November 29, 2006

Si Lelet

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(Tish Leizens, left, is editor and publisher for Our House magazine, while her husband, Ed, serves as circulation director. Photo from the P...
November 24, 2006

Hitting the delete button

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Something Like Life Nov. 24, 2006 OKAY, I’m a little pissed right now. I’ve just seen on YouTube the tirade of Michael Richards against Afr...
November 20, 2006

On the Pac-man and shopping

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WHILE most of the country was quietly glued to their TV sets waiting for the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales fight yesterday, there were text me...
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November 19, 2006

Honest saleslady declines reward for returning P55,000

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By Bernadette Parco Cebu Daily News, Nov. 19, 2006 A FORMER saleslady of a department store in downtown Cebu City was commended for returnin...
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November 17, 2006

The perfect assistant

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SOMETHING LIKE LIFE Nov. 11, 2006 THEY say, “Behind every great man is a great woman.” Well, I say, “Behind a great boss is one heck of an ...
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November 16, 2006

The happy people...(aka Now I feel miserable!)

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The truth about happiness may surprise you By David Martin CNN THE next time you are deciding between ice cream and cake, buying a car or ta...
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Al Jazeera in English

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ONE of the breaking grounds in international news media today is the recent broadcasting of the controversial Al Jazeera network, in English...
November 15, 2006

Theft at Glorietta

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(SCENE of the crime: Glorietta activity center, sans the bazaar. Photo borrowed from www.arrakeen.ch) MANY of us know that malls are a haven...
November 12, 2006

The pursuit of happiness II

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Something Like Life Nov. 10, 2006 SOMETIME early this year, one of the most astounding news ever to be published about the Philippines was i...
November 03, 2006

The pursuit of happiness

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Something Like Life Nov. 3, 2006 THE most popular course at Harvard University is no longer Introductory Economics — which it has been for t...
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Luli and the airport immigration officer

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Okay, 'fess up people! Who hasn't cut in front of a line, ever? I for one, admit to having done this once...at the Guam Internationa...
October 30, 2006

Mercury in retrograde

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Negotiations for business deals dangling? Internet connections going funky? Past loves suddenly reappearing in your lives? Travel delays? An...
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October 27, 2006

A Time for Comings and Goings

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Something Like Life Oct. 27-28, 2006 ALL Saints’ Day is one holiday I often look forward to. This is only one of the few times in the year (...
October 21, 2006

On Suri Cruise

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GOT my October issue of Vanity Fair, AT LAST! (Many thanks to Hermie Castro of APCEI for attending to my missing issues. APCEI is the local ...
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Mark Jimenez on Korina

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I FINALLY was able to watch the much-talked about appearance of Mark Jimenez on Korina Sanchez's show on ANC. Watching MJ vent and rant ...
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October 20, 2006

Something Like Life

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I DON’T mean to sound like an economist today. But the latest slew of data out of the National Statistics Office (NSO) makes very interestin...
October 16, 2006

Sightings...at Island Chicken 2

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Yeah, yeah, you think that's all I do. Eat at Island Chicken huh? Actually my visit last Thursday at its Sct. Borromeo branch was the fi...

Borgy for Mayor? Ick

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THIS is the most amusing story yet. According to a news report from ABS-CBN, former first lady Imelda Marcos is giving way to her grandson B...
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October 13, 2006

Improving customer relationships

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Something Like Life Oct. 13, 2006 I WAS in Singapore again recently to cover an event, and it always blows my mind how this tiny city-state ...
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Asian Spirit: Only 25 minutes from Manila to Boracay

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JACK PO, executive vice president of Asian Spirit, announces that the airline is aggressively expanding to Asia and Micronesia, in addition ...
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October 12, 2006

Reeling: Truths, Art & Classification

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by Tito Genova Valiente THE silent film opens with a man and a woman, strongly reminiscent of a primordial scene in the Garden. The two ill-...