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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Honey, You’re White! - Part 2

Here’s the long delayed second part to my original post of the same title.
Medical care can be a sensitive issue between partners.  It’s not something you discuss when you’re about to get married.  At least, my husband and I didn’t.  We only go to that serious talk well into our marriage.  Now we both know [...]

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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Addiction

The past weekend,   the US economy has been called countless terms all spelling DOOM - Armaggedon, Tsunami, Hurricane, etc.   It certainly looks grim from where my husband and I are sitting.
When I first moved to Colorado with my husband, I noticed how huge a difference the standards of living between the US and the [...]

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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Honey, You’re White! - Part 1

At times, I still can’t help but blurt that out to my husband of almost 7 years.  Strangely, the fact that we are so different still surprises to this day.  Underneath the visual differences between my husband and myself, there are several more layers contributing to the “colorful” life we live.   But, if we both [...]

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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

The Philippine Senate, Seriously?

I was just watching the ongoing hearings at the Philippine Senate on the controversial, now-scrapped National Broadband Network (NBN) deal which has been going on since the start of the year.  Maybe I shouldn’t be watching it too often.  This whole mess is depressing enough but when you actually see the live circus as it [...]

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Monday, March 10th, 2008

Constitutional Amendments

The other day,  my husband was writing a post on inheritance for his Philfaqs blog.  He turned to me and asked if I knew how crazy the law was. He explained and it gave me a headache. Read what he wrote and if it doesn’t make your head spin, let me know.
This is [...]

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