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fruitcake

December 11th, 2006 · 4 Comments

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6, NIV
halos lahat ng mabisita kong blog ay may christmas fever na, everyone’s excited about the season, busy lahat sa christmas shopping, pagsasabit ng mga [...]

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Tags: Customs & Traditions · Holidays · Personal · Point of View · Religion & Culture

day 7: pisbol + lugaw + tokwa

October 25th, 2006 · 2 Comments

i love my bed nowadays!
alas-10 na ako nagising. hehehehe! sarap matulog, medyo malamig na ang panahon, in fact nang umuwi ako around 2am, basa ang kalye, akala ko nga umulan, fog pala.
paggising ko, antokis pa rin ako at tinatamad magluto, plano ko sana na sa resto mananghalian, buti na lang at nagluto [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Food Trip · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

day 5 & 6: bison + basketball + laba + cross-stitch

October 24th, 2006 · 2 Comments

day 5 (23.10.2006)
dalawang gabing chatting marathon kami ni labs, this time 10 hours ang tinagal ng chat namin. weekend kasi (niya), free siya sa umaga & since wala naman akong pasok kaya sa gabi (dito) ang chat namin.

medyo mahirap i-sustain ang 2 araw na puyatan kaya i asked a little help from a friend, [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

day 4: sleep all day

October 22nd, 2006 · 4 Comments

day 3 never ended or should i say i waited until day 4 starts.
nag-chat kami ni labs from 12mn (my time) until 9am the next morning. with 10 hours (kapag dst sila 11 pag normal) in between our time zones, one has to make an adjustment. most of the time siya ang napupuyat, [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Daily Rants · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

day 3: sleep + movie time + canon 400d

October 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment

day 3 of my holiday galore can be summed up as “nakakatamad!”
my 2nd ended with an endless talk of basketball & showbiz with my equally homesick room mate. i had to get out of the room & smoke for the pep talk to stop.
we covered ever era of philippine basketball & each of the [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat · Wish ko lang

day 2: donut time + party people

October 20th, 2006 · 3 Comments

my second started with a text from my labs, pasado alas-dose na ng hating-gabi ng maghiwalay kami sa chat. past 8 nang matanggap ko ang text n’ya, di n’ya na-adjust ang work sked n’ya kaya chat daw kami morning time, so i prepared & went to the cafè, nag-usap kami until 12nn. ang [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Food Trip · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

day 1: laba + test drive

October 19th, 2006 · 7 Comments

kung nag-iisip kayo kung paano ko uubusin ang 9 na araw na holiday, ikukuwento ko na lang. unang araw ngayon ng holiday, i decided wake up late para naman makabawi sa palagi na lang maagang paggising. it was almost 11 ng bumangon ako, saing lang then kain enjoying the itlog na pula, hehehehe!
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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Health & Wellness · Holidays · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

holiday na!

October 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments

ala na kong pasok bukas! siyam na araw na naman akong magbuburo ng itlog sa kwarto namin.

maraming oras para sa pahinga at marami ring oras para kay labs.

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9 mornings

October 17th, 2006 · 2 Comments

bukas ang last day of work namin, pagkatapos nito ay 9 days kaming walang pasok. yeps, you heard it right, parang pelikula ni piolo pascual at donita rose, 9 mornings na hindi ko kailangang gumising ng maaga (teka parang baligtad). anyways, holiday kasi dito dahil nga tapos na ang ramadan at ito yung [...]

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Tags: Buhay Saudi · Holidays · Home Sick Home · Pinoy sa Ibayong Dagat

long weekend ahead

September 19th, 2006 · 6 Comments

we are expecting a long weekend (unless may overtime), thursday & friday is our normal off day & september 23 is a holiday being the national (unification) day of saudi arabia.
ngayon pa lang iniisip ko na kung ano ang gagawin ko during that long weekend. balak naming manood ng monthly finals ng isang singing [...]

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