It would have been ok if I exercised. It's been a while and I haven't sweat it out. It was almost ten and the sullen environment aggravated by the absence of the sunlight was inviting me to go to the rooftop of the building and start flexing my muscles.Got the thought that the wound on my leg which is showing evidence of healing is giving me a pat to start getting back to my old lifestyle. I mean, I used to be athletic but I've been so lackadaisical these days to do the things I used to enjoy to maintain a healthy lifestyle. While taking the stairs from the 3rd floor to the 8th floor, I couldn't help but keep thinking about the outburst of my anger last night. It got ignited when out of nowhere AJ told me he had a w...

Reassurance
2007-10-09 05:51:00
After coming out of a nightmarish dream where I saw my boyfriend bitten by a dog, I got up at around quarter past 10:00 am today. The sun was up and its rays were sending me tiny pricks through the glass window, perhaps reminding me that it was time to start the day. So I did.First, I turned off the small electric fan at the foot of my mattress. Then, I checked the wound on my leg, rolled a little tissue paper to wipe it with just in case the pus was still there. This wound kept me paranoid last night. I had lots of delusions when I informed my boyfriend through chat that it could be leg ulcer. I even asked him to see the grotesque pictures of leg ulcer on the net. I kept bugging him though I know he was having a good time chatting at the comfort of our room back at home. Remember, we just bought a pc and he seems to be having a lot of a good time with our hackneyed dial-up connection."You know, I just surfed the net and it turns out that the wound on my leg is leg ulcer." I said. "...

Could this be leg ulcer?
2007-10-08 15:16:00
Another wound, and it's not just a wound but a disgusting one has been keeping me worried for the past two weeks. I don't even know how it started but I'm freaking scared that it could develop into something more serious.Two weeks ago, I had to attend a baptism in the neighborhood. The reception was so lavish and extravagant that I overindulged in lobster, fried chicken, roast pig, crispy pata, fried pork and beef guts, etc. I was so worried of the cholesterol intake considering I haven't fully recovered from my hepatitis but I just couldn't control myself. After stuffing myself with those delicacies, I went to the extent of pickling myself with more than ten bottles of extra strong beer.I went home drunk and tipsy. Some good-hearted neighbors took the time to really send me home. I knew what happened right before I entered the door to the house but I was such a discombobulated inebriate that I didn't know how I got to my room.The next day, my boyfriend had to remind me of my ...

The Spark Just Died
2007-10-03 13:31:00
Sports, smoking, drinking, gambling, then blogging and "PLOK"! It just died. Does this have something to do with my being obsessive-compulsive type of person? Who knows? I never actually consulted a psychiatrist to really understand more about my personality. I know this kind of a disease in my system exists but never thought it would fall under the category. I just made the conclusion myself that indeed I am an obsessive-compulsive kind of person because of the shifting and cycling interests I have.It's been a while and I'm sorry for being out of the circulation, I mean for having not posted. I would have given up then but got some encouragement from friends. I was in a hiatus. Now, I am back with fear of being enmeshed into that ningas-cogon mentality again.Perhaps my eagerness to improve my writing craft If you allow me to call it keeps me pushing to write. Blogging is a good outlet for the downpour of emotions verbally and physically unexpressed. As of writing, I want to explo...
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Stop Child Molestation! Stop Child Abuse!
2007-09-27 19:03:00
This is the continuation of the post, I was abused as a child.Knowing the house was my uncle's, I would also find comfort spending the afternoons there after straining my eyes from the TV monitor and its amusing images. Sometimes, I would just snooze when boredom and tiredness start to sink in my young, innocent and unblemished body.Most of the time, I would be lulled into unconsciousness undauntingly occupying the sofa in the living room alone. Upon waking up, I would see myself crying feeling I was abandoned. Everybody seemed to have gone out and I was left all alone. I thought that was something enough I would have been scared of then. Later in my adulthood, as I was trying to recap the rites of passage in my life did I realize that waking up or forcing myself to sleep with somebody else-a man whom I looked up with the noblest reputation as my childhood memories would bring me, proved more horrible than seeing no one upon consciousness.He was there at times. Marvin as I would ...
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I signed up for PPP!
2007-09-26 10:16:00
This is the second time in a row I am saying, "To be honest." And for the third time today I have to tell you, "To be honest, I have been waiting for an opportunity from PPP (Payperpost) to blog about products some of you readers can be interested in. I have waited for almost four months, got an e-mail stating my PPP application got declined, had to resubmit it, and finally I received the approval yesterday. I was ecstatic. I think it was so in time that I posted about how I have been yearning of owning a computer. PPP is certainly a blessing in the sky (a blessing in disguise). Now, I think owning two computers is a possibility.When I started blogging, I thought that it wouldn't hurt if I also do some sponsored posts. Besides blogging, I also get the opportunity to make money online. When I joined some blogging communities and directories as a newbie, PPP was a word of mouth among bloggers. I got curious, I read some bloggers get by with the help of PPP. I visited its website and ...
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I need a computer
2007-09-25 13:47:00
I may sound entreating but to be honest, I have been dreaming of having my own computer.That is the brainchild my boyfriend and I have envisioned a few months ago and hopefully a few days from now, we could have a computer we can call our own, finally.Had it not been due to my addiction to gambling which almost drowned me to death, I would have made the realization of that vision even long before.(LOL)Last week after he finished his usual routine in the office, (He works as the maintenance personnel in the office.) I called him for lunch. My approach was kinda dramatic as I asked him to spare a few minutes with me by the window near the kitchen-like area in the office before faring."I have a problem," I said in a toned down voice. I looked at him with contracted eyes and a little pouted lips."What? You always give me problems." He asked.I was quiet for a few seconds."Come on, I'm already hungry. Tell me what the problem is." He drilled on.Inside me, I was laughing. Sometimes it mak...
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Brazo de Mercedes saved the day
2007-09-21 19:02:00
"When is your birthday?" I asked Kevin, my student."My birthday is February 28. " He replied."Teacher, how about you? When is your birthday?" I was dumbfounded. I didn't know if I had to confess that day was my birthday. I stuttered.We were doing the question and answer marathon in the ESL book we were studying. As a teacher I realized that sharing your answer with your students makes the conversation more spontaneous. Too many times, I observe teachers giving so much hard time to their students by simply asking them questions, hear them talk, often times force them to. They tend to monopolize the asking of the questions and leave the burden of thinking how to construct good and grammatically correct sentences to their students. Some students find this unfair but some teachers seem to be insensitive.I realized that some students who are really hard up with the subject somehow need a pattern or a guide to begin with. So I came up with what I call as the question and marathon portion...
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