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<title>Times of Your Life.....</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:30:44 -0000</pubDate>
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<description>   &#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic;&#x22; size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E;It is a gift of memories - this video that my son Chris in Las Vegas sent me. It only has a playing time of 1:36 minutes but it unreels several years of a lifetime..... while it has the latest American Idol David singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, the music that I hear is Paul Anka&#x27;s The Times of Your Life....&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x22;the mem&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic;&#x22; size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic;&#x22; size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E;ories are time that you borrow, &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; spend when you get to &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; tomorrow......&#x22;&#x26;nbsp; (Times of Your Life)&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;font size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; 1977 - with Colin in front of the house he built for us in&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; Navaro Courts, Sta. Maria, Zamboanga City; the house&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:38:01 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>A Decent Proposal</title>
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&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; Here comes a proposal that should set many a woman&#x2019;s heart a-flutter &#x2013; the recent proposal of Cebu City Councilor Jose Daluz &#x26;nbsp;to amend the city&#x2019;s Omnibus Tax Code. If passed, the city&#x2019;s amelioration tax trust fund will be specifically used for programs and projects for women and children. The measure also seeks to increase the amelioration tax fund by imposing a ten peso &#x2018;admission fee&#x2019; on every customer of &#x2018;fun&#x2019; establishments, the likes of motels, bars, clubs, massage parlors and gambling dens.(Sun Star Daily 6/23/08).&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%;
&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;This will translate into millions of pesos that will certainly improve the lives of women and children (especially those in the marginalized sector). Our barangays will have better equipped day care centers and playgrounds, upgraded facilities in the health centers, livelihood training and micro-financing of home-based industries, to mention but a few.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%;
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:48:29 -0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:27:04 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Waray Humor</title>
<description> &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22; size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E;I got this reply to a remark I made to to the word &#x27;sapak&#x27; that BelladV used when she commented on my Waray poem (also posted in the santoninooftacloban site) I&#x22;m posting it here so my other contacts can read it too. It says a lot of where we warays come from (humorwise)....&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://resumus2.multiply.com/&#x22;&#x3E;resumus2&#x3C;/a&#x3E; wrote today at 4:14 PM&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x27;Sapak&#x22; pa la ngani ito. Wait till you hear the story of a Tagalog visitor who went to the wet market of Tacloban. An ambulant vendor called the visitor&#x27;s attention by shouting &#x22;Tonto! Tonto! Moron!&#x22;. Of course, we denizens of L.A. (Leyte Area) know that tonto is a type of fish, a succulent fish that&#x27;s usually grilled. Moron, meanwhile, will pass to the Tagalog as a kakanin. The vendor was simply offering tonto and moron for sale.&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x3C;br&#x3E; The Tagalog took more steps and he found himself inside the Old Bus Terminal. There he saw a bus that carried the destination signage &#x22;Inopacan&#x22;. He could not help but ask, &#x22;Bakit? Sino ang inupakan?&#x22; Baga guihap han &#x22;sasapakin&#x22;, ano?&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x3C;br&#x3E; The visit...</description>
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<title>Paghuraw Han Uran (an English translation)</title>
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<title>My first attempt at writing poetry in the Waray dialect....</title>
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style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; Guin bibiling ko hi Idoy nga &#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;nagpipinalutaw hin papel nga baruto.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;Waray na hiya &#x2013; guin kuha han&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;ma-intremis nga panahon nga di pa takda&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;para magmulay didto ha mas dako nga&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; 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color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E; napabulig paghimo hin papel nga baroto&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 204, 153); &#x22;&#x3E; ngan napaopod pagpalutaw hini ha lasaw.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img style=&#x22;width: 158px; height: 176px; &#x22; class=&#x22;alignleft&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SD46QAoKCEcAAEhDg5o1/gift-from-son.gif?et=R%2B4RGk06BQn5dne8Rij%2C6Q&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;Nabalik an kasanhi&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; hi Mano &#x2013; Idoy na liwat&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; waray kaguolan bisan&#x3C;/p&#x3E; 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han&#x26;nbsp; mga pakla paghuraw han uran..........&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); &#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nb...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 05:35:08 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Checking Out a Trade Expo....</title>
<description>      &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpZdwoKCEcAAC5vFw81&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpb8QoKCEcAAG4UDNE1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignleft&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDpb8QoKCEcAAG4UDNE1/phone%20pics%20035.jpg?et=w2covBGdmABpHaDRBgRmeA&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x26;#x26;nmid=97866433&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpIeAoKCEcAAHjSbM41&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpIEAoKCEcAAGp7Fa01&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;font size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;What was one doing in a trade exposition when one doesn&#x2019;t have any business acumen - much more an establishment (except the mind-your-own-business sort) - &#x26;nbsp;checking it out for stuff to file for future reference &#x2013; that&#x2019;s what and for the &#x2018;pluses&#x2019; that goes with them!!!&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;    &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;font size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;That&#x2019;s exactly what I did with Ni&#xF1;a and Cherry (who called it a day after one patient early last Friday morning). We taxied off to the Cebu International Convention Center (built for the ASEAN summit two years ago) to sample the latest offerings of the 3-in-1 trade expo sponsored by Philbex [construction] Cefbex [food] and the Cebu Auto Show.&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpYtgoKCEcAABurHJg1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignright&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDpYtgoKCEcAABurHJg1/phone%20pics%20036.jpg?et=8YGjwVFI7oAL70COniSqww&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x26;#x26;nmid=97866433&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;font size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;We did the auto show on the ground floor first. &#x26;nbsp;Ni&#xF1;a and I chose a car &#x2013; more for it&#x2019;s color than anything else. I wanted to buy it on the spot but the staff minding the display didn&#x2019;t have change for my mega-bucks &#x2013; so we contented ourselves posing beside it. [lol]&#x3C;img src=&#x22;http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/teeth.png&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;font size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;Before proceeding to the 2&#x3C;sup&#x3E;nd&#x3C;/sup&#x3E; level we had a photo op in the lovely pond back of the center&#x2026;&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpIEAoKCEcAAGp7Fa01&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDpIRwoKCEcAAHQ-V-k1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img style=&#x22;width: 276px; height: 225px; &#x22; class=&#x22;alignleft&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDpIRwoKCEcAAHQ-V-k1/phone%20pics%20033.jpg?et=7fJNGC41L1JISfr9VRpEYg&#x26;#x26;nmid=0&#x26;#x26;nmid=97866433&#x26;#x26;nmid=97866433&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;font size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;Then...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 06:19:40 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Santo Ni&#xF1;o of Tacloban</title>
<description>All places, things, people TACLOBAN!
The site to be in for</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 02:19:36 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Light Classics &#x26; Instrumental Favorites</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 19:53:44 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>OPM Favorites &#x26; Artists</title>
<description>Some of my favorite original Pilipino music and</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:01:20 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Evanescence - My Immortal (music video) .mpg</title>
<description>I thought that all the great love songs had been composed and sung, and that I already heard them all.... But then I was mistaken when a couple of years back, Evanescence &#x27;My Immortal&#x27; hit the music charts. Here was one music that simply tugged on the heartstrings....
If you haven&#x27;t heard the song - listen for it sings of a woman&#x27;s undying love. We, ladies can easily relate to this kind of love because at one moment (or moments, for some) we&#x27;ve experienced that consummate passion that drives sanity away; that leaves us unreasonable to logical proddings from our minds and from other concerned folks to &#x27;let go na&#x27;. And we don&#x27;t, but given time eventually do because after all (to borrow the last stanza of the song)
&#x22;I&#x27;ve tried so hard to tell myself that you&#x27;re gone
But though you&#x27;re still with me
I&#x27;ve been alone all</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:58:14 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>In Celebration of Motherhood  (An Epilogue)</title>
<description>    &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;[I found this among some old news clippings that I was about to discard. Thank God I paused awhile to re-read it and thought that it is just as relevant (even more so in this day and age when we have a nation that is gradually being consumed by a moral decay....) Read it and think if it is really the answer to the perplexing question of &#x2013; &#x201C;what is wrong with the world today?&#x201D;]&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignmiddleb&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCkJkgoKCEcAAChhrMU1/Flower1k.gif?et=o%2CsdSDsxyYH62aTY1cPMOg&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;b style=&#x22;color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i&#x3E; Mean Moms&#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/b&#x3E;&#x3C;b style=&#x22;color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/b&#x3E;&#x3C;i style=&#x22;color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; Someday when my children are old&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; enough to understand the logic that&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; motivates a parent, I will tell them:&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; I loved you enough to insist...you tell me &#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; where you were going, with whom, and &#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; what time you would be home.&#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p style=&#x22;color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22; class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;        &#x3C;p style=&#x22;color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22; class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; I loved you enough&#x2026;. to insist&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; that you save your money and buy a&#x3C;br&#x3E; &#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; bike for yourself even though we could&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; afford to buy one for you. &#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;        &#x3C;p style=&#x22;color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22; class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; I...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 03:25:27 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>BABAE...</title>
<description> &#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);&#x22; size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E; Here&#x27;s another jewel of a song. The other one of the two that I borrowed from Carabuena&#x27;s site.&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;&#x22;&#x3E;Thank you for the music, Teresa.....&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;a class=&#x22;select&#x22; href=&#x22;http://carabuena.multiply.com/video/item/8/BABAE...&#x22;&#x3E;Link&#x3C;/a&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:32:54 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Sa Ugoy Ng Duyan</title>
<description> &#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&#x22; size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;I have a confession to make. I sneaked into the site of my daughter Cathy&#x27;s friend and found this gem of a song. It is that kind of music that not only tugs but pulls on the maternal heartstrings.&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;&#x22;&#x3E;I&#x26;nbsp; know You&#x27;ll love it, I swear.... that&#x27;s why I&#x27;m sharing it with you.&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:09:42 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>In Celebration of Motherhood II</title>
<description>             &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignmiddleb&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgCfgoKCEcAAHDK1ZE1/Flower1k.gif?et=OtL9VdOUOSviza%2BL%2CUM1ZQ&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignright&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCf-bAoKCEcAABWjYAA1/motherday18.gif?et=lWAkqEf7JuwUhkHPN99FAw&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;A Letter from a daughter&#x2026; (Mother&#x27;s Day&#x26;nbsp; &#x27;92)&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;        &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;Dearest Mommy,&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; We&#x2019;ve always felt lucky you stay home looking After us instead of working in an office. But now, with Mother&#x2019;s day just a couple of days away, we wish that You did so we can carry out planned surprises (knowing How you love them &#x2013; the pleasant ones, that is&#x2026;..)&#x3C;/p&#x3E;      &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; Thank god tomorrow&#x2019;s a Sunday. Dad agreed&#x3C;br&#x3E;to baby-sit You. He&#x2019;ll take you to church and visit the &#x3C;br&#x3E;mall until lunchtime And then &#x2013; the surprise!&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;img style=&#x22;width: 123px; height: 155px;&#x22; class=&#x22;alignleft&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgEqAoKCEcAACuIqbo1/Animation1n.gif?et=XDtKKve1RiK27VmPFDtcjw&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;    &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; You&#x2019;ll come home to a house sparkling clean.&#x26;nbsp; You can Wipe your hanky on the furniture&#x26;nbsp; it will still be white. &#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignright&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCgK0woKCEcAAFeac9I1/p6907.gif?et=CPofmQQl6NFtztXL9fHXtA&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22;&#x3E; The table will be festively laden &#x2013; &#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic;&#x22; size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E; (we&#x27;ll see if Cathy deserves her ...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:59 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>In Celebration of Motherhood</title>
<description>        &#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZz4QoKCEcAAGTU8Ms1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E; &#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignright&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1/mothers_day_wallpapers_04.jpg?et=ARF6vgzfuI53iZPcp4Wu2Q&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x26;amp;nmid=95429135&#x26;amp;nmid=95429135&#x26;amp;nmid=95429135&#x26;amp;nmid=95429135&#x26;amp;nmid=95429135&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -1in; line-height: 50%;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;b style=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i style=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/b&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22; size=&#x22;5&#x22;&#x3E;Thoughts On Motherhood&#x3C;/font&#x3E;    &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -2.25pt; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;b style=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;i style=&#x22;&#x22;&#x3E;I was clearing the drawers of some paper clutter when I came across letters from a long ago Mother&#x2019;s Day&#x26;nbsp; - mine to my mother and the other from a daughter to me. I am not sure now if that letter for my Mom &#x26;nbsp;got sent. I recall that I did send it but to a Mother&#x2019;s Day letter writing contest where it was chosen the best letter. Since it was a local contest and was published by a local daily, she wouldn&#x2019;t have been able to read it. She was then living where she&#x2019;d always been in the family residence in Tacloban (we were already based in Cebu&#x3C;/i&#x3E;&#x3C;/b&#x3E;) &#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -2.25pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;This was written in 1989 but its sentiments remain as heartfelt as they did then, being of the kind that we sons and daughters have for the person to whom we are beholden with our very lives. My Mama passed away several years ago and I hope that somehow publishing this here, it will reach her where she is now at peace.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZz4QoKCEcAAGTU8Ms1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;img class=&#x22;alignleft&#x22; src=&#x22;http://images.mimosarose.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SChiNgoKCEcAACx1YNI1/motherday23.gif?et=92Hrv9yC9Pax8MKvVRsjww&#x26;amp;nmid=&#x22; border=&#x22;0&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -2.25pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://mimosarose.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCZzEwoKCEcAAE0LhEk1&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -2.25pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x3C;/p&#x3E;  &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -2.25pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(255, 204, 204);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp; &#x201C;Dearest Mama,&#x3C;/p&#x3E;    &#x3C;p class=&#x22;MsoNormal&#x22; style=&#x22;margin-right: -2.25pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&#x22;&#x3E;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;nbsp;&#x26;...</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 03:49:50 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>On A May Day......</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 15:45:06 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Birthday Girl Charlene.......  the family&#x27;s baby is now a yuppie!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 18:23:24 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Vincent - the Paintings and the Song</title>
<description>       &#x3C;a href=&#x22;http://Iamd1Scribbling%20Desk.wordpress.com&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;&#x3C;/a&#x3E;&#x3C;font style=&#x22;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 255);&#x22; size=&#x22;3&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;&#x22;&#x3E;I got this beautiful slideshow of Vincent Van Gogh paintings reeling off to the music and lyrics of Don McClean&#x27;s Vincent in an e-mail and I just had to share it.&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;&#x22;&#x3E;I have a personal association to the song. My firstborn son was Colin Vincent. He was a premature baby and lived for only three days. He was beautiful. To borrow a line from the song - &#x22;this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you (him).....&#x22;&#x3C;br style=&#x22;font-family: comic sans ms;&#x22;&#x3E;Here, take a look and be enchanted with the full expressionist that Van Gogh was....Listen to the song and feel the anguish of the artist...&#x3C;/font&#x3E;&#x3C;br&#x3E;</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:07:12 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>The GRANDKIDS in the Summer of &#x27;08</title>
<description>I had to test out the camera of my new celfone and what better subjects than some of the grandchildren who were willing enough to pose for</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:45:07 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Fleshing Out Cosette</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:16:21 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Cathy&#x27;s  &#x26; Princess&#x27; birthdays</title>
<description>My daughter Cathy and Princess (my son Jun&#x27;s first born) share the same b-day. Cathy will be ____(just ask her) and Princess will be</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 02:40:57 -0000</pubDate>
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<title>Gaia&#x27;s 3rd birthdy</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 05:40:15 -0000</pubDate>
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