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Why it’s kinda sad that my Gen Z granddaughter doesn’t know about cassette tapes
Part of my responsibilities as a grandmother and member of Generation X, I believe, is to make sure that my granddaughter from Generation Z knows of the values and principles closest to my heart. Which is why when my daughter asked me to be part of my granddaughter’s homeschool program, I gladly agreed. It would…
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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 Paulina Porizkova sparked gray pride
Love her? Hate her? However you feel about Paulina Porizkova, there is no denying she has sparked a nerve by baring her grief and depression, wrinkles and buttocks at age 56. My first memory of Paulina was of a luscious teenager who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1984. She was 18 then, from…
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Why we should keep fighting for our future
It never ceases to amaze me, how a spark of good intentions could summon up the generosity of strangers towards a common cause. A few months ago, we were rattled out of our pandemic-induced hibernation with one photograph. Of course, we knew that our fellow Filipinos were starving, but the lot of us didn’t know…
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