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My Yummy Taste Central Experience

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Aminin, who among you frequents online shopping sites while at work? Taas ang kamay! Hehehe I do a lot of online shipping (mostly browsing lang naman) to destress and it's in one of these "shopping breaks" that I discovered Taste Central. I remember that I was at Deal Grocer that time I saw a link to Taste Central. I later realized that it was the retail arm of Deal Grocer. I clicked the link and needless to say there was no looking back. It has one of the best selections of local and imported … [Continue reading]

*First* Day

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David started his *first* day as a Kindergartener yesterday. Well first day for us, because I misread the schedule and found out only Sunday night that school actually started last June 11. Horror!!! When I dropped off David yesterday, the teachers all asked if he is well and if he's fully recovered (they assumed he was sick) I muttered, shamefully "opo ok na po sya" AAAARGH! Anyway, the dude had a great time and the classmates he had for the past few years were in his class too. It's so cool … [Continue reading]

Updates on that Group and FB Page that Must Not Be Named

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A Brief History: Down syndrome was first studied by Dr. Langdon Down who in 1866 published "Observations on an Ethnic Classification of Idiots". Yes Down syndrome was named after  him. In that study, he classified his patients according to their facial features. He was profiling them racially and observed that a large number of his patients  seemed to represent the Mongol race. I've read somewhere online that in his classification, he sees the Mongols/Mongoloids as a regression of the Caucasian … [Continue reading]

Drafts In My Head

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Last weekend, a few friends and our family hied off to Subic for a quick getaway from the City. We scored a good deal for a suite at Forest View homes and we just went. No plans, no itinerary, Dan just drove and we stayed in Subic. It was good to get away from the city. I was looking forward to getting away from myself honestly. I've been embroiled in an issue and thinking about it has given me a headache for the past few days. Well truth be told,  my heart ached just as much, maybe even … [Continue reading]