Living in the City

Hail Women of Wisdom I celebrate International Women's Day in honor of the women in my family who came before me. For their strength of character, and the forbearance to head straight on despite the clueless situations they were stucked in. They have lighted the way for me and other personas like me. They will all forever be treasured here in my heart. 1. My mother Lolita 2. My Aunt Encarnacion 3. My Aunt Rose 4. My Aunt Ruffa 5. Aunt Lily 6. Aunt Edith Also today, I salute as well these women I had the pleasure of knowing: Dolly N., Emma T., Rica S., Cecille A. and Fe B. Nita D. and LydiaD.

A Poem written on International Women's Day Another day, another story What more can I say? Something like this happened already Need I watch my tongue away? So what is it this time? Or Perhaps, who? Of lies sublime. Maybe equivalent to a poo. Tell me. Now. Give me dignity. Does it matter when it did start Give my soul and mind the liberty You owe me that, you old fart.

Filipino Music Icon Francis Magalona Dies Just got this very sad news. Francis Magalona passed away at about 12 noon today. We all know that he was on chemo therapy for awhile and most recently had a bone marrow transplant. All I know about Francis is he was a brilliant song writer, a very intelligent rapper and most important of all, he was truly a good human being. He was proud of his Filipino heritage. No doubt. Francis Magalona is truly a big loss to the Philippine music industry. Go Francis, in the bosom of God's love. There, you will find peace forever.

If you are into blogging for a cause, I suggest you join bloggers unite. It is a place to find advocacies that's all worthy of your time and blogging effort. For women issues as well as recognizing and honoring women heroes in our midst, affiliate with International Women's Day ( IWD ). IWD's objective is to celebrate "the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future". The day could "be simply an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together"; or perhaps observe its "political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations, " "such that political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide, are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner". Issues or not, I say women of the world unite!!! Cheers!

I need new ones. I know this will look like a post that should have been included in my cooking blog. But, I guess that's alright. Cooking with all the accompanying accoutrement to concoct food is part and parcel of living. Right? And sooo, I write about things I want most at this period in my life - cooking tools and equipment. It's been awhile that I bought anything new for the kitchen and that's kind of weird because, after 15 years of corporate marketing work, my kitchen and my dining areas now practically own me. My time, my care, including creative ideas to spruce these pieces of space are activities I love doing now. And isn't it a swell idea to update or upgrade some of my kitchen tools who now are begging some time off from work. I became a member of shopwiki late last year. I was then fantasizing that someone would gift me a mini laptop computer. Scouring the web for specs as well as pricing information, led me to shopwiki . The truth is I was rea

If I had a Hollis Woods in my life, how happy would I be? Hollis Woods is one of the main characters in a "television movie that debuted on the CBS television network as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie on December 2, 2007. The film is directed by Tony Bill, and is based on the Newbery Honor winning novel of the same name by Patricia Reilly Giff. It stars child actress Jodelle Ferland as the title character along with Sissy Spacek." I just saw it on HBO, and I don't really know why but I cried buckets :-) while watching it. Maybe, my soul made an instant connection with the character; as soon as I saw the expression of loss in Hollis' eyes. In the movie, " Hollis Woods ( Ferland ) runs away from her former foster paren ts, she is placed with a new foster mother, a retired art teacher, Josie Cahill (Spacek). Josie is very caring and a talented artist, and her life could be told in her wood work, but Josie is also not very well (Alzheimer's disease). Ove

I am confused. A blogger friend told me about another "free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as plurks) through short messages or links". Messages "can be up to 140 text characters in length". Accordingly, wikipedia says that plurk "updates are then shown on the user's home page using a time line which lists all the updates received in chronological order, and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Users can respond to other users' updates from their timeline through the Plurk.com website, by instant messaging", or by SMS messaging. Furthermore, wiki says, PLURK stands for: P eace L ove U nity R espect K arma Here's more from wikipedia: "Plurk was developed by and envisioned as a communication medium meant to form a balance between blogs and social networks, and between e-mail messaging and instant messaging. After months of development,