January 2012
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Going back to my roots
I was born in the Philippines to two Filipinos, but a month later we shipped off to the USA and I lived there for a straight 26 years of my life. Filipinos will say I’m not fully Filipino but then Americans would say I’m not fully American. I had the pleasure of being raised by two cultures - my parents taught me their Filipino ways and customs, and television and friends taught me how...
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Window seat.
I used to to go on a lot of road trips as a child. They were mostly the 6 hour drive to southern California from Phoenix but my parents loved to get out of the city. I saw Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Mexico, Flagstaff, Sedona, Tucson and Lake Havasu all by car before I turned 18. My dad was the ultimate roadtripper. He could drive for hours on end without stopping unless one of us demanded...
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the stereotypical new year post.
I have so many things to say about 2011, and in all honesty, I’m not quite sure how to interpret it all. 2011 was the first full year of change in my life. I can say some terrible and great things about 2010; it was the year I made the change that I desparately needed for the previous 26 years of my life, and I know it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. But 2011 came with so...
December 2011
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Today is kind of Christmas...
It’s technically still Christmas back home in Phoenix, AZ. I’m sure my family is probably either napping from eating too much or playing some sort of video or board game. But me, its the morning of the 26th and I’m sitting in my hotel in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, watching one of the only English channels on television, the TLC channel. Many people would probably be amazed -...
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Shit.
Now I’m craving pancakes and nachos… :(
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November 2011
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