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How to be a chill mother of the bride (or at least fake it)
I wasn’t the best mother of the bride ever, but I thought I did a pretty good job at being a relatively chill one. A former roomie once told me that I always seem to do things ahead of everyone else, so maybe you can learn a little something from my experience. Weddings will always…
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Why volunteer work is good for you
A recent work trip found me passing through the town of Aborlan in Palawan. I have very fond memories of Aborlan. It was at Aborlan that I had my first taste of marang. It was also at Aborlan that I started smiling once again. It was July 2019. My father had passed away a few…
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Gary V and Mr. C look back at their greatest hits
One of the crazier things I did in college was sing on stage in front of a live audience. It was one of those school fairs with the covered court full to the rafters. And of all the songs I could have sang, I picked Deborah’s “Hello Joe, Goodbye” with the warbling and the high…
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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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