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Things I learned from Sesame Street:

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:44:00 +0000

• "C" is for cookie, that's good enough for me. • Tweedlebugs live among plants and will take their car to the zoo. • Brrrring! is the sound that aliens make when they come to visit your home. • Two...

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If Edu has the Papaya Dance...

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:56:00 +0000

...GMA has the Poker Face dance!

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How to cure (political) constipation

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:00 +0000

I LOVE Edu Manzano. There I said it. "Love" not in a thumpity-thump heart-beat kind of way, but "love" as in I really admire his talents. He was an excellent actor, even better than most Pinoys'...

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Noynoy gets Internet savvy w/ a little help from his Campaigns friends (w/ update)

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000

LIBERAL Party presidential candidate Sen. Noynoy Aquino is quite a stranger to the ways of the Internet. Prior to his run for president, I don't think he even had his own web site aside from his page...

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Getting into the Christmas spirit

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:02:00 +0000

It may be a stretch for some to feel all toasty and charitable in the coming holidays, especially those who may have lost loved ones and their homes in the last typhoons. But as a friend pointed out,...

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National Geographic on the Phils.

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:34:00 +0000

The Philippines has a PR problem. While it harbors as many islands as the Caribbean and some of the most spectacular reefs on the planet, the nation sees only a fraction of the visitors of nearby...

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Pacman on Jimmy Kimmel Live

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:49:00 +0000

I'm so happy to listen to Manny Pacquiao speak in English. He has improved a lot! Good job, whoever his teacher is. And wasn't Jimmy Kimmel so generous and considerate in helping him out in the...

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Pinoy mural in France

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:21:00 +0000

I JUST read today that Filipino artist Manuel Baldemor has finally completed his mural for the Basilica of St. Therese (of the Child Jesus) in Lisieux, France w/c was done in collaboration w/ French...

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Potshots

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:14:00 +0000

Pak dis shet: Arroyo can run for VP. Stop giving her ideas guys! * * * * Sen. Manny Villar at the MOPC Presidential Series, Oct. 29: “I’m not perfect. I have a lot of failures in life, I have...

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I talk to dead people

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:38:00 +0000

MY friend Reyna Emperatriz used to bewilder some of our pals. Whenever she would leave her condo unit, she would speak out and say, “Ser, alis muna ako ha.” Or when arriving home, she would go...

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Trick or treat!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:10:00 +0000

When I got back from Boston sometime in 1999, I decided to rent a condo unit for my daughter and me. It was a high-rise four-bedroom unit, spacious and unbelievably affordable considering that it was...

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This is it

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:09:00 +0000

IF you still haven't seen "This is It", the behind-the-scenes documentary of Michael Jackson's rehearsals for what would've been his last concert run to have been staged in London, then go see it...

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How now brown cow? (Updated)

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:38:00 +0000

(Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero announces decision to leave National People's Coalition in a press conference held at Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City on October 28, 2009. Photo from Chiz...

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Scenes from a wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:23:00 +0000

THE bride was radiant, and the groom, dashing. It was a sweet and touching ceremony. We wish the couple all the best as they embark on a new chapter in their lives. Here are some photos from...

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Peace

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:41:00 +0000

AFTER all the news and blogs about the more recent inefficiencies in government service, here's some good news for a change. Let's celebrate our fine soldiers who have just taken over peacekeeping...

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Move those relief goods Sec. Cabral!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:58:00 +0000

GOOD grief! If you haven't seen the photos of those relief goods just sitting at DSWD warehouse, click here. Good thing Ella's blog is up and running again. Ok, so we all suspiciously thought it was...

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Have you seen this?

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:17:00 +0000

HERE'S the actual video of the robbery that happened in the Rolex store at Greenbelt 5 last Sunday, Oct. 18. Afraid! This page requires a higher version browser (For the latest Philippine news...

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Entrepreneurship 101 from Manny Villar

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:50:00 +0000

"Subdivisions in Las Piñas not owned by the Villars are celebrating. The reason, they are now freed from Villar's water company with the entry of Maynilad. Unfortunately for the people who live in...

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Rain rain go away!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:25:00 +0000

IT'S 4:26 a.m., Oct. 19, Monday. The rain is starting to pour again. I can imagine people who survived Typhoon Ondoy and Typhoon Pepeng are again nervously peering through their windows to check for...

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No one to save us but ourselves*

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:44:00 +0000

(Slums of Manila. Photo by Laine and Lucas at Travelblog) "Our thoughtless throwing of garbage into canals and the remaining estuaries in the metropolis has also been cited as one of the culprits of...

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Surrendering to bliss

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:26:00 +0000

(Some of the activities you can enjoy at Misibis Bay Raintree in Albay. Photo colllage courtesy of the resort.) "After a hearty breakfast, we were led to our beachfront villas, where a soothing foot...

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My new guilty pleasure

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:53:00 +0000

IF you like exceptionally creative musical arrangements of your favorite songs, excellent dance choreography, and well, screwed up teen-agers w/ lots of attitude, you must watch Glee. A lot of...

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I am furious beyond words!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:20:00 +0000

Gibo delayed purchase of rubber boats by Aries Rufo, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 10/12/2009 8:19 PM MANILA - Disaster-preparedness officials warned Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro about the...

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If you still think the branded styro food package was a fake...

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:40:00 +0000

...here are a couple of more photos to show how one presidentiable has been taking advantage of the Ondoy tragedy. For security reasons, I cannot reveal the names of the people who took these: ...

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Oct. 31, 2009 (Updated 10/14/09)

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Arnaldo) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:12:00 +0000

(Photo from the WN Network) PLEASE go out and register. Your country needs your vote. Please don't let this opportunity to change the country's future pass without your valuable input. You have until...

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