Summer in the Philippines means going to beaches!  And that’s exactly what we did! We spent a day and a night in a beach resort somewhere in the Eastern Visayas.  We just couldn’t get enough of the blue waters, but only a few hours under the sun and we’re already as red as a roasted [...]

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“We count only blue cars. Skip the cracks, in the street and ask many questions, like children often do…” Counting blue cars by Dishwalla My siblings and I used to play this game while waiting for our mom to come home from work. We’d sit by our dilapidated apartment’s windows and look out for vehicles [...]

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So you like to play a round of backgammon. Cool! Friday’s are great nights to play with friends coz there is no work the next day, no early morning breakfast to prepare; you can stay up all night playing and just taking your time. But if you want a more comfortable and serious game, you [...]

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Weeks ago while my partner and I were in the pasta and noodles’ section of the grocery store, he dropped in a pack of noodles inside the cart and smiled. He said he missed this kind of noodles which he used to eat as a kid. Well, it wasn’t the ordinary long strings of noodles but the [...]

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