Stella Arnaldo's Blog

A collection of travel stories and food reviews, my published pieces on politics and relationships, the stories behind the stories, gossip, and hearty opinions on just about any topic. Lots of stream of consciousness musings too...

January 31, 2009

Talking baby

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TOO bad we're not crazy football fans here, because Superbowl XLIII starts tomorrow. One of the best things that come out of it are the...
January 30, 2009

This is very strange

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Four days after the fatwa went out, students continued to fill the classrooms of Jakarta's Jakartadoyoga Studio. On Jan. 28, the influen...

Lagot kayo!

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When your bank is failing and borrowing money from the federal government, shouldn't management at least have the decency to cut costs, ...
January 28, 2009

Story's not over

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ACTUALLY, this is how it all began; take a look at the Jan. 24 edition of the Townsville Bulletin: "I went to go to the toilet and I t...
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January 27, 2009

This totally grossed me out

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SOMEONE posted a link to this story on Jessica's blog and of course, nosy me, I read it. I wanted to throw up my lunch after. So read a...
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January 26, 2009

Kung hei fat choi!

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Happy New Year to all my blog readers, family, friends, and even my pretend-friends. Wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2009. ...
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The Pope on YouTube

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POPE Benedict XVI thinks the Internet can promote truth. So the Vatican now has its own channel on YouTube. As of Jan. 26, 2009, it had over...

Hey art lovers!

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YOU may want to see this one-woman show of Sequi Cu unjieng at the Hiraya Gallery , from Feb. 5 to 24: (click to enlarge)
January 25, 2009

Sully sighting

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A real hero for all.
January 24, 2009

Pain sucks

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(WARNING: Lurid details ahead. Read at your own risk) I"M not trying to be cute. I just had an outpatient procedure done this afternoon...
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At last

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Saw this on Chuvaness' blog...takes your breath away doesn't it? Except for the fact that it was Beyoncé singing"At Last,...
January 21, 2009

Now comes the hard part...

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ARE you guys sufficiently rested already? I dunno about you, but I was still at my Mac until way past 6 AM half-sleeping in my bed, and watc...
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Obama inaugural via CNN/Facebook

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FIRST off, this application was a way cooler gimmick than CNN's hologram interviews during election night in November. BUT, the amount o...
January 20, 2009

Maya Angelou on Barack Obama

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Something inspiring from poet Maya Angelou; her "ruminations" on the Barack Obama presidency on BCC's Notes to Obama . Click h...

Mercury in retrograde: Perspective is everything

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"What’s more, we go out of our way to make sure we stay out of Mercury’s way while never once wondering why it spends 21 days “pretendi...

Just for the record...

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Nikos Gitsis , co-owner of Seair , just wants everyone to know that it was Seair owner Iren Dornier and he who first splashed their plane ...
January 19, 2009

I'm gonna miss this

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Here's David Letterman's final "tribute" to outgoing U.S. President George "Dubya" Bush , a montage of his idio...
January 17, 2009

Year of the Ox readings by Joseph Chau

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AS promised, here are Joseph Chau's readings of the different zodiac signs for the Year of the Ox . I hope this Picasa thing works. Fen...

People are still talking about...

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...the Miracle on the Hudson , or how Chesley B. Sullenburger III , the pilot of the US Airways flight which suffered two bird strikes that ...
January 16, 2009

Ricardo Montalban, 88

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EVER since I was a child, I've always had a crush on Ricardo Montalban . His dark, earthy Latino looks made me weak in the knees (oo, ba...
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Pinoys to make money easily in Year of the Ox

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EASY come, easy go. This is the overall reading for the Philippines in the Year of the Ox by renowned geomancer Joseph Chau of the Mandarin...
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January 13, 2009

Joe the Plumber 'reporting' from Israel

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This is why untrained, unskilled, and inarticulate non-journalists, should never become "reporters." Way to go Pajamas TV.
January 12, 2009

'Are we not human?'

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I READ this today on the Al Jazeera web site, and it really brought tears to my eyes. It is a cry from an anguished father who can't do...
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Breaking our online habit

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'Living in the digital age, all of us now have to deal with a different kind of stress—information overload. We are plugged into the wo...
January 11, 2009

LP Senatorial bets in 2010

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According to Liberal Party stalwart, and former senator Frank Drilon , these are the people being eyed for the party's senatorial lineu...
January 06, 2009

In case you missed it...

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(Photo from the club's web site) ...Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Dionisio Santiago testified in the House heari...
January 02, 2009

The audacity of hope*

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THE second day of the New Year and I’m in a virtual coma. Too much food, too much to drink, and too many yappy relatives. You can understand...
January 01, 2009

Happy New Year

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(Scene from New Year 2008. This year's celeb was more sedate bec. of the rains. But I still woke up hacking from inhaling all the smog ...
December 31, 2008

Eartha Kitt, 81

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EARTHA Kitt was some hot momma, back in the day when African-American women were still not accepted by mainstream American white society. B...
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December 28, 2008

Gov't peace negotiator's son in brawl

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Another case of a small-town provincial politico trying to throw his weight around in Manila. And the father, a Cabinet secretary and newly-...
December 27, 2008

All I want for Christmas, part 2

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I ASKED new friends and familiar faces that if they had any wish, and barring any thought to the cost of the gift, what would they want to r...
December 24, 2008

It's here!

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
December 22, 2008

Hysterical!

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I just saw this TV ad tonight, and wouldn't you know it, Chuvaness already has it on her site! Katawa talaga 'to! Pramis!
December 20, 2008

Don't say I didn't warn you

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Philippines Moves to Fight Pig Ebola Dec. 19, 2008 But health officials say it is too early to rule out a possible threat to humans, and exp...
December 18, 2008

All I want for Christmas...

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Something Like Life BusinessMirror Dec. 19, 2008 ONCE a year, I usually try to get other people to do my job by asking them to contribute th...
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