Archive for October, 2006

Oct 31 2006

Kaarawan ng Dating Hari at Koronasyon ng Bagong Hari

Published by Toe under Cambodia, Tagalog, Work

Ang daming holiday! Kahapon ay holiday dito sa Cambodia dahil pang-86 na taong kaarawan ni dating Haring Sihanouk. Nakapaskil ang kanyang larawan sa maraming lugar dito sa Phnom Penh.

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Oct 28 2006

On the Rhode Again

Published by Toe under Family, North America, Travel, USA '06

Sixter found this article in Time Magazine and so forced planned a family trip to Providence, Rhode Island. Duh, where? None of us really knew where Rhode Island was, much less Providence, but because she was makulit we all loved her, we obliged. So we were on the rhode again for [...]

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Oct 27 2006

Family Day at the Beach

Published by Toe under Family, Food, North America, USA '06

If you’re a Pinoy family and you plan to go to the beach, you plan on bringing bathing suits and shorts and tank tops and towels, so that you could go swimming, right? And if you’re going to attend a seafood festival at the beach, you expect to eat steamed alimango, inihaw na lapulapu [...]

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Oct 23 2006

Belle’s Little Town

Published by Toe under Family, North America, Personal, Travel, USA '06

We knew we were on our way out of New York when we stepped into the Amtrak train and the mild-mannered train conductor smiled at us, “How are you today? Step this way please.” Ahhh… no more shouting… finally, peace for my nerves (see this post). From tall skyscrapers and [...]

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Oct 19 2006

Girls’ Night Out

Published by Toe under Personal, Writing

Ladybug and my other old school friends had a girls’ night out in Greenbelt AND I WASN’T INVITED!!!! WAAAAAAAH!!!! OMG! After all, what do girls talk about when they come together? They talk about those who were not there with them of course!!!! Hahaha! Actually, they didn’t talk about [...]

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Oct 17 2006

I Heart New York, Part 5 (Broadway)

Published by Toe under North America, Travel, USA '06

Continued from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

I will end this New York series with my absolute favorite thing about New York. I would have sacrificed seeing all the sights, I would have gone without food or water for days, I would have deprived myself of all wordly pleasure — just so [...]

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Oct 15 2006

Mommy at 72

Published by Toe under Family

I interrupt my New York series to greet the grand dame of the Mendoza family a Happy Happy 72nd Birthday! Mom was pregnant for most of the sixties. Here she is with her six children (ahhh…. finished with all the pregnancies, this is the year 1970) in their Von Trapp [...]

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Oct 14 2006

I Heart New York, Part 4 (US Open)

Published by Toe under North America, Travel, USA '06

Continued from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

After dreaming of watching a Grand Slam since I learned how to play tennis a few years ago, finally:

Sis Bride gave us free tickets (super late wedding gift) to watch the men’s quarter-finals. Men’s quarter-finals??!! We were so excited. We thought that we were sure [...]

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Oct 11 2006

I Heart New York, Part 3

Published by Toe under North America, Tagalog, Travel, USA '06

Continued from I Heart New York, Part 1, I Heart New York, Part 2.
“CAN I HELP YOU MA’AAAAAAAAM!!!!” sigaw sa akin ng babae sa likod ng counter ng McDonald’s. Nataranta ako sapagkat di ko pa alam kung ano ang gusto kong i-order. Pero dahil minamadali ako nitong babaeng kala mo ay gwardya sibil, [...]

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Oct 08 2006

I Heart New York, Part 2 (New York in the Movies)

Continued from I Heart New York, Part 1.
Traveling alone in a different country could be great because you could set your own time, itinerary, budget, adventures, and maybe most important – energy, without having to consider another person. However, if for example you see the Empire State Building, you say, “Look! That’s where [...]

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