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stories about my experiences as a traveler and passenger

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Entries from December 2008

Portable Music

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Nowadays, when you go walking or commuting you’ll always see people with earphones stuck in their ears. With the advent of cellphones with radios or MP3 players, more and more people are walking around lost in their own world. There’s nothing wrong with listening to music while traveling, I’m guilty of such pleasure […]

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Tags: On the Road

Insurance

December 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Last night my insurance agent dropped by to have me sign some forms and sell me variable insurance. She was very convincing so I said, “Why not?” She explained that I only had to pay P10k a year and the insurance company will invest my money. I asked some questions and signed […]

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Tags: Travel

Pets

December 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I would like to have a pet, a cat and a dog one of these days. Unfortunately, our house is so small that we do not have room for pets. When I was in highschool we used to have a pet cat to keep at bay the mice population. It was the […]

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Tags: Whatever things

Protection from Accidents

December 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Watching the news in the past few months, we’ve seen a lot of news regarding traffic accidents involving buses, motorcycles, cars, etc. It has come to a point wherein some people have speculated that in the near future, vehicular accidents will become the major cause of death in the country.
Aside from tragic […]

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Tags: On the Road

Self-control

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

There’s a retired teacher that comes to our office to sell fancy jewelry. I call her Tita Mila. Her pieces are very nice and not so common. Every time she comes she manages to sell me something until I finally told her jokingly that we’re at war so that I won’t look […]

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LP #36 Eksayted

December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nakakatuwa ang mga bata na natutuwang makunan ng litrato.

(It’s fun to take pictures of kids who get excited having their pictures taken.)

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Tags: Potshots

Light Flow

December 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Going to the office was very relaxing today. Flow of traffic was very light. For the first time since December started we were able to get to the office before 7:30am, just like before. Light traffic was due to the holiday of Catholic schools who celebrated the Immaculate Concepcion of Mother Mary. […]

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Tags: On the Road

TV Lifts

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

When we first moved to our new house we bought new furniture. One of the furniture we bought was a tv lift for our small TV. It could fit our TV and the antenna with room to spare. However, a few months later we bought a larger TV without considering the dimensions of […]

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LP #35 Ang Nagwagi

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Si Jesus ay namatay sa krus at sa ikatlong araw ay muling nabuhay. Ito ay nangyari upang malupig Niya ang kamatayan sa habang panahon.

(Jesus died on the cross and on the third day he rose again. This happened so that he can conquer death for all time.)

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Tags: Potshots