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Navigating the computer can be a daunting task, particularly when others can do so effortlessly. I remember my initial foray into the world of computers, which was full of misses and lost files, and later into blogging and social networking which were marked with seemingly endless nights of rigorous learning of the tools and features. It did not help that I was on my own, dependent on tutorials

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The GGTT is once more alive. Three members, Filipinas in their own right, have become exceptionally active - Irene N, Madz and Nette. Irene is based in Quezon City, Madz traverses different time zones (being a flight attendant) while Nette is in Vancouver. Plans for mini reunions hug their messages. I expect a flurry of get- togethers in the coming months.

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Our country is in a celebratory mode these days due to the inauguration of the first African American President, Barack Obama. Last Sunday, I watched the inaugural concert, which encouraged people to become patriotic and reminded us of the cost of democracy. I am in awe that a country like this – so modern and advanced – still heeds to traditions and rituals. It seems that although with the

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This post is dedicated to the humor in each member. The caricature project was started with the Awards I developed for each one, inspired by Pines bestowing on Flor the Makalingaw Award. Prodded, Pines, Andres and Benjie also contributed to the different funny titles while I took care of describing the characteristics or reason for the Award. This was further fired up when the idea of caricatures

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Pines sent me this short story she wrote in reaction to a sad incident she witnessed around 6AM. - MariaTherMy vanpool mates and I have this ritual of going to McDonald's at least once a week for breakfast. A day before, we agreed to go straight to our favorite place before starting our 10-hour work day. I woke up on my regular time at 4:15 AM and picked up my friend on the way to the park and

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At around 11 AM January 4, I was about finished with my laundry when I bothered to open my cellphone. There was a 10:18 AM message from Joy that Mama Non expired midnight. She had aneurysm. Suddenly, I remembered having awaken around 1:30 AM and Mama Non's image popped in.......... Did she bid me goodbye? I want to think so.Joy's mom was one of the more permanent icons in my life. Even if we

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2009 is here.Activity at Gitik is almost nil.Everyone is still busy atattending to his/her holiday cheers.More members have registered.Yet messaging have about disappeared?Andres said mingaw the pagewithout Jun and Florparticularly the latterI said give it time, it's just a phase.When people get back to workGitik's wall will again click-a-talk.

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I woke up at 11PM......... and upon realizing I had about six hours of sleep without any chance of having more, I went blogging. My inbox contained several SMS ...... Ah yes, I can go with Leah and Carmen to Malaybalay for one of their professional business trips. That gave me about 5 hours' lead time. Dawn saw me surfing the whole wide web learning a thing or two.The ride to Malaybalay was a

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Two male members of Gitik who I looked forward to welcoming this month were Flor and Jun. Flor had some legal business with my dad so I met him before the assignated 27 reunion at Waterfront. His gifts were cute and he didn't forget my bead magazines. The clickative batchmate at Gitik was just as talkative in person. One couldn't butt in when he got started.New pair of shoes Flor told Gitik he

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If only the yahoogroup page is as dynamic as most blogging platforms. I could only wish for a vast space where the members would install meeting places in the page. But, let it be said that I was not that exploratory with the first house.When we transferred to Bag-ong Balay, I tinkered with all the features within that yellow box at the left sidebar of the page, feeling I have wider space and

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Being a member of the egroup Gitik, I became a witness and party to deep emotions of my batchmates who are in faraway lands, missing families, friends and home. Some of them are already settled there with their own nuclear families, yet the pull of 'Pinas as home is different.As a social development consultant, I could spout social analysis of the phenomena of the OFW and migrants. In theory, I

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Thank You Architect Manny Neri !for selflessly sharing your talent on the Housewarming cartoons and of those other cartoons in the making......forever, we will be grateful.

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The housewarming activity was far more stressful than the house transfer. Good that Andres, whose heart is big, took it upon himself to mobilize friends there at Riyadh to put to paper our transfer story. Lawn Tennis buddy Architect Manny Neri contributed his digital skills.Transferring from one group website to another is no different from transferring house when one has to attend to a lot of

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I caused the members to think about "adlaw nga natawhan" by referring to it several times. Initially, there was no mention of names. Offline,Miles asked whose birthday I was referring to. So, my information was wrong. Then a few days later, I posted a query if George's birthday was on the 1st or the 2nd day. He said the 1st. It must have been my subconscious reminding me my birthday was coming.

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Being absent from the e-group for sometime has an advantage. I got to see the total picture rather than be kept on tenterhooks in anticipation of the next chapter. This is particularly true with so-called secrets. It cannot be denied anymore that Flor has a secret, so has Leah, and there is a little bit of it with Marie.Flor, I guess, might have to share his secret to the group at Waterfront. He

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Now that I am more often in Bislig and Lingig than in Davao, I cannot be as active as I would want to be in the egroup. For the few hilarious times that I de-stressed with them, I got to smile, just grin or be in stitches at the ideas and opinions that float therein.Interestingly, Pines came up with different levels of participation, supported by Jun and Cris.level 0 - nagpahipi lang ug basa -

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Joy shared 10 photos of one of Davao City's amusement centers, the recently opened People's Park, which now stands on the old PTA grounds. They elicited various ohs and ahs but Russell's story of his link with that old landmark of Davao City was poignant. He narrated that he thought those memories were forgotten for he did really try to suppress them but the photos pulled them out. He said he

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There was this special large black notebook I had which contained all the mushy and endearing messages from my classmates in fourth year, and some photographs. The leatherette cover kept it safe from rain, dust and dirty fingers. I remember how I loved to click open and close the binder that kept the leaves together. It graced a spot among my books and I always went down memory lane whenever I

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This post is for all members of the Davao City High School Batch 1976 yahoogroup who toiled hard so they and their families may lead decent quality lives. This post will continually grow as members load their family photos at the egroup. Note: Once more.......This post will continually grow as members load their family photos at the egroup.

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The resident Cebuano dictionary is Cris. A one-time seminarian, his Cebuano proficiency got polished and attained diamond-like luster there. The terms flow out of his fingertips smoothly (wonder if he types with the first three digits from the thumb like everyone else?) and can be understood on different levels, depending on one's grasp of the dialect. He was indeed a challenge to the Davao

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Jun (junadjun the hunk) asked the working girls what Swiss chocolates we prefer, black or with milk. After several responses thrown his way, he promised to bring plenty of both. He left it to us children here at home to decide which is the best choco.(update as of 10-27) Without admitting he wanted some himself, George cautioned Jun he might end up finishing Manor's inventory when the choco

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My friends at the egroup page who work abroad have been excitedly talking about retirement from the very start. It kind of kicked me in the gut that these guys who are still 15 years away from the legal retirement age seem frantic they will lose out on it. Work while still young and able....... is their motto. I wonder if working abroad had influenced them. It gives them a strong sense of

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Prior to the economic crisis explosion, George the blusher, was just as affable as the other guys, generally nice and readily cracked jokes. It would have been pleasant to exchange notes with him but he was never online when I started to be more active. Come Lehman Brothers, when Flor unabashedly posted his desperation for George's guidance, he became our on-call consultant by explaining the

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