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The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters by Andy Andrews

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:02:00 PDT

"Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world." - Andy Andrews Has there been a time when you thought about the meaning of your life, or an instance when you think...

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I Won! I Won! I'm One of the Winners of the Roaming Roños 1st Blog Contest!

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:52:00 PDT

Weeeee!!!!! Happiness! It's my first time to join an online contest, and I WON in The Roaming Roños 1st Blog Contest! I never, not an ounce, expected to win. I just thought what-the-heck I really do like their traveling and biking escapades. It's not so much for me to make a comment on their...

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Dysfunction in the Family: Types of Dysfunctional Families

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 PDT

In the course of continuing this series, I am overwhelmed by the wealth of available online information. Family dysfunction is rooted on a large framework, it can't be confined to psychology or psychiatry only. For this series, I'll stick with the general and family context. Moreover, I...

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Prayer for the Family

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:50:00 PDT

Sharing with everyone a Prayer for the Family from the Pontifical Council on the Family's plans for prayer and reflection of families before the 4th World Conference on the Family, Manila, 2003. Lord God, from You every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. Father, You are love and life....

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Manila International Book Fair 2010

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:50:00 PDT

Still fresh from the experience last Monday at Scholastic Books' warehouse book sale, I stumbled upon another related event. This time its the biggest and grandest of them all in this part of the world. The Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) will be holding their 31st great event on...

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It Takes a Village to Breastfeed a Child

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:10:00 PDT

I am a breastfeeding mother. My and my husband's commitment to breastfeed our son has blessed us with a multitude of benefits. It did not come without sacrifices though. I'd love to share our breastfeeding journey, but I'll save it for another post. It takes me so much time writing down my usually...

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Rummaging Scholastic's Warehouse Book Sale

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:17:00 PDT

We were able to check out Scholastic Books's on-going book sale at their warehouse this morning. According to our friend, the sale was not as great as the previous ones. But for someone like me who has not been to a Scholastic book sale before, who has just started building a child's library, and...

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Dysfunction in the Family: Definition and Characteristics

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:07:00 PDT

The primary resource for this topic are the notes from the lecture of married couple Marlon Ramirez and Ianessa Ang-Ramirez, M.D., of Human Life International - Asia on October 22, 2002, at the conference "Moving Thomasian Families for Life and Love" organized by the University of Santo Tomas...

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Marriage and Family - Keeping it all together

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:20:00 PDT

Two blog posts ago, I mentioned that I did some bookshelf cleaning. Among a ton of reading materials I re-acquainted with are the workbook and presentation printouts of a seminar about families. I was in college then and my perspective in attending it was that of a daughter. Eight years after and...

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12 Little Acts to Bring Our Country Around

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:36:00 PDT

In view of the recent hostage crisis in Manila, I believe it wasn't only the police who mishandled the situation. The media, both local and international, did poorly too. A blow-by-blow account of how the police and hostage negotiators (mis)handled the situation and everything else was broadcasted...

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My Blog is Carbon Neutral

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:56:00 PDT

I came across the term 'carbon footprint' for the very first time when I attended a seminar on wastewater treatment technologies and design. It was one of the seminars I attended inline with my first ever job - a researcher in an environmental research and consulting company. One of the speakers...

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A Good Home for Children

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:29:00 PDT

I always tell Hubby, I'm okay with a quaint house with a koi pond, a large backyard to grow our mini-farm, solar panels to boot, a carpentry workshop to our fancy, and some other things. And just to clarify, I don't dream of a castle or a great mansion for a home. That will be too much of a...

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How to Really Love A Child

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:55:00 PDT

When Hubby and I decided to have children of our own, we knew the responsibility - and the liability to some extent - that goes with our decision is beyond measure. Conceiving was easy ;) But raising them up is the real score. Someone from an e-group I am a member of shared a wonderful find in...

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50 by 50 version 2

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:50:00 PDT

Five birthdays ago, when I was single and care-free, I wrote a bucket list by age 50. Five years have gone and I must say I made some big leaps of faith and some progress. These changes, in status and priorities in life, have made me reconsider a few items in the list. Life as a wife and a mother...

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backtracking

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:36:00 PDT

3 years... i've been a dormant blogger for that long. i read some of my age-old entries. updates are definitely warranted. i'd love to share what i've done with my dreams so far, but i'll save that for a separate post ;P for now, here are some of the updates in my life and in the world around me...

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Timespace warp to the present

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:05:00 PDT

WHOA! i have a blog???!?? ;P it's been AGES since i last posted anything here. my last entry dates back to more than three years ago. A LOT has happened. A LOT has definitely changed. from a single, worry-free and adventure-seeking me, i have become a full-time housewife to a wonderful husband...

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Piggy Predictions

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:17:00 PST

Meron nga pala akong blog. Ilang buwan ko na namang nalimutan. Sa wakas ay sinipag ako magsulat. Ang daming nangyari sa halos limang buwan ng buhay ko, san ba ako ano bang ikukuwento ko? Katamad… Mag-2006 reflections kaya ako? Apat na buwan nga nakakapagod na ikwento, isang taon pa kaya. 2007 new...

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20 questions

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 06:30:00 PDT

Ten and I were back at the La Mesa Eco-Park today. For the past three weekends, we have been spending a day at the park. Jologs? Nah! We don't see it that way. We see it as a relaxing but very cheap get away from the usual hustle and bustle. And so we were back, but with something else in our...

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Word Play

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:22:00 PDT

It's all black and quiet in our area. We are engulfed by the blackness of the night save for lit candles and battery powered lights. I don't have any news except the bits Ten is giving me. They have powered their TV with their car's battery, and thus are abreast with what's happening in other...

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The Storms Then & Now

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:17:00 PDT

The howls of the wind and the hard pounding of the rain on my windows woke me up. It was four in the morning. I found it hard going back to sleep. ************* It's now past noon. The sky is still bleak and gray. Heavy rain continued to pour, but it is the wailing wind that worries me. The trees...

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back from hiatus

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:30:00 PDT

I was not blogging because of lack of something to write. In fact, there are a lot of stuff to write about. The mind has never run out of thoughts that I’d like to believe I can write ten sensible blog entries in a day. ...but that is an exaggeration and time for writing blogs is a rare luxury....

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Esem

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:12:00 PDT

si ten ay nagtapos ng kursong statistics. S-T-A-T-I-S-T-I-C-S. stat. ang tanong na "in a deck of cards, what is the probability of drawing a king or a queen? a king and a queen?" hindi mo pa tapos basahin may sagot na sila. at ang anova na never ko naintindihan noong physical chemistry ay basic...

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knowledge is power

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:04:00 PDT

tissa: ano ba yan hindi ka nagflAAAsh!!!!! ako: alam mo bang 40% ng populasyon ng mundo ay walang access sa malinis na tubig??? hindi na umimik kapatid ko. ang galing ko magpalusot noh!? pero nakakalungkot, totoo na samantalang balde-balde ng malinis na tubig ang pinangbubuhos namin sa inodoro...

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first half

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Fri, 26 May 2006 02:02:00 PDT

the first half of the year is almost through. and reflecting on the resolutions i made before the year started, i think i'm still far to fulfilling any of them or doing any of them regularly. learn to swim and bike. i attended OCMI's 2-day water safety and also some of rhowie's swimming lessons. i...

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Negative Chi

noreply@blogger.com (---| Rachel |---) — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:00:00 PDT

"my dagat sa taas?" "meron. bakit?" i heard some wise idiot mocking me so i gave a quick reply while looking straight at his eyes. i stared at him until the elevator doors opened. he clearly avoided eye contact. and as i was approaching my office desk, "dala mo na naman ang pamalo mo..." the...

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