February 2012
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burn all the liars by matt evans (now THIS is an... →
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The New Yorker: Poem to Daniel Pearl →
newyorker:
Note: A couple of weeks ago, I spent some time in Los Angeles with the parents of Daniel Pearl, a brilliant and courageous reporter for the Wall Street Journal who, ten years ago this month, was kidnapped and slaughtered by terrorists in Pakistan. At the time of his death, Danny’s wife, Mariane,…
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On narcissistic parents →
hahahahaha may kilala akong ganito! hahahaha
…At first glace, living the life of a narcissistic parent seems like a true self sacrifice.
Everything is about the child and it looks as if the parent gives up a lot of adult pleasures to be involved in their children’s life and activities.
However, as it happens the child is not an end, the child is a means for something else....
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The Jerusalem Syndrome: Why Some Religious... →
when seeking becomes “being”….
There’s a joke in psychiatry: If you talk to God, it’s called praying; if God talks to you, you’re nuts. In Jerusalem, God seems to be particularly chatty around Easter, Passover, and Christmas—the peak seasons for the syndrome. It affects an estimated 50 to 100 tourists each year, the overwhelming majority of whom are evangelical Christians....
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The Story Behind the Olympus Scandal →
Woodford, 51, recounted how he had just returned from Hong Kong, having fled Tokyo after a board meeting in which Olympus Chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa had fired him. The cause for dismissal, according to Woodford: his insistence that Olympus officials come clean about a series of questionable purchases dating to 2006, totaling $1.6 billion, none of which had been adequately reported in the...
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helicopter parents: chill! →
January 2012
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muchhasbeensaid: Last Friday Night! →
jamaicabriones:
Since every Friday is always a gorgey Friday..
Well yesterday marked the day of that three-month stupid rule and where did we have dinner? Kung saan nagshooting ang One More Chance! This shot was taken at Bellini’s. The food was great, the place was great, the music was great. And of course, we…
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regular saturday night convo w/ my daughter
simone: if men can’t produce milk, why do they have nipples?
me: uh…i don’t know…
simone: because they’ll look weird without?
me: i dunno…why don’t you ask God?
simone: He won’t answer!
December 2011
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“Leave the broken, irreversible past in His hands, and step out into the...”
– Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest devotional, December 31
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“Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a...”
– Why secondhand bookstores smell good
Perfumes: The Guide (via YMFY)
November 2011
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Kids say the darndest...
We were driving through Katipunan; twins saw CCA.
Marco: hey, we’re going back there (to study).
Me: next year, and when you do, don’t be so weird because all your teachers were telling me how noisy you were in class.
Me to Mateo, observing him shrink against the seat: What’s wrong?
Mateo: 42.
Me: What do you mean 42?
Mateo: It’s the meaning of life and everything in...
October 2011
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the haunted →
was asked to contribute a spooky story or two for the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
(and in case you’re wondering, the ex-husband and i lasted about three years—a bit longer than kim kardashian and kris humphries…)
'good manners are essential for business' →
At Switzerland’s last finishing school, students and instructors acknowledge the importance of fine breeding and etiquette in successful business.
(true. When I interview a top corporate honcho and he has ghastly table manners, my respect sinks by a hundred points; also if he or she offers his or her business card like he’s passing out candy. But that’s just coming from someone...
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'vintage' me →
a clipping from my old column in Philippine Daily Inquirer. the twins were but babies, and yet their personalities came through so powerfully! amazing.
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Mushroom Festival at Lemuria Restaurant
(i am posting this here because its run is waaaayyy overdue. why the editor gave me the go signal to write it, but didn’t run it, i have no idea. he has not returned any of my messages. but i believe the chef and his team deserve much credit for putting together a coherently-themed menu, using an ingredient to its maximum potential, albeit the fact that it perishes quickly. kudos Chef Kevin...
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why sex and love drive us nuts →
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wtf exchange in bar, 11.58pm
Customer, reading the quote on the blackboard above the bar: “In wine, there is wisdom/ in beer there is freedom/ in water, there is bacteria. By benjamin franklin.”
He turns to me and asks: ate, sino nagsabi nyan (Sister, who said that)?
Me: benjamin franklin. Daw (they say).
Customer: ah. Oo. Alam mo, naniniwala ako dyan. Tama yan. (Yes. You know, I believe that. That’s...
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the difference between "love" and "like"
“Lust is easy. Love is hard. Like is most important.” - Carl Reiner
“like” makes you want to hang out with the person; share things with him/her, look forward to being with him/her.
my son Mateo told me last week, “i like you, Mommy.” to me that’s infinitely more important, authentic and sweeter to hear than “i love you.”
“love”...
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“Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.”
– Ralph Steadman
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“Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter...”
– Alexander Dumas
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“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people....”
– Buddha
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“The tongue like a sharp knife…it kills without drawing blood.”
– Buddha
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“ego is claiming you have no ego.”
– me