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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 09/01/2010 - 10/01/2010
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Making a Life - Not Just a Living. Finally, a blog post after so many days of inactivity. I could list all the reasons for this but I’m sure you will distill them into one. Life gets in the way. That is why I envy entrepreneurs who have established themselves and their business enough so as to actually be able to quit their day jobs and focus on doing what they enjoy and are passionate about. That is why I think this blog post is apt to how I am feeling. One of the art. Sadde...
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 07/01/2010 - 08/01/2010
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Saturday, July 31, 2010. Some decades back, an American couple were on a teaching program at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos, Laguna. One of the members of their staff was a Filipina who worked as their secretary. When it was almost time for their term at the university to end, the couple, thinking that their loyal and efficient secretary would need something to fall back on should she lose her post when they left, thought of paying for her to get classes in cooking and baking. Drape a nec...
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 01/01/2011 - 02/01/2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011. Bucket List: Fundacion Pacita Abad. In 2004, I chanced upon a magazine that I found among a bunch of old newspapers that were marked for disposal at the office. I was listlessly going through the magazine, killing time and hoping for a reprieve from the emptiness I felt when an article in it caught my attention. The article featured a Filipino artist named Pacita Abad. Pacita Abad and one of her art installations. Photo by PacitaAbad.com. He took with his wife. After a few p...
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: The Water Baby
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Saturday, July 9, 2011. I long to be near water. Sand squishing through my toes, the sun on my face. Wild wind turning my hair into an unruly tangle of black. Summer came and went and I didn’t even go near the ocean. I had plans – oh boy,. Did I have plans. But daily concerns kept me from turning these plans into reality. And I am all dried up – I need to be near water. The monsoons have started so that pushes my plans back a few more weeks, or even months. But I will get to the ocean somehow. I am missi...
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: Gossip I Like
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011. No one I know wants to be talked about - especially if the talking is going on behind their back. But being mentioned in this article on Entrepreneur Philippines Online. Is the kind of gossip I like. Look, they even put up a photo of one of my rings. Of course I did - the neighbors can testify to that. And I think my sons think I'm cool for turning all those cartwheels out of sheer joy. LOL. And here I was thinking I was invisible. :-). Tuesday, June 07, 2011. That is so wonderful!
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 06/01/2011 - 07/01/2011
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011. No one I know wants to be talked about - especially if the talking is going on behind their back. But being mentioned in this article on Entrepreneur Philippines Online. Is the kind of gossip I like. Look, they even put up a photo of one of my rings. Of course I did - the neighbors can testify to that. And I think my sons think I'm cool for turning all those cartwheels out of sheer joy. LOL. And here I was thinking I was invisible. :-). Tuesday, June 07, 2011. Promote Your Page Too.
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 04/01/2010 - 05/01/2010
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Here are photos of that first piece. my very first one which i have kept and which i intend to keep. Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Labels: The Spiral Studio. Monday, April 26, 2010. I have this thing about tweaking something till it's dead. I tend to poke around and rearrange things, never really being satisfied enough with what is there. That's a problem, right? Monday, April 26, 2010. Sunday, April 25, 2010. This Ain't As Easy As It Seems. But hey, a cat has nine lives. This Aint As...
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 10/01/2010 - 11/01/2010
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. Four Letter Words: FEAR. What are you afraid of? Dark, murky water? Is it standing in front of people to speak? Or getting off the fence and taking a stand? Maybe just saying NO. Or even saying YES to something that requires much effort but brings so much good. I've heard it said that fear of imaginary obstacles is the hardest to overcome. For how can one fight something that really isn't there? Sunday, October 31, 2010. Thursday, October 21, 2010. As If One Shop Isn't Enough - -.
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MY SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: 03/01/2011 - 04/01/2011
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Thursday, March 17, 2011. My Kind of X. In an almost forgotten corner of a popular shopping hub in Cubao, Metro Manila. Sits a group of shops that seem to exist in a world of their own. This location used to be a popular place to buy shoes in the 70s back when it was called the Marikina Shoe Expo and it was where the top brand shoes made in Marikina. Whose workmanship can rival those made in Italy some say) were sold. It was THE place to get bespoke footwear and leatherwear at that time. Vintage and anti...
