Friday, January 31, 2014

My Cats Miss me!

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I hear my two cats miss me! Look at them, sitting on my office chair in front of my computer! (In fact, they are thinking: What the...? ...

Gung Hai Fat Choy! Happy New Year of the Horse!

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GUNG HAI FAT CHOY! Hello again, from Makati.  Happy Chinese New Year! It's the Year of the Wooden Horse. I took thes...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Pictures of Friends - Eric Lachica, Brenda Arroyo, Mayen Tan

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 Whenever I visit the Philippines, I see my friends. Top photo is Eric Lachica and me, taken in front of Mesa Restaurant in Makati.Years ...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Cebu Travel Pictures: Friends, Cats in Fruit Basket, Magellan's Cross Kiosk

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Here are more pictures taken in Cebu City. The cats in the fruit basket amused me, but I don't know about eating those mangoes and ban...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Cebu Travel Pictures: Cathedral, Santo Nino, Night Market, Historic Section, Motorcycles

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I took these pictures last Sunday evening. I noticed that there are more motorcycles in the Cebu now and I assume that's because mo...
Monday, January 27, 2014

TYPHOON HAIYAN UPDATE: Father Desuyo from Odlot, Northern Cebu

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This the third blog entry about my trip to Northern Cebu which was punished by super typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda. Our last stop was a v...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

PHILIPPINES TYPHOON HAIYAN: A Northern Cebu Couple's Story of Survival

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The northern tip of the island of Cebu was right on the path of super typhoon Haiyan and the place was badly hit. The ravaged areas inc...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

TYPHOON HAIYAN AFTERMATH: Northern Cebu, Philippines Update, Israeli Medical Mission

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I visited Northern Cebu, which had been badly hit by super typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda last November 8, 2013.  I have many pictures and st...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Philippine Literature: The Phenomenon of "Woman With Horns"

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I'm calling this a "phenomenon" because this is a case where a story has taken on a life of its own. I'm referring ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Comparing my Sony RX 100 with other Cameras and Cell Phone

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I have a new Sony RX 100 and for fun I'm posting images below taken by it, a cell phone, my old Canon Supershot, and my Canon G12....

Hello, from Cebu, Philippines! - Update Sinulog and Super Typhoon Haiyan

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  Dear Readers, Here I am in Cebu, Philippines! I haven't had time to look around but I'll be blogging about my Philippine stay...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Guest Blogger: Award-winning Author, JON PINEDA Shares His Poem "MATAMIS"

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 Our Guest Blogger is JON PINEDA , winner  of the 2013 Milkweed National Fiction Prize for his novel Apology . I had the privil...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Anvil Publishing's Featured Author - Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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Thank you Anvil Publishing, Inc in the Philippines for featuring me. Please click on the Anvil site to get to their featured page, includ...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Syrian War, Philippines Haiyan - In Death, We are the Same

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photo taken in Tacloban, Philippines   photo of Ghouta chemical massacre When super typhoon punished the Philippines and images...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

SYRIA WAR: Kerry Accused Assad of Funding Hardline Fighters

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 From Recent Syria News: Speaking on Friday, Kerry accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of funding and ceding territory to har...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Manicure and Pedicure at Vietnamese American Nail Salons

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I love getting a manicure and pedicure. There was a time when mani-pedis were expensive, but the Vietnamese Americans got into the nail ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

CEBU, PHILIPPINES: The Old Families of Colon Street

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The oldest street in the Philippines is reportedly Colon (named after Christopher Columbus) in Cebu. My mother's family, the Cue...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Thinking of Mama, Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra, Cebu Carnival Queen 1931

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My Mother, Concepcion Cuenco Manguerra, was Cebu's Carnival Queen in 1931. The top picture is part of Lucy Miller's coffee table b...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

SYRIA WAR: Father Paolo Dall'Oglio. S.J. May be Alive!

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While looking at the pictures posted in the Facebook site of Days of Solidarity with Syria I caught this picture from Italy and realiz...
Monday, January 13, 2014

The World Supports Syria - Day of Solidarity with Syria January 11, 2014 - Pictures

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It is beautiful to see members of the world's community support their suffering brothers and sisters! The following pictures are cour...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

China's One-Child Policy and Karma

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In 1979, China established their one-child policy as a means of controlling China's population to address social, economic, and env...
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

REVIEWS and FEEDBACK about CAMERAS AND PARTS.com (CamerasAndParts.com)

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If you read my earlier blog, you will know that I lost my camera and money in an internet scam.  I sent my camera (Canon G12) and $89 p...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Which Travel Camera Should I Buy?

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As some of you know, I lost my Canon G12 to an internet scammer and so I thought I'd get a good point-and-click camera, for travel...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

SYRIA: Khawla Bint al-Azwar - 7th Century Muslim Woman Warrior

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While reading about the confrontation between ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham) and the other rebel groups in Syria, I came ac...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

BEWARE OF CamerasAndParts.com in El Paso, Texas

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Last September 2013, I sent my Canon G12 to be repaired at Cameras and Parts (or CamerasAndParts.com in El Paso, Texas . I included a che...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Wicked Catholic Nuns of my Youth?

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I've seen a couple of movies featuring some pretty evil Irish nuns. The first movie, Philomena , has Irish nuns running an orphanag...
Monday, January 6, 2014

My Engineer Story and Other Engineer Jokes

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A friend posted the joke about the Engineer and the frog (see below) and I remembered my conversation with my son who's a civil engi...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Philippines Post Typhoon Haiyan - Update Northern Cebu as of January 5, 2014

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POST HAIYAN UPDATE: I received this update from a friend in Cebu. She is a devotee to Our Lady of Remedies in Odlot , Northern Cebu...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

Medicine and Health: Herbs as Natural Remedies

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In the Philippines where I grew up in, people used herbs for natural treatment. As children, when we had skin rashes, Mama would boil t...