Saturday, February 28, 2015

Golfers Take Note - #Golf Rage Picture

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's a golf club stuck in a net! This is a picture of a golf club stuck up in a net. It...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Taking a Walk in Santa Monica, California

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I used to do step exercise, swimming, and yoga for my workout, but dropped out.  Now I walk, do stationary biking and stretching. 
Thursday, February 26, 2015

Talking About Living Ghosts with Lina Espina Moore - #Paranormal

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Lina Espina Moore  I'm remembering the time I talked to the novelist, Lina Espina Moore , about her stay in the Cordilleras, No...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Excerpt from Archbishop Jose Maria Cuenco's Autobiography

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My granduncle, Archbishop Maria Jose Cuenco, published an autobiography, Archbishop Cuenco Autobiography, in 1972.  Very few people (in...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Santa Barbara Restaurant: Lunch at Brophy's

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On our way back to Santa Monica from Cambria, we had lunch at Brophy Bros ., 119 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, a popular seafood rest...
Monday, February 23, 2015

How My Great Grandmother Remedios Lopez Cuenco Died

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Remedios Lopez Cuenco, right I have become the keeper of my family's genealogy. People share information about my father's an...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Visiting Cambria, Central Coast, California

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It's a 4 1/2 hour drive from the Los Angeles area to Cambria, Central Coast of California . Because there's construction al...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

Where Does Happiness Come From? #psychology, #selfhelp

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I was sick for several weeks, and perhaps because of the illness (asthma, coughing), I felt depressed. Not terribly depressed, but leth...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Health: The Wonders of Malunggay or Moringa Oleifera

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My mother used to make soup with boiled chicken, ginger, and malunggay (or moringa oleifera ) leaves. Malunggay leaves come from a tre...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

How Are Honey Bees Doing this 2015?

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Honey bees worldwide have been dying in great numbers. In late 2006, this phenomenon was called "Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD....
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

2015 Year of the Sheep - Happy New Year!

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Gung Hay Fat Choy! The Chinese New Year begins on February 19, 2015 until February 7, 2016. This year is the Year of the Sheep or Go...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Losing One of Us: Milette Estrada's Passing

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We had lunch for some Maryknoll classmates at my house in January, and we had wondered why we didn't hear back from one of our cl...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Two Hot Topics in the Philippines: Pope Francis and Mamasapano Massacre

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I just returned from a visit to the Philippines. While I was there, the two hot topics of conversation were:
Sunday, February 15, 2015

I'm Back in California!

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I'm back in California! There's a bit of a heat wave, but the weather feels good. Last night, we already visited our favorite ...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Flying Home - Check Back!

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Flying Home - Check Back! Read also Solving a Mystery Regarding the Cuenco Family of C ebu Manila: Dinner with Maryknollers Mar...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Open Letter re Homeless Problem in Cebu's Historic District

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Open Letter to Amelia Kent, American Peace Corps Volunteer, who started Shepherd's Heart Cafe in Cebu City's Historic District ...

Friends in Cebu, Philippines

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Seated l-r: Terry Manguerra, Helen Misa, Lucy Garcia Standing l-r: Cecilia Brainard, Chona Bernad, Teresita Huete, Chinggay Utzu...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Solving a Mystery Regarding the Cuenco Family of Cebu

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This picture of my mother's family, the Cuenco Family, includes a girl with a bow in her hair, seated far left. I was told she was ...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Manila: Dinner with Maryknollers Marily Orosa and Maribel Paraz

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During our college days at Maryknoll, the “lanai” as we called it was a popular place for gathering and chatting. This was a porch tha...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Air Quality of Metro Manila - #Makati, #Manila

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Makati: I continue to cough and I hear many people in Manila/Makati coughing.  I looked up "Quality of Life in Manila" and f...
Friday, February 6, 2015

Manila and Makati with Guia Lim and Tilic Lorayes

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l-r: Tillic Lorayes, Cecilia Brainard, Guia Lim It’s become a tradition that when I’m in Manila, my friend, Tillic Lorayes, and I go ...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Manila: Malate-Ermita District and Evelyn Bosch

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l-r: Evelyn Ramirez Bosch, Cecilia Brainard, Cynthia  Posa, Mila Santillan   I attended high school at St. Theresa’s College in S...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Visiting The Philippine Graphic and Alma Anonas-Carpio

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    I visited Alma Anonas-Carpio at her office at the Philippines Graphic , where she works as Associate Editor. I stopped by to pi...

Dinner with Maryknoll Friends at Blackbird Restaurant, Makati, Philippines

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l-r: Meldee Perez, Nini Arzadon, Cecilia Brainard, Marily Orosa I had dinner with some Maryknoll friends at the new Blackbird Re...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Philippines Traditional Massage or Hilot: Alternative Holistic Medicine

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I’m in Manila and as luck would have it I had a bad asthma attack yesterday. I haven’t had an attack in two years and I didn’t realiz...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

No Internet - Please Check Back

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I may not have internet access for a while, so please check back. Thanks for your patience, Cecilia
Friday, January 30, 2015

Philippines: The Forty-four Elite Commandos who Fell in Mindanao

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Philippines: Friday, January 30, was declared a National Day of Mourning for the forty-four elite Special Armed Force commandos who we...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Cebu Philippines: Funeral Traditions in the Philippines and E Burol

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l-r: Monina Blanco, Cecilia Brainard, Chinggay Utzurrum, Terry Manguerra, Tina Agustines, Chona Bernad, Cecilia Picornell, Jaime Picorn...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Sunset Pictures of Historic Sites in Cebu, Philippines

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Here are a few pictures of Cebu Historic sites taken at sunsest. The photo above was taken in the Plaza Independencia . It focuses o...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Cebu, Philippines: Thanks for the Joy and Laughter Inday Blanco!

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l-r: Terry Manguerra, Inday Blanco, Chinggay Utzurrum, Cecilia Brainard, Chona Bernad A dear friend has died, Inday Esperanza Brione...
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