A Life, Inchoate

Mik's entries

In Truth

26.10.2009 Monday 12:28 P GMT+07

I have never felt that I have lived in a third world country.Until now. In this place.

One of the best childhood memories I have of my dad is of us going to rallies in the 80s, wearing yellow and decorating our car (a beige Lancer then) with yellow ribbons.My parents were pretty vocal about their political views and I remember sometime

Dream 1

26.07.2009 Sunday 8:12 A GMT+07

The last few nights I've been having dreams --or nightmares, really-- about what else I could have done or what I could have done differently with my dad since I flew home to "get him better". The last few nights I would wake up v

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Dad

20.07.2009 Monday 4:22 P GMT+07

In the last 5 days, I met a lot of people for the first time. These people came from all walks of life, with only one thing in common: they all knew my dad and loved him.It humbled me to listen to all their stories and I realised that I t

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Tongue-Tied

20.05.2009 Wednesday 4:47 P GMT+07

language encounters :D

Category: OzLife

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Something new

17.05.2009 Sunday 8:20 A GMT+07

Meet Bitville Hercules, the latest addition to our family. He's been v good so far :) We were going to name him Sparky, but the name Hercules suits him :) Also, it has been a really busy last 2 months. We have b

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Sometimes

12.02.2009 Thursday 9:25 A GMT+07

a memory can turn traitor leeching fresh blood out of old wounds

Fun :)

11.02.2009 Wednesday 1:53 P GMT+07

Just downloaded a really fun app on the phone. It's called the Touch Closet. You know that scene in Clueless where Cher has a computer program for her closet? It's exactly the same, except on your iphone or ipod touch. So yo

Saberday Morning

24.01.2009 Saturday 5:15 A GMT+07

I was going to title it "Appalled on a Saturday morning", but hehe thought twice.Had to get up early because Daz has a job out of town and I had to pack his bags and make some fajitas for his lunch while he packed the car and trailer with a

Travel Nut

11.01.2009 Sunday 4:44 P GMT+07

I love planning trips, booking tickets, packing, traveling to the airport, airports, planes, going somewhere new, going somewhere at all, backpacking, 4-star, trying new cuisines, learning new languages, packing to go home, flying/train-ing/bus-ing h

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From Yesterday

09.01.2009 Friday 9:11 A GMT+07

Filipinos who live and work overseas are bound to get slighted (whether from the locals of the place they live in or other fellow Filipinos). As a migrant of two years to this country, I have long been tossing up the idea of getting citizenship

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Musings

05.01.2009 Monday 4:01 P GMT+07

at the right time!

Category: Random Rambling OzLife

End of Year Meme

31.12.2008 Wednesday 4:13 P GMT+07

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?3. Did anyone close to you give birth?4. Did anyone close to you die?5. What countries did you visit

Da Pinoy in me

08.12.2008 Monday 8:57 A GMT+07

what I had for brekky

Category: Panacea of All Ills OzLife

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notchristmasgrinch

05.12.2008 Friday 9:03 A GMT+07

what are you doing for christmas?

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Australia: Don't read if you're planning to watch it.

28.11.2008 Friday 9:07 A GMT+07

Yeah, what the title says.

Category: Motion Peechures

Super Babaw

27.11.2008 Thursday 9:18 P GMT+07

or uber superficial to you

At The Office

17.11.2008 Monday 9:12 A GMT+07

Now that I've quit my part time job, this is now my "office": Cruskits, cheap blue vein and a red umbrella.

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Max

16.10.2008 Thursday 8:52 A GMT+07

MaxJuly 23 1998 - October 15 2008. Thank you for ten years of pure love.I'm sorry I wasn't there to hold your hand.

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One Thing

12.10.2008 Sunday 4:57 P GMT+07

I am sick to death of this place.

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Crap

28.09.2008 Sunday 10:01 P GMT+07

Daz and I + 8 cockatiels flew back home last saturday and we have only been home a day and then Abbe chose to jump off the play area on the top of their cage. She landed on the carpet when I picked her up, I noticed one of her back toes on her

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Finally.

09.09.2008 Tuesday 9:16 P GMT+07

Today was a pretty good day.First. I finally found my to-buy-bag. Second. My passport finally arrived with the sticker thingy.Third. My iPhone case finally arrived!(Notice the word "finally" which denotes eons of wai

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