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Celebrating Across the Miles (and Two Weeks Late!) | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/celebrating-across-the-miles-and-two-weeks-late
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. October 9, 2008. Celebrating Across the Miles (and Two Weeks Late! Credits to Bleachers Brew. A fortnight has passed since the Ateneo Blue Eagles. Have been crowned UAAP Season 71 Champions. Thanks, but no thanks, to Zambia’s oh-so unreliable mobile phone network! My fellow true blue supporters, however, clued me in a few days later (thanks mucho, especially to Tatit and Reg! All heart. All the time. Win or loseyou know how the rest goes.:). Posted in In the Zone.
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Penitensya | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/penitensya
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. March 21, 2008. Intermittent power cuts (around 3 times a day, sometimes for hours on end). Interrupted water supply (a total of only about 6 hours with actual water). Torrential rains one moment, and the scorching heat of the sun the next moment. Unpaved, muddy roads and pathways. Countless creepy, crawly creatures inhabiting your home. If you had to deal with these things 365 days a yearis a 40-day Lenten sacrifice really necessary? Laquo; Women’s Day x 3.
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Ferias de Mozambique | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/ferias-de-mozambique
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. January 25, 2009. 21st December 2008 12th January 2009. Our holiday was jinxed even before it began. In one. On top of those, every other. Local public transport) that we travelled in aside from being cramped with a. Thus rendering me stranded in South Africa for an extra day.). But did those things stop us from enjoying the holidays? During those rare days when the sun would show its face, we somehow managed to sneak some precious hours enjoying the beach, snorkeli...
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Sweet Sixteen | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/sweet-sixteen
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. August 31, 2008. No, the aforementioned number does not at all represent my current age.:) Rather, it stands for the number of months I have so far spent living and working in Zambia. And who would have thought that this my 16th month in Mazabuka would turn out to be one of the better months of my stay in Zambian soil? Another Birthday in Mazabuka. In the ensuing hours, however, I momentarily forgot that it was my birthday as I ran the final day of a workshop on res...
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One Year Later | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/one-year-later
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. April 25, 2008. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes…how do you measure a year in a life? 8220;Seasons of Love” from. In commemoration of my first year anniversary in Zambia (20th April in the country and 24th April in the town of Mazabuka), I unearthed this survey from ages ago and answered it again to help me look back to the significant people, places, events that have been part of my life for the past 12 months. 9 I still don’t wear skirts.
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(Another) Christmas Away from Home | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/another-christmas-away-from-home
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. December 20, 2008. Another) Christmas Away from Home. About a month ago, I was asked by the Sunday Inquirer Magazine to write a piece for their upcoming Christmas Overseas issue. I do not know when the said issue will come out (or if it will come out at all), but I thought I’d share the article anyway through this blog. Then, Christmas 2007 came along. That experience beats watching animated films about Rudolph and his cronies anytime. As I always say, you can take ...
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Tanzanian Hang-over | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/tanzanian-hang-over
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. February 21, 2008. Not that I was ever a big fan of Valentine’s to begin with. But this year, it was somehow even more difficult for me to grasp that we were in the midst of another red letter day . This, perhaps, is due to the fact that I’m still dreaming of pristine white sand and endless beaches under azure skies on lazy, yuletide days. I’m still hung over from my Tanzanian Holiday. Faster than we could even say, We’re back . Soon, the blur of activities had ...
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Samu’t-Saring Hunyo | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/samut-saring-hunyo
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. June 25, 2008. And so I’m back to diary-style blogging…thanks, but no thanks, to the unreliable internet connection here in Mazabuka.:P. Anyway, this was how my 14th month in Zambia went:. 7th June: Independence Day Celebration in Lusaka. As they would say. You can take the Filipino out of the Philippines, but you can’t take the Philippines out of the Filipino. What sort of animals would hogtie, stab, and commit arson on elderly people and a 3-year old child? And no...
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The Merry Month of May | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/the-merry-month-of-may
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. May 31, 2008. The Merry Month of May. The month of May in a nutshell:. Looong hours spent working on the 3 Rs (research, reports, and resource mobilisation proposals). Non-existent weekends. Short notices and surprise official visits and work sessions. Water crisis gone extreme. Lack of restful sleep. Dreams (nightmares? Involving logical frameworks and project designs. Conflict-ridden meetings and mini-battles with corruption. Work, work and more work.
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Women’s Day x 3 | now*here
https://avenuep.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/womens-day-x-3
8220;wherever you go, there you are.”. March 20, 2008. Women’s Day x 3. I have always been an advocate of celebrating Women’s Day. But never before have I been part of any festivity or organized activity related to it. Hence, this year’s commemoration was extra special for me as I was able to actively participate in events that tackled real issues concerning the plight of women in Zambia not just once, but three times over. Financing for Gender Equality. Posted in Red-Letter Day. Enter your comment here.
