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Why Keanu Reeves is eternal
I am celebrating Keanu Reeves’ 57th birthday, along with a gazillion others in Twitterverse, by watching The Replacements. A sports comedy from 2000, Keanu plays quarterback Shane Falco commissioned by Coach Gene Hackman to lead a ragtag team of replacement players including Orlando Jones, Rhys Ifans, and Jon Favreau before he became part of the…
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How watching 200 K-Dramas changed my life
Cherry Navarro Manansala has been watching K-Dramas long before Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin crash landed into our lives. A working mother of two, she chanced upon Princess Hours while pregnant in 2006. An alternate history drama, it featured Kim Jeong Hoon, Yoon Eun Hye, and Joo Ji Hoon. Cherry remembered watching it on and…
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How I ended up drinking with my granddaughter
Parents have it doubly difficult these days. Not only do they have to care for their family in the middle of a stressful pandemic, they have to take charge of their children getting a suitable education as well. So when my daughter said she’ll be homeschooling Sophie, I promised to lend a helping hand. Going…
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Why we’ll forever miss Anthony Bourdain
While I have seen A Cook’s Tour a couple of times, it was through his book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, that I learned more about Anthony Bourdain. It was the kind of book that was totally unputdownable. I gobbled up each page, relishing his culinary adventures. There was an honesty in his…
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How not to kill your plants
Being that we’re on total lockdown once again, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit a popular gardening topic: how not to kill your plants. I’ve always had plants around the house, but only seriously got into gardening this past year. I felt incredibly empowered when I was able to transform a…
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