Archive for February, 2007

Feb 28 2007

Conference Shmonference

Published by Toe under Blogging, Work

I’m shivering with the cold. I feel my necklace and collar strangling me. My hands are clammy. The walls are closing in on me. I feel lightheaded and nauseous. My knees are wobbly when I stand. Powerpoint presentations pass before my eyes in a vague splash of colors and dreamlike illusions. English [...]

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Feb 25 2007

Gawad Kalinga in Cambodia

Published by Toe under Cambodia, Philippines, Work

I’ve mentioned before how Filipinos have been doing their part in Cambodia’s development especially during the UNTAC period (see this post). The help continues in various ways, including the provision of homes to very poor Cambodians by the Couples for Christ (CFC) – Cambodia through their Gawad Kalinga (GK) project. Today, we attended the [...]

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Feb 23 2007

To Russia, for Lunch

Published by Toe under Food, Married Life

My students in my last entry did not review their lesson very well on the last Gawaing Pansanay. But being a generous teacher, I gave everyone, for being very nice to me, stellar marks anyway. But with regard to the fifth question:
True or False. Because it’s my blog’s anniversary, Honey is [...]

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Feb 21 2007

One Year of Kurokuros

Published by Toe under Blogging, Warning! Long Post!, Writing

“No,” I told Honey firmly. “Why should we spend $65 a month on DSL in our apartment when we have unlimited Internet in the office? Go check your e-mail and the sports news there.” That was over a year ago and my misplaced self-righteousness and arrogance was all because… I’ve never heard [...]

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Feb 20 2007

Book Marathon 2

Published by Toe under Books, Family, Memoirs, TV, Warning! Long Post!

Note: If you feel that you have read this entry before, that’s because it’s somewhat similar to Daphne’s Too Many Books, Too Little Time about the books she bought from the Powerbooks sale and Verns’s NKKBSNTLGAKO. Oh well, imitation is the best flattery.
One of my earliest memories was saying goodbye to [...]

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Feb 18 2007

Under the Tuscan Sun

Published by Toe under Books

What is it about Italy that makes its inhabitants love life so much? George Clooney once appeared on the Jay Leno Show and talked about his life in Italy where he recently moved to. He said that at the end of the day, he would look out the window of his apartment building [...]

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Feb 17 2007

Boobtube Week

Published by Toe under TV

Back in 2002 when we just arrived in Phnom Penh, our evening routine would go like this. We’d finish work by five, be home by five-fifteen (no traffic yet at that time), eat dinner prepared for us by the maid, then wash dishes. By six pm, we’d stare at each other. [...]

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Feb 14 2007

For the Single Ladies on Valentine’s Day

Published by Toe under Faith, Memoirs, Personal

When I was in college, I was in the church choir in Sacred Heart Parish in Kamuning. Besides our regular Sunday mass, my choir also sang once a week at the 6 PM weekday mass. I would usually walk to church and back home with two girls, Molly and Mae, sisters, both very [...]

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Feb 12 2007

Writing Inspiration from Teacher Man

Published by Toe under Books, Writing

Frank McCourt almost got fired on the first day of his teaching career for eating the sandwich of a high school boy during class. The owner of the sandwich threw the sandwich at a classmate who criticized the hapless sandwich. Amidst shouts of “Fight, fight,” by a classroom of American teen-agers, Frank pondered [...]

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Feb 10 2007

How to Get Your Own Domain and Blog Hosting

Published by Toe under Blogging

By an obsessive dyslexic technically-challenged blogger.
Obsess about getting your own domain and blog hosting and get green with envy of the blogs of the vets like Snglguy, Noemi, Ajay, Manilenya, Ferdz, etc..
Because you don’t know what in heaven’s name is domain and blog hosting, go check it out with Mr. Google.
Keep on obsessing but don’t [...]

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