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Musical Monday: She Bop, Cyndi Lauper Scroll down for Monday Mayhem You are most probably aware of the controversy behind Cyndi Lauper's She Bop . Allusion, sticker, it's not like we don't know whatever. I hope you enjoy the beat at least. I do. Guess I always will. Amanda @ Bloggin with Amanda hosts Musical Monday Denise @ Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop ******** Monday Mayhem: The 6 best pieces of advice Scroll up for Musical Monday 1. Someone playing this meme has music playing on their site and it is disrupting what you have playing on your computer while you play this wonderful meme. What's your best advice to people who auto-play music on their site? Make the turn off button easily accessible and functional. 2. What is your best advice to someone thinking about getting married? It's only the beginning so good luck. 3. What's your best advice for someone wanting to purchase a new phone? Check out iPhone 4. What's your best advice to offer to ...

Our Weekend Memoirs: Roadside Fruit Stand Scroll down for Sunday Stealing Tupi is called the fruit basket of South Cotabato. It was only four months ago though that I really paid attention to the many fruits that I take for granted when I'm home. MG3, a pineapple label, is something new to me. The is the fruit stand in Kablon, a barangay near Dole, the pineapple giant. I bought loads of avocados. They're quite pricey in Bangkok. Whereas in SC 5 USD go a long way. We made several stops on our way home from the airport. This watermelon stand is in Gensan. Luckily, people at home are fruit eaters. It's no fun to eat alone. Click here for more OWM . **************** Sunday Stealing: Another 50 Questions Meme, Part One (perhaps) Today we ripped this meme of a blogger known as Nigel Vanstone at Away for a Bit . Nigel explains that he was tagged to do the meme, but does not credit the blogger. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we g...

Saturday 9: Hush Please scroll down for Weekend Funnies 1. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener? it depends upon the company 2. Do you take compliments well? yes, if it's true or sincere 3. Are you judgmental? no, but as I'm no saint: u judge me, I judge u back 4. Do you think more about the past, present or future? much on the good things that happened, are happening and will happen 5. What do you hate? I don't hate. I loathe, lol! But since I love myself, I get over it quickly. Like recently, some unfairness was going on at my nook. I did what I wanted and needed to do. Problem solved. Next issue.... 6. Use three words to describe yourself. I. get. even. 7. Do you celebrate Halloween? Explain: In the blogosphere, yes. I celebrate by visiting blogs that are big on the occasion. I feast on the decorations, read colorful descriptions of activities and enjoy some predictable scare. 8. If you were mixing up a witches brew, what would be in it? Alice Cul...

My reading pile is still a pile - book reviews, press releases, SEO pieces, but TGIF! I'm putting them all aside to have a look back at my week. Which to be honest has been a bit bumpy as far as work is concerned. Thank goodness there's personal life to run to and where we have better control over the happiness meter. I took my own sweet time enjoying life's little pleasures -- 1. Cousin weekend . Being an only child, the closest person I have to a sister is cousin Vi. Her young sons are well-behaved, loving, brainy and they call me Auntie :-) Meals and chatter with them are quadruple the fun. I love them even more for agreeing to stay at home while Vi and I went shopping at a night bazaar. 2. Camera . When a hesitant techno-ignoramus finally approaches features on a gadget, the result is fun galore. This is Milton's justification of the blank verse of Paradise Lost. The literary legend used f for s , a strange character for c and so on. I found it fascinating. 3. Si...

"... and you're travelling with your daughter, Ma'am?" asked the immigration official at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. He examined CJ's passport then looked at CJ and his shoulder-length hair. The official furrowed his brow. I stifled a laugh. At Bangkok Airport, the confusion scene was similar. CJ's 'normal' hairstyle is short like most boys. Sometimes a hair saloon would take the liberty of cutting him their version of stylish - Once he wasn't aware of the camera in my hand. He turned and I clicked right into his long bangs - Round and round Hong Kong, I had no idea his hair was this long already until this photo was uploaded. Only a few hours after we arrived home, CJ's grandma had his long hair trimmed very short. Now he looks like a coconut husk floor scrub. We're doing hairstyles this week @ The Mommy Journey .

... observes the Duke of Edinburgh. Someone from Cambridge University Press came to speak to us. He gave away Cambridge: 800th Anniversary Portrait to a Thai teacher, who handed the book to me as if she was glad to get rid of it. (It's ok. She doesn't read, nor speak English) Into my lap a treasure fell. Some days must be bright and cheery :-) 1. "As an undergraduate I was persuaded that the Dons were a wholly unnecessary part of the university. I derived no benefits from lectures, and I made a vow to myself that when in due course I became a lecturer I would not suppose that lecturing did any good. I have kept this vow." Bertrand Russell , The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell , 1967 (p.53) 2. "Cambridge, wet, cold, abstract, formal as it is, is an excellent place to write, read and work." Sylvia Plath , writing to her mother, 1956, from Letters Home , 1975 (p. 17) 3. "Dear Sir, I will be obliged to you to order me down 4 Dozen of Wine, Port, Sherry- ...

Musical Monday and Music Monday Blog Hop: Glory of Love, Beaches version Amanda @ Bloggin with Amanda host Musical Monday & Denise @ Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop Of all versions of this song, this is what I like best. The pianist makes me chuckle; reminds me of audition time in school. I like the girl's confidence in her performance. ******************************** Monday Mayhem: Ten Anyone? Meme Harriet hosts Monday Mayhem Mayhem has been hijacked today by Thom. He was tagged recently by Bing at Of Living and Loving...and Coping. Mahalo Bing for the tag. Your mission is to answer the following Ten questions anyway you see fit. 1. Why do you blog? I want my life in readable form 2. Name your three best memories. my father and grandfather showering me with gifts and spoiling me rotten / my boys being happy together / exploring England . Just three? but thanks, now I know I'm more blessed than I realize 3. Name 4 of the best fiction books you've read. These ...