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• 1st Familia Ledesma Grand Reunion - Now A Reality
  on May 21, 2013 in reunion Ledesma reunion First Familia Ledesma grand Reunion
  Over a year ago Ramon Severino Conlu, Jr., the researcher behind The Ledesma Genealogy Book, created a Facebook Group, the Familia Ledesma of Jaro, Iloilo. The group’s on-line membership grew from an initial few hundreds to more than a thousand in...
• The Good Fridays Of My Life
  on Mar 29, 2013 in life sufferings Seven Last Words Good Friday sufferings
  It's funny that despite the fact that I have been a parish volunteer for several years now, I never really wondered why we call the commemoration of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, a Good Friday?  I just took it for granted that it is the...
• The "Pwede Na" Mentality...Mediocrity as a Life Principle
  on Mar 27, 2013 in mediocrity excellence pwede na mentality doing our best
  I was driving to work this morning and as usual, I found myself getting annoyed by many wrong practices but commonly done by people that it got me thinking (while waiting for the traffic lights to change)... are these people either clueless or plai...
• Rappler, Social Media And The Future
  on Mar 6, 2013 in Move.PH Chat Series Maria Ressa social media for social change Rappler Move Bacolod
  Last January 18, 2013 I attended Rappler's Move.PH Chat Series held at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod.  Titled "Si Nanay, Si Tatay, Si Toto kag Si Inday," the rescheduled forum was Rappler's first for 2013, with the overall theme, "...
• My Honda Experience
  on Mar 6, 2013 in Honda Carr's Honda Honda CR-V
  My family's first Honda was not just one but two motorbikes which my father used to go around our small farm.  A few years later both were turned to motorcabs and sold.  This was in the mid 70's when Honda was still known more as a motorcyc...
• My First Ever Bacolaodiat Festival
  on Feb 18, 2013
  Like I said in my previous post, this is my first time ever to attend the Bacolaodiat Festival.  When the festival committee sent the Negrense Blogging Society, Inc. an invitation to attend and cover the activities (February 7-10, 2013), I immed...
• Wanted: 24 Hour Emergency Plumbing Service
  on Feb 13, 2013 in 24 hours plumbing service plumbing Roto-Rooter plumbing services
  Have you ever had a plumbing emergency in the middle of the night and did not know where to find help?  Well, one weekend not so long ago we had some visitors in the house, and I don't know what exactly happened, but by the time they left on Sun...
• Purple Is My Lucky Color For 2013
  on Feb 9, 2013
  Well, that's what the Chinese Year of the Snake 2013 forecast says for a monkey like me, heheheh. Thus, this is the reason for the change of color of my blog, although I'm not superstitious (okay, maybe a teeny, weeny bit).  Besides, I love the...
• Come To The 8th Bacolodiat Festival - Kung Hei Fat Choi!
  on Feb 7, 2013
  Kung Hei Fat Choi! I first learned this word in 1993 when I went to Hongkong with my mom and brother. I got sick the second day I was there, so all I did was watch television and trying to learn Chinese phrases. But even then, Chinese New Year was no...
• Come To The 8th Bacolaodiat Festival - Kung Hei Fat Choi!
  on Feb 7, 2013
  Kung Hei Fat Choi! I first learned this word in 1993 when I went to Hongkong with my mom and brother. I got sick the second day I was there, so all I did was watch television and trying to learn Chinese phrases. But even then, Chinese New Year was no...
• Lost Then Found: Watch The Children Carefully!
  on Jan 28, 2013 in lost child watch child watch children children safety safe kids
  Have you ever experienced being lost as a child or perhaps, your own child?  When I was a little girl, I got lost not once but twice, or rather my mom lost me. The first time was in the old La Salle Bacolod gym when she brought three year old me...
• SM City Bacolod Media Night
  on Jan 21, 2013 in Giselle Sanchez SM Media Night 2013 SM City Bacolod
  Even when I began blogging more seriously, I never quite realized the reach and power of social media.  Although we started getting some invitations to events sponsored by Globe, Google and Multiply, it was only when several businesses started k...
• Patag: History and Nature's Bounty
  on Jan 14, 2013 in Tinagong Dagat Mt. Silay Patag Barangay Patag
  On the foothills of Mt. Silay (also known as Mt. Mandalagan) lies the village of Patag, the site of the Japanese military's last stand in Western Visayas during World War II. In 1945, U.S. military forces landed in Negros Island. The occupying forces...
• The Pros and Cons Of Being Offline During The Holidays
  on Dec 27, 2012 in pros and cons offline online internet internet addiction holidays Christmas
  This Christmas 2012 is probably one of the busiest holiday season ever for me.  It's weird because there are only a few relatives left here in my area, so except for the usual family gatherings on Christmas and New Year's eve, we have nothing pl...
• Samurai X
  on Dec 18, 2012 in live action film Samurai X Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X live action
  After waiting for 4 months, my son and I were finally able to watch Samurai X aka Rurouni Kenshin last December 7.  The live action movie did not disappoint.  Of course, it was not exactly like the anime, but the essential elements were the...
• Human Life Is Beautiful
  on Dec 17, 2012 in Culture of Life Life choose life Human Life
  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 Last December 12, I was up until 2 AM listening to the nominal voting of the RH Bill in the Hou...
• How To Write Your Bank
  on Dec 15, 2012 in letter to bank customer service sarcastic humor modern banking
  In the last quarter of 2011 I was out of work, and so one of the first things I did was to make credit card payment arrangements with their respective banks.  I already wrote about some of my experience with the banks here.  Then I saw this...
• Read The Sign!
  on Nov 28, 2012 in road signs Lowen Sign Company traffic signs signs sign company signages
  We see signs everywhere, both indoors and outdoors. Signs have a role and purpose in everyday life, and companies like the Lowen Sign Company try to make them in such a way that their messages get read and understood.  Yet many times, people don...
• My Blog Anniversary
  on Nov 21, 2012 in blogiversary blog anniversary blogoversary
  I started this blog which I named "Only for Today" on July 17, 2003, long before blogs became popular, and then after a few posts, I forgot all about it.  Well, I don't know why I started one in the first place but after 4 long years, I remember...
• Once Lost, Now Found...Entrecard Links
  on Nov 15, 2012 in bloggers entrecard entrecard links blogger links
  Look what I found! Just when I thought that my Entrecard blogger friends were lost forever, a blogger angel put up a page listing them down (and this blog is in the list!) Thank you so much, Grandma's Goulash! For those who may not know what Entre...

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