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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:24:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>chocolate indulgence</category><category>beach resort</category><category>everyday wonders</category><category>card games</category><category>gadgets</category><category>spelunking</category><category>native Filipino food</category><category>poker</category><category>football/soccer</category><category>home construction</category><category>article writing</category><category>OB Gyne visit</category><category>philippines</category><category>puerto princesa flight</category><category>home</category><category>shelter</category><category>travel</category><category>bruno mars</category><category>bantayan island</category><category>christmas wish</category><category>missing home</category><category>sports</category><category>Our christmas</category><category>panglao island</category><category>hair rebonding</category><category>home gardening</category><category>Loboc River Cruising</category><category>bohol</category><category>music and me</category><category>holiday season</category><category>freelance writing</category><category>freelance writing online</category><category>interior design</category><category>caves</category><category>Fertility Test</category><category>vacation</category><category>coping with breakups</category><category>home landscaping</category><category>Christmas</category><category>keyboard practice</category><category>photoblog</category><category>music</category><category>women's rights</category><category>Android phone</category><category>caving</category><category>madridejos bantayan</category><category>friendship</category><category>hair color</category><category>environment and advocacies</category><category>bantayan cebu</category><category>home building</category><category>baby</category><category>anger management</category><category>house designs</category><category>reunions</category><category>friends and relationships</category><category>online writing</category><category>dealing with breakups</category><category>house furnishing</category><category>prostitution</category><category>island paradise</category><category>cloud formation</category><category>Moving to a new Home</category><category>web content writing</category><category>photography and blogging</category><category>feeling down and depressed</category><category>piano sheets</category><category>beach bumming</category><title>Writings of an Introvert</title><description /><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/geetenblog" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="geetenblog" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-4670665490088985325</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-21T17:01:10.719-08:00</atom:updated><title>Grammy Awards in Blogging</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Just in time after the 53rd Grammy’s, i’d also want to share blogging awards i got from Meretrisha of &lt;a href="http://www.joannamashka.com/"&gt;http://www.joannamashka.com/&lt;/a&gt; and although it’s been ages since i got this one acknowledged (my apologies for that), i definitely want to share this lovely award to other bloggers as well.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TWMK0jqAzCI/AAAAAAAABe8/4tytUOXg39w/s1600-h/lovelyblogaward%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="lovelyblogaward" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="204" alt="lovelyblogaward" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TWMK1WN2MkI/AAAAAAAABfA/6NcI5N1qCcc/lovelyblogaward_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I’d love to share this award to the following who’s become a part of my blogging journey as well:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://daretoembark.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://daretoembark.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://bonitaclara.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://bonitaclara.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://battlinginfertility.blogspot.com"&gt;http://battlinginfertility.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-4670665490088985325?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2011/02/grammy-awards-in-blogging.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TWMK1WN2MkI/AAAAAAAABfA/6NcI5N1qCcc/s72-c/lovelyblogaward_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-3797124304595655522</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-09T04:25:37.389-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">baby</category><title>I want a Baby Girl in 2011!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TSmpPUXoODI/AAAAAAAABd4/JnJ8Boc3xqc/s1600-h/7%5B1%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="7" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="233" alt="7" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TSmpQPxp41I/AAAAAAAABd8/RzYRHlCQJQY/7_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="334" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I want a baby girl in 2011.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ahhhhhhhh…. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-3797124304595655522?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-want-baby-girl-in-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TSmpQPxp41I/AAAAAAAABd8/RzYRHlCQJQY/s72-c/7_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-266902129604552778</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-28T04:24:00.582-08:00</atom:updated><title>Your Personality Type</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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witty.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-266902129604552778?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/your-personality-type_28.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRCcrYinSGI/AAAAAAAABCc/OcuCRmb4syU/s72-c/yourpersonalitytype_thumb%255B4%255D.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-7957104576325321087</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-22T16:15:03.257-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chocolate indulgence</category><title>Chocolate Indulgence</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I am not really an avid fan of chocolates. Yes, i eat chocolates but i do not really crave for them.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But every time my brother in Christchurch sends those Cadbury bars twice the size of a pocketbook, I just go gaga with a number of flavors to choose from.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I find them incomparable to the taste of Toblerone, Hersheys, Ferrero rocher and many others (in my own taste bud rating). Although I admit I like Snickers, the Cadbury bars are just the type of chocolates I love better. . . and will probably crave for in the future.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here are a few of the flavors that dear brother sent:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="100"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAezhfjdOI/AAAAAAAABAo/Z7A4q2uxyk0/s1600-h/P1010007%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010007" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010007" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe0D_ntSI/AAAAAAAABAs/_VnQENHnabs/P1010007_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="100"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe1Ujrh9I/AAAAAAAABAw/7h8iiTo6Wi0/s1600-h/P1010024%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010024" style="border-top-width: 0px; 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display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010014" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe5m4No9I/AAAAAAAABBE/pNYy0g24MOQ/P1010014_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe7L84mJI/AAAAAAAABBI/_Q2jlGXW-Uc/s1600-h/P1010016%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010016" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010016" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe70uvFNI/AAAAAAAABBM/Tyqc2-KLcf4/P1010016_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe89QO_7I/AAAAAAAABBQ/wtLm6bRmJEc/s1600-h/P1010018%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010018" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010018" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe9h2v3EI/AAAAAAAABBU/yuYOZk08j5o/P1010018_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe-ssZEEI/AAAAAAAABBY/GJxQuyp7HGs/s1600-h/P1010019%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010019" style="border-top-width: 0px; 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border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010013" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfDK2z11I/AAAAAAAABBs/74lXzZu6wDU/P1010013_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfD9GiXVI/AAAAAAAABBw/TtIBn8Fs_ng/s1600-h/P1010017%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010017" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010017" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfErKQHfI/AAAAAAAABB0/u0N_LhnGjWI/P1010017_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfFQTZf3I/AAAAAAAABB4/7QVZl3TsQcA/s1600-h/P1010015%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010015" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010015" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfGBj_PYI/AAAAAAAABB8/UtALHxXccFc/P1010015_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfGwGYQQI/AAAAAAAABCA/YR7_z5sYiX8/s1600-h/P1010020%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010020" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010020" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfHp6TIWI/AAAAAAAABCE/5Jn3ZT2WAH8/P1010020_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="133"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;img title="P1010010" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010010" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfIV9P33I/AAAAAAAABCI/HlI46x_kgac/P1010010_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;i was thinking about which to open first… and the winner is, Chocolate Bubbly. i am not a fan of those chocolate with nuts and other hard ‘stony’ feel, so i ended up with the Bubbly.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfJDeH_RI/AAAAAAAABCM/m9PkZN66wAA/s1600-h/P1010031%5B4%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010031" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="P1010031" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfJwg1J0I/AAAAAAAABCQ/bbG-WVvBhvg/P1010031_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="206" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfKxATVfI/AAAAAAAABCU/dEESPMgAYS4/s1600-h/P1010028%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="P1010028" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="179" alt="P1010028" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAfLgR3FQI/AAAAAAAABCY/d5rqFCTrDUE/P1010028_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;… and i’m now halfway to finishing off my first bar.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;XOXO&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-7957104576325321087?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/chocolate-indulgence.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TRAe0D_ntSI/AAAAAAAABAs/_VnQENHnabs/s72-c/P1010007_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-2600976528912208048</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-15T19:44:38.637-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas wish</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Android phone</category><title>My Grown-Up(?) Christmas List</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I don’t have a lot of choices with my Christmas wish list when i was a kid. Being in a large family of 9 including my 2 parentless cousins who became part of the family, we just actually wait for what my mother would give us for Christmas, according to her budget and according to what we need, and she surely knows that.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Although she would ask us what we want, it would most often end up with our needs and what she can afford, and she makes it sure that nobody’s getting an obviously larger part of the pie. If one of the siblings has priorities this year, she would make extra effort to let us understand that, and we had no qualms about it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;It was when most of us already had our own jobs when we finally get to ask and sort of give everyone their Christmas wish list – something that we really want and not just something we need (but everyone seems to be leaning towards their needs. Probably the influence of those past Christmases that we tend to think Christmas is an opportunity to finally have what we need.)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;From school shoes and new uniforms, the wish list has evolved into the latest gadgets and designer bags. Now i understand why my mother would want to stick to our needs first. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Although my choices for my Christmas wish have widen now, I always feel that ‘guilt’ whenever i wish for something that I can actually live without.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But of course, I am free. I can wish whatever i want. Here are two of the things I want this Christmas. Whether someone or myself can get me one of these . . . that, i still do not know.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQl6GGs5wyI/AAAAAAAABAE/qjQ6Wnpdh4U/s1600-h/Samsunglatestphonegalaxys1900012%5B4%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img title="Samsung-latest-phone-galaxy-s-19000" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="302" alt="Samsung-latest-phone-galaxy-s-19000" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQl6HYkqqSI/AAAAAAAABAI/FUjx191jkHk/Samsunglatestphonegalaxys1900012_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="404" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Adroid Phone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Curlz MT" size="5"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why i want it:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; I can Google wherever I want (Wi-Fi considered) and i can use some applications for free. Thinking of easy access to Google’s Blogger, Picasa Web Album, YouTube, and Facebook etc, etc.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; As I work full-time online, i can be updated with client communications and project status wherever i am, without the bulk and hassle of the laptop.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; With its latest texting technology called ‘Swype’, where you can actually slide your fingers on the screen and write without lifting your fingers, i can actually work fast even on the go!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; It has a 5MP autofocus camera that takes excellent photos, which is all i need when i want to travel light but take great photos.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. &lt;/strong&gt;It has an excellent 4 inches AMOLED touchscreen display that is one of the best in the phone industry.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&lt;/strong&gt; A lot of people say it’s better than overrated Apple iPhone (i can’t stop laughing at one online user commenting that “Apple without publicity is just a fruit”). lol.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQl6IFMLfEI/AAAAAAAABAM/4m2eBufmkNs/s1600-h/nikon_d3000_front_left%5B2%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="nikon_d3000_front_left" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="282" alt="nikon_d3000_front_left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQl6JO3JeBI/AAAAAAAABAQ/FtnvbVzBHq8/nikon_d3000_front_left_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="328" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Entry-Level Nikon DSLR D3000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Curlz MT" size="5"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why i want it:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Just to satisfy my thinking that better equipment makes better photos, and i want to do portrait and landscape photography with this thing, and it is said to be the most user-friendly entry-level DSLR for beginners.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I guess, we can always turn our ‘wants’ into ‘needs’ these days huh . . . and have an excuse to really get them.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Go ahead! Make your Christmas wish list now!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;--------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-2600976528912208048?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-grown-up-christmas-list.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQl6HYkqqSI/AAAAAAAABAI/FUjx191jkHk/s72-c/Samsunglatestphonegalaxys1900012_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-2915011611643475245</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-09T22:23:01.870-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vacation</category><title>Travel Frustrations: Sick on the Day of Your Vacation?</title><description>I’m so not loving this. I just had a bad cough for a couple of days now and I do not even want to think that we will be flying tomorrow to Palawan for a 4-day escapade. This is not happening!&lt;br /&gt;
In my case where my asthma would later interfere with my coughing, this could mean sleepless nights and dry cough for days!&lt;br /&gt;
So now, I’m torn to cancel the vacation and forfeit the non-refundable, non-transferrable plane ticket and just forget about Palawan for a while. . . &lt;br /&gt;
or&lt;br /&gt;
go on with the trip not knowing if I could ever enjoy Palawan with a dry cough and difficulty in breathing.&lt;br /&gt;
So, today, the day before our Palawan escapade is suppose to start, I’m ending the countdown and cancelling the reservations. I just have to go to bed then and have a good rest.&lt;br /&gt;
. . . guess i have to go back to work after that.   &lt;br /&gt;
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…. hmmm, if there’s a miracle tonight that will get rid all these that i am feeling, i’d probably be the first person to arrive on the airport tomorrow. lol.    &lt;br /&gt;
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XOXO&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-2915011611643475245?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/travel-frustrations-sick-on-day-of-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TP8k6qqnwbI/AAAAAAAAA_c/45CDQ_65204/s72-c/sea0453l_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-1446055339627415793</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-09T22:23:56.036-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bruno mars</category><title>Grenade (Bruno Mars)</title><description>Just can’t get enough of Bruno Mars. His newly released single “Grenade” just hits right into the hearts of many. Its music video that showed Bruno Mars dragging an old piano was fantastically done as well and blended well with such emotion in his voice. &lt;br /&gt;
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The message of the song may be a little painful (some ‘YouTubers’ even want to throw a grenade on the woman. lol. bad.) but the song was just simply great!&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyway, enjoy Bruno Mars!    &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:f68a1921-147c-4efb-9952-7bf4f557b17a" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div id="7fbe67e5-d354-4824-8e76-0948f1215229" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tkuoRGig4Cs&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tkuoRGig4Cs&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here’s the official music video for the song:   &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:2a03fc7e-b721-4b4a-9d50-b380f8703702" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div id="283effe4-b9e8-45b7-ac39-0aa98691a9a1" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SR6iYWJxHqs&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SR6iYWJxHqs&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grenade (Bruno Mars)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;[Verse 1]    &lt;br /&gt;
Easy come, easy go,     &lt;br /&gt;
That's just how you live, oh,     &lt;br /&gt;
Take, take, take it all,     &lt;br /&gt;
But you never give.     &lt;br /&gt;
Should've known you was trouble     &lt;br /&gt;
From the first kiss,     &lt;br /&gt;
Had your eyes wide open.     &lt;br /&gt;
Why were they open?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Bridge]     &lt;br /&gt;
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash,     &lt;br /&gt;
You tossed it in the trash, you did.     &lt;br /&gt;
To give me all your love is all I ever asked, 'cause     &lt;br /&gt;
What you don't understand is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Chorus]     &lt;br /&gt;
I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain,     &lt;br /&gt;
Take a bullet straight through my brain!     &lt;br /&gt;
Yes, I would die for ya, baby,     &lt;br /&gt;
But you won't do the same.     &lt;br /&gt;
No, no no&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Verse 2]     &lt;br /&gt;
Black, black, black and blue, beat me 'til I'm numb,     &lt;br /&gt;
Tell the devil I said "hey" when you get back to where you're from.     &lt;br /&gt;
Mad woman, bad woman, that's just what you are,     &lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, you'll smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Bridge]     &lt;br /&gt;
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash,     &lt;br /&gt;
You tossed it in the trash, yes you did.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;To give me all your love is all I ever asked, 'cause    &lt;br /&gt;
What you don't understand is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Chorus]     &lt;br /&gt;
I'd catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain,     &lt;br /&gt;
Take a bullet straight through my brain!     &lt;br /&gt;
Yes, I would die for ya, baby,     &lt;br /&gt;
But you won't do the same.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Verse 3]     &lt;br /&gt;
If my body was on fire,     &lt;br /&gt;
Ooh, you'd watch me burn down in flames.     &lt;br /&gt;
You said you loved me, you're a liar, 'cause you never, ever, EVER did, baby!     &lt;br /&gt;
But, darling&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Chorus]     &lt;br /&gt;
I'd still catch a grenade for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
Throw my hand on a blade for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
I'd jump in front of a train for ya (yeah, yeah)     &lt;br /&gt;
You know I'd do anything for ya (yeah, yeah)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain,     &lt;br /&gt;
Take a bullet straight through my brain!     &lt;br /&gt;
Yes, I would die for ya, baby,     &lt;br /&gt;
But you won't do the same.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[Outro]     &lt;br /&gt;
No, you won't do the same     &lt;br /&gt;
You wouldn't do the same     &lt;br /&gt;
Ooh, you'd never do the same     &lt;br /&gt;
Ohh, no no no&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-1446055339627415793?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/grenade-bruno-mars.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-2458624741326002752</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-10T18:59:37.023-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">christmas wish</category><title>Sticky Tuesday</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;img title="superstickies (1)" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="234" alt="superstickies (1)" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPb3_t3_06I/AAAAAAAAA_E/8i4OwqyuESM/superstickies%20%281%29_thumb%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="245" border="0" /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQLpE-eipsI/AAAAAAAAA_s/dgvkqJ7Oi9Y/s1600-h/superstickies%20%284%29%5B5%5D.png"&gt;&lt;img title="superstickies (4)" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="240" alt="superstickies (4)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TQLpF75F-1I/AAAAAAAAA_w/J77bMD3a_hs/superstickies%20%284%29_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="252" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-2458624741326002752?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/sticky-tuesday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPb3_t3_06I/AAAAAAAAA_E/8i4OwqyuESM/s72-c/superstickies%20%281%29_thumb%5B5%5D.png?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-8303674660428791206</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-02T00:40:40.184-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">puerto princesa flight</category><title>Talking About Cancelled Flights</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPczOno6T3I/AAAAAAAAA_Q/OH95MjUe4tY/s1600-h/3d4b33a3aa794920c5cde9b5684b_grande%5B17%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="3d4b33a3aa794920c5cde9b5684b_grande" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="295" alt="3d4b33a3aa794920c5cde9b5684b_grande" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPczPrThksI/AAAAAAAAA_U/Un9Ax6cWVGQ/3d4b33a3aa794920c5cde9b5684b_grande_thumb%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="317" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The airline sent me an email today saying that our Friday, 12:40 flight to Puerto Princesa was cancelled due to aircraft condition. My, oh my!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;They also gave us an alternative flight on the same day but we have to do a connecting flight to Manila at 12:00NN and board the 3:45PM flight that will arrive in Puerto Princesa at 5:00PM. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;My, oh my! This is not happening! That’s taking away a precious half-day tour from our itinerary. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So I called them up and told them we want the closest scheduled direct flight to Puerto Princesa and I was given a day earlier than my original flight. Not bad I guess.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;It was actually more of a blessing in disguise as I was having a difficulty fitting in the tours to our original 3 days, 2 nights schedule. Now we have another extra day to spend. Of course, that would also mean additional cost for the pension house and meals too.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But well, it’s not everyday that we get to enjoy such a place and such a vacation, so that would most probably justify it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Back to excited mode then! 7 days more to go!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;XOXO&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-8303674660428791206?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/12/talking-about-cancelled-flights.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPczPrThksI/AAAAAAAAA_U/Un9Ax6cWVGQ/s72-c/3d4b33a3aa794920c5cde9b5684b_grande_thumb%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-1201110750180173638</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-26T18:17:12.554-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bohol</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">philippines</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Loboc River Cruising</category><title>Loboc River Cruising (Bohol, Philippines)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Bohol is almost synonymous to the world wonder, &lt;em&gt;Chocolate Hills &lt;/em&gt;and the powdery white-sand beaches of &lt;em&gt;Panglao &lt;/em&gt;island, but if you get to travel to this touristy island, you can’t also miss the &lt;em&gt;Loboc River.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Indeed, &lt;em&gt;Loboc river &lt;/em&gt;cruising has also been another great thing to experience in &lt;em&gt;Bohol. &lt;/em&gt;In fact, you can also see the small primates called Tarsiers in &lt;em&gt;Loboc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3127" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="315" alt="IMG_3127" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPmAiXbuI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/dcwp9uJ2NuA/IMG_3127%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="411" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3126" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="318" alt="IMG_3126" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPnW18xdI/AAAAAAAAA5U/Q9ZLSz0AwI0/IMG_3126%5B33%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="415" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPogqT5pI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/eDR2Ij5T8FE/s1600-h/IMG_3127%5B8%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston" size="2"&gt;Cruising in Loboc River&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="P1010048dfgfdgfg" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="262" alt="P1010048dfgfdgfg" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPqkKqFhI/AAAAAAAAA5c/vHmbeq79qnI/P1010048dfgfdgfg%5B4%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="318" border="0" /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;The nocturnal primate, Tarsier&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;            &lt;br /&gt;(lucky me! i was able to hold it for pictorials!) &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a booked for a countryside tour in &lt;em&gt;Bohol, &lt;/em&gt;you would not definitely miss &lt;em&gt;Loboc River cruising &lt;/em&gt;and the tarsiers. Getting there yourself is almost impossible as public transportation in this part of the island may be a little difficult. You can hire a taxi (but take note that there are only a few of them in Bohol). The best way to go there is to have your own transportation or join a countryside tour.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Of course, you have to consider that the cruise itself will take you around 45 minutes to an hour so you will need your ride to wait for you after the cruise.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="148542_1707174438112_1200597490_31899387_435321_n" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="294" alt="148542_1707174438112_1200597490_31899387_435321_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPrgXZMBI/AAAAAAAAA5g/NHFdihIJ2Oo/148542_1707174438112_1200597490_31899387_435321_n_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="387" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;This is where the floating restaurants dock:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBqD90Wa_I/AAAAAAAAA6o/ovnyPoGB9Aw/s1600-h/CIMG4674%5B4%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="CIMG4674" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="300" alt="CIMG4674" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPt-HBWdI/AAAAAAAAA6s/5zpQELcxjhY/CIMG4674_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;Some sights you will see on your cruise:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBqF7b1NhI/AAAAAAAAA60/X_OjKzUBmRY/s1600-h/IMG_3110%5B54%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3110" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="334" alt="IMG_3110" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBqG9YaRtI/AAAAAAAAA64/xfy4069syQA/IMG_3110_thumb%5B50%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3079" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="333" alt="IMG_3079" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPw77pbXI/AAAAAAAAA68/vwWNfNHNM7U/IMG_3079_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="422" border="0" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBqIfaO2MI/AAAAAAAAA7A/hWJJMI1xtpo/s1600-h/reee%5B17%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="reee" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="323" alt="reee" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBqJ5AsBWI/AAAAAAAAA7E/Xfxu8rkIGjc/reee_thumb%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="422" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;You can get into a cruise for only Php300.00 but you have to pay for a 100-peso fee which seemed like a terminal fee or municipal tax something (i did not quite get what it is for), so you’ll have to pay Php400.00 (about $9.00) for the cruise plus you will get a lunch buffet onboard.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPyLCDu2I/AAAAAAAAA58/4SoXKDpSK1s/s1600-h/DSC04722%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04722" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="300" alt="DSC04722" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPzImUePI/AAAAAAAAA6A/3dJr6NOtoOM/DSC04722_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBP0S5xJ0I/AAAAAAAAA6E/Oq-NtXMmM_k/s1600-h/CIMG4668%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="CIMG4668" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="305" alt="CIMG4668" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBP1eAfutI/AAAAAAAAA6I/DV9Jixe70-I/CIMG4668_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Halfway in the cruise, and just right at the time when you are done with your eating, the floating restaurant will dock shortly in rafts like these where the locals will greet and welcome you with local dances accompanied with a &lt;em&gt;rondalla, &lt;/em&gt;a native musical ensemble where folks play string instruments like &lt;em&gt;banjo, ukelele &lt;/em&gt;and classical guitars.&lt;em&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBP2kO9rbI/AAAAAAAAA6M/7IBkacfzme4/s1600-h/DSC04743%5B8%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04743" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="296" alt="DSC04743" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBP3tDRykI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/FEgRvmhsiiA/DSC04743_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="389" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;The Filipino native dance, ‘Tinikling’.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBP5EQdbqI/AAAAAAAAA6U/iYK7NCm8tU0/s1600-h/CIMG4644%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="CIMG4644" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="300" alt="CIMG4644" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBP6LCug5I/AAAAAAAAA6Y/49LCbx2XMv0/CIMG4644_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="395" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Of course, we are all stuffed when we got out of the cruise. Just enough to feed our bodies with the much-needed energy for our next destination: a steep 120-stair climb at the top of a hill to watch the amazing wonder, the &lt;em&gt;Chocolate Hills&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;See more of Bohol &lt;a href="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-in-panglao.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. If you want to experience Bohol’s fine white-sand beaches, check out our &lt;a href="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/dumaluan-experience.html"&gt;Dumaluan beach experience&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;XOXO&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-1201110750180173638?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/loboc-river-cruising-bohol-philippines.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPBPmAiXbuI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/dcwp9uJ2NuA/s72-c/IMG_3127%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-565793932892691465</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-26T03:41:26.619-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">music</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bruno mars</category><title>I’m Loving Bruno Mars!</title><description>&lt;div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:1692e11e-f997-4a3f-a82e-4179bcd02f2f" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div id="d1878bbe-79ce-416a-bf18-f1b0b5e6a8ef" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO-c5YDShpI/AAAAAAAAA44/EvykloTF8b0/videoa3dccaaf417f%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('d1878bbe-79ce-416a-bf18-f1b0b5e6a8ef'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &amp;quot;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;object width=\&amp;quot;425\&amp;quot; height=\&amp;quot;355\&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;param name=\&amp;quot;movie\&amp;quot; value=\&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/LjhCEhWiKXk&amp;amp;hl=en\&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/param&amp;gt;&amp;lt;embed src=\&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/LjhCEhWiKXk&amp;amp;hl=en\&amp;quot; type=\&amp;quot;application/x-shockwave-flash\&amp;quot; width=\&amp;quot;425\&amp;quot; height=\&amp;quot;355\&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/embed&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/object&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&amp;quot;;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.directlyrics.com/bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are-lyrics.html"&gt;Just The Way You Are lyrics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Oh her eyes, her eyes    &lt;br /&gt;Make the stars look like they're not shining     &lt;br /&gt;Her hair, her hair     &lt;br /&gt;Falls perfectly without her trying&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;She's so beautiful     &lt;br /&gt;And I tell her every day     &lt;br /&gt;Yeah I know, I know     &lt;br /&gt;When I compliment her     &lt;br /&gt;She wont believe me     &lt;br /&gt;And its so, its so     &lt;br /&gt;Sad to think she don't see what I see&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;But every time she asks me do I look okay     &lt;br /&gt;I say&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;When I see your face     &lt;br /&gt;There's not a thing that I would change&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Cause you're amazing    &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are     &lt;br /&gt;And when you smile,     &lt;br /&gt;The whole world stops and stares for awhile     &lt;br /&gt;Cause girl you're amazing     &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;Her nails, her nails     &lt;br /&gt;I could kiss them all day if she'd let me     &lt;br /&gt;Her laugh, her laugh     &lt;br /&gt;She hates but I think its so sexy     &lt;br /&gt;She's so beautiful&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;And I tell her every day    &lt;br /&gt;Oh you know, you know, you know     &lt;br /&gt;Id never ask you to change     &lt;br /&gt;If perfect is what you're searching for     &lt;br /&gt;Then just stay the same     &lt;br /&gt;So don't even bother asking     &lt;br /&gt;If you look okay     &lt;br /&gt;You know I say&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;When I see your face     &lt;br /&gt;There's not a thing that I would change     &lt;br /&gt;Cause you're amazing     &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are     &lt;br /&gt;And when you smile,     &lt;br /&gt;The whole world stops and stares for awhile     &lt;br /&gt;Cause girl you're amazing     &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are     &lt;br /&gt;The way you are     &lt;br /&gt;The way you are&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;Girl you're amazing    &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;When I see your face     &lt;br /&gt;There's not a thing that I would change     &lt;br /&gt;Cause you're amazing     &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are     &lt;br /&gt;And when you smile,     &lt;br /&gt;The whole world stops and stares for awhile     &lt;br /&gt;Cause girl you're amazing     &lt;br /&gt;Just the way you are&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-565793932892691465?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-loving-bruno-mars.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO-c5YDShpI/AAAAAAAAA44/EvykloTF8b0/s72-c/videoa3dccaaf417f%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-1818363435851887843</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-22T17:55:27.600-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photography and blogging</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cloud formation</category><title>My Window Never Fails to Amaze Me</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Every time the clouds go hovering in the sky, i always find my home office window the best place to be. These white fluffy stuff seem like inviting me to grab my camera and do a photo shoot for them as they move together or make formations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb3VvnljI/AAAAAAAAA2w/C0MNrF8pp5U/s1600-h/P1010009%5B50%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="422" alt="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb4NBejzI/AAAAAAAAA24/vfu7aGoxhBU/P1010009_thumb%5B48%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="325" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;the first cloud formation i saw on my window on a hot summer day&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb47-zqrI/AAAAAAAAA3A/Jrw2G8sIu-I/s1600-h/P1010023%5B13%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="413" alt="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb5zetWiI/AAAAAAAAA3E/Hva-Wc2fa18/P1010023_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="316" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;sometimes it can look like i am in heaven. . . &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb6uRIExI/AAAAAAAAA3M/0SfGw6bqJrQ/s1600-h/P1010035%5B8%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="407" alt="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb7hhEq7I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/b8B2N_mh7x8/P1010035_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="310" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;sometimes it seems like i am looking at an entrance to another world. . . &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb9EkXcVI/AAAAAAAAA3c/aI70CieocdY/s1600-h/P1010030%5B8%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="411" alt="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb95O6TbI/AAAAAAAAA3k/7gDUdXEmgQ4/P1010030_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;at times it can be fluffy or cotton-like , you would want to bury your head on it.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-window-never-fails-to-amaze-me.html"&gt;&lt;img title="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="308" alt="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb_ttjO7I/AAAAAAAAA3w/1PKz_3-c-V8/59421_152612091435642_100000605550190_366845_7509946_n%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="400" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;     &lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="400"&gt;         &lt;p align="center"&gt;and when the sun sets, the mountain nearby just looks like it was on fire!&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I haven’t tried peeking into my window when it is about to rain. I will probably watch out for it next time and see what the clouds up there have for me. enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-1818363435851887843?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-window-never-fails-to-amaze-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOsb4NBejzI/AAAAAAAAA24/vfu7aGoxhBU/s72-c/P1010009_thumb%5B48%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-577593201192976088</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-17T17:27:00.609-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friendship</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">friends and relationships</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reunions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">native Filipino food</category><title>Reunions and Native Filipino Foods</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It’s been years since we chatted and spent good times with each other, and although sometimes we get to communicate through gadgets and computers, there’s nothing more fun and exciting to just sit there together, get to know updates from each other’s lives and just while away the hours until sundown.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We decided to do the reunion in the touristy island of Bohol where we can also bask on white sand beaches and forget all about our respective work.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;After hubby and I had half of the day fetching them from the sea and air ports, we finally had a wacky time altogether inside the car, exchanging what each one brought for one another. My! I did not even bother to get one for them – was probably too busy on all the planning and reservations for the trip.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;One of them was looking for rice cakes, so the first stop: a snack bar in the heart of the city that serves native foods.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The sign reads ‘&lt;em&gt;Painitang Bol-anon’ &lt;/em&gt;and my! they indeed have loads of native foods, i don’t even know what they are called!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04525" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="265" alt="DSC04525" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR-7NY5gVI/AAAAAAAAA1c/sj9aEjqxe0U/DSC04525_thumb%5B18%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04523" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="228" alt="DSC04523" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR-8K4DgkI/AAAAAAAAA1g/6BzyIDymJFE/DSC04523_thumb%5B15%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR-9Q3SyBI/AAAAAAAAA1k/mna8kXdS0m4/s1600-h/DSC04524%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04524" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="251" alt="DSC04524" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR--ZsT0yI/AAAAAAAAA1o/s2uYxK47pbA/DSC04524_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR-_QXZ8sI/AAAAAAAAA1s/YKACRSiivik/s1600-h/DSC04521%5B18%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04521" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="253" alt="DSC04521" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR_AKmp9fI/AAAAAAAAA1w/91dHRYS5Z7I/DSC04521_thumb%5B19%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="343" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I do not know what’s the name of the last one. I did not even taste it because it looks like cassava and i’m not fond of cassava. Most of these foods are made of glutinous rice and usually cooked with coconut milk and eaten with the native chocolate drink, &lt;em&gt;Sikwate&lt;/em&gt; (below) which is made from &lt;em&gt;Theobroma cacao.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR_BN6_NxI/AAAAAAAAA10/CwyqNmnoXOc/s1600-h/DSC04531%5B9%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="DSC04531" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="275" alt="DSC04531" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR_CLdF5mI/AAAAAAAAA14/OwyvvvmoO3A/DSC04531_thumb%5B16%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;One lesson you need to keep in mind if you want to savor the taste of these native Filipino cuisine: limit it to a slice or two as these can be a little greasy and sweet. Beyond that, it can totally shut down your appetite for any other food.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But I guess nobody’s feeling all those grease and fullness as we were all just excited to see and talk to each other again like we used to in the old days.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-577593201192976088?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/reunions-and-native-filipino-foods.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TOR-7NY5gVI/AAAAAAAAA1c/sj9aEjqxe0U/s72-c/DSC04525_thumb%5B18%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-6558460016607285967</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-12T04:09:15.223-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">caves</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spelunking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">caving</category><title>Caving and Other Things Underground</title><description>I haven’t been to much caves, but just recently, I had two great opportunities to visit caves in &lt;em&gt;Cagayan de Oro &lt;/em&gt;and in &lt;em&gt;Bohol. &lt;/em&gt;I am not quite a fan of dark, swampy underground&amp;nbsp;areas&amp;nbsp;as I have this great fear of snakes, and for sure, my mind would play tricks on me if I can’t even see the ground where I am treading.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM0jYDvsI/AAAAAAAAAvI/aiFdYMWsS_8/s1600-h/P1010040%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="P1010040" border="0" height="263" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM1fUoODI/AAAAAAAAAvM/jJXIPlD1AXc/P1010040_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="P1010040" width="214" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 380px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;       &lt;td valign="top" width="200"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM0jYDvsI/AAAAAAAAAvY/tB5iRtzMcUE/s1600-h/P10100408.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;        &lt;td valign="top" width="178"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM33rsgdI/AAAAAAAAAvg/vrZkroAAkos/s1600-h/P101004112.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The first cave we went to was a shorter one but it can be a challenge at one point where you need to do a little bit of crawling. With the excitement building up in me, i forgot about my fear of snakes. The cave has a pretty big opening though and it gets smaller and smaller in the middle where the crawling has to be done and exits to a pretty big opening that overlooks to a scenic view of the &lt;em&gt;Cagayan de Oro&lt;/em&gt; river where the whitewater rafting is held. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM33rsgdI/AAAAAAAAAvo/ulPLfnhjPJA/s1600-h/P1010041%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="P1010041" border="0" height="345" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM6rOJiKI/AAAAAAAAAvs/sbr9D0Onz8I/P1010041_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="P1010041" width="382" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM7WBF28I/AAAAAAAAAv0/Eg5PqBHs1dU/s1600-h/P1010027%5B6%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="P1010027" border="0" height="367" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM8bGb4HI/AAAAAAAAAwA/NZYkEFwPDpk/P1010027_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="P1010027" width="289" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Unlike the first cave, the &lt;em&gt;Hinagdanan &lt;/em&gt;Cave in &lt;em&gt;Bohol&lt;/em&gt; is a much different picture. It has a pretty small opening where you descend vertically into a bigger and wider space underground. With the island being touristy, the locals probably found the need to put a steel staircase on the entrance for ease of entrance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM9nqMclI/AAAAAAAAAwI/Vamr5cX9bHg/s1600-h/DSC04835%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="DSC04835" border="0" height="307" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM-1eJ07I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/d3zUnhNS2iM/DSC04835_thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSC04835" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM_u46jbI/AAAAAAAAAwU/gCde40UMFag/s1600-h/DSC04826%5B3%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img align="right" alt="DSC04826" border="0" height="390" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtNAwBhBWI/AAAAAAAAAwY/hsMJ9hEkktw/DSC04826_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="DSC04826" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And the sight underground was way better. Stalactites are everywhere and in the middle of the cave is a 12 to 14-feet dark underground water that looks eerie to me. In several parts of the cave are big holes that cast sunlight into the caves. Our tour guide said it was through these holes that the cave was discovered.&lt;br /&gt;
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Aside from being a great tour guide, he also had great skills on any camera that he is handed to and took great pictures inside the cave. If I would have taken the pictures myself, it would have been all dark around us.&lt;br /&gt;
I would surely need to learn cave photography before the next cave adventure that i will be dragged to. &lt;br /&gt;
Oh, i almost forgot about the planned trip to the world renowned underground river in December, so i really need to make some crash courses on cave photography ASAP.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-6558460016607285967?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/11/caving-and-other-things-underground.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNtM1fUoODI/AAAAAAAAAvM/jJXIPlD1AXc/s72-c/P1010040_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-9166861101692117583</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-26T18:18:45.267-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beach resort</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beach bumming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">panglao island</category><title>The Dumaluan Beach Resort Experience</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It was around 4 o’clock when we finished the countryside day tour and we went straight to &lt;em&gt;Panglao&lt;/em&gt; island for our resort check in after we picked up all our bags at my in-laws’ house. I have a reservation done in &lt;em&gt;Dumaluan &lt;/em&gt;Beach Resort&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;a month before, as this resort can be fully booked especially during the peak season and holidays.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Although November is not quite a month for beach bummers, our schedule falls on a holiday and that would probably boost the reservations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We arrived at around 6pm, 4 hours after the check-in time, and they must have given away our room to other guests, so our reservation was upgraded to an Executive Double one which was a lot bigger and better than the Deluxe that we reserved for. It also has a verandah that overlooks the swimming pool and had a small fridge. But no additional payment was required from us.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The Executive Double room we stayed in costs Php 3,500 (about $78) for two and we paid only Php 3,400 for four people, which means we only shed Php850 (about $19) each and enjoyed a bigger and better accommodation. Everyone was happy.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;The sign that will meet you as you enter the resort:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3583" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="261" alt="IMG_3583" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3TxboaQMI/AAAAAAAAA4U/_T3QOJ1uv1M/IMG_3583_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="343" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;The side entrance of the restaurant:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3TyomHUiI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/DqEtQDvfUA4/s1600-h/IMG_3569%5B9%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3569" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="259" alt="IMG_3569" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3TzJgpt5I/AAAAAAAAA4c/ZuCHaUKE4iQ/IMG_3569_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="341" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;Dining experience right in front of the beach!…&lt;/font&gt; (and their waiters just exude that warm Boholano hospitality!)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3T07d7FEI/AAAAAAAAA4g/qtOn-V9Z0EU/s1600-h/IMG_3541%5B5%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3541" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="269" alt="IMG_3541" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3T2A1O4mI/AAAAAAAAA4k/g_Pi3HiFQls/IMG_3541_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="353" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Baby Boston"&gt;Entrance to their accommodations:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3T3duocRI/AAAAAAAAA4o/VKiPKe1HV9o/s1600-h/IMG_3543%5B5%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3543" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="275" alt="IMG_3543" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3T4QhuaVI/AAAAAAAAA4s/VA_KjvpswTw/IMG_3543_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The resort is right on the beach front and it has one of the best locations in Panglao – wide and well-maintained beach front, amazingly fine and powdery white sand, and dining right in front of the beach. Not to mention that it is just alongside the premiere Bohol Beach Club.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The place is also not crowded unlike other beaches in the island which can be packed with tourists, businesses and small boats along the beach. They also got friendly rates considering you are right in front of the beach. When you do your reservations in &lt;em&gt;Panglao&lt;/em&gt;, make sure that the resort is on the beachfront as some less expensive resorts can mean a five- to fifteen-minute walk to the beach!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So when we arrived, we had our dinner (with live music) and took a night stroll right on the shore. Our enthusiasm to dip in the pool faded when the sea breeze got cooler.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The next morning, we shared the beach with a few early birds who are too excited to dip into the tranquil early morning sea.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We’ve been telling each other how lucky we are, as the weather cooperated the whole day when we had our countryside tour despite the heavy rains early in the morning and the day before, and everything just ran smoothly that we even had lots of time to go to our itineraries.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I asked everyone if they are satisfied with the trip, they said it was a blast, and i could see the contentment in their faces. I guess that what counts most.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;------------------------------------------&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Book for Dumaluan Beach Resort:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;1. Call them at (+63)038-5029092 for reservations. Ask for Lindie.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;2. Deposit 50% of the rate of your chosen accommodation at their BPI account (they’ll give you the acc’t #).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;3. Fax them the deposit slip with the bank’s verification.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;4. Call or text them to confirm deposit.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;5. Look forward to your trip. Don’t forget to bring your original deposit slip when you check-in.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Enjoy Panglao!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-------------------------------&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Check out the Panglao beach pictures &lt;a href="http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-in-panglao.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;XOXO&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-9166861101692117583?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/dumaluan-experience.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TO3TxboaQMI/AAAAAAAAA4U/_T3QOJ1uv1M/s72-c/IMG_3583_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-831159126436604029</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-26T14:54:28.085-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bohol</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">philippines</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">panglao island</category><title>Bohol Tour with Friends</title><description>&lt;p&gt;It’s been years since I met my old friends in high school so i planned a small get-together for us to meet. They all seemed to be in consensus to hold the small reunion in in the island of Bohol, so all i have to say is ‘okay’. My dear husband is from the place so i took the responsibility of arranging everything.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But of course i love organizing trips. The only thing i don’t seem to like about it are people who cancel on the 11th hour and not-so-friendly resort staff, but glad to say i haven’t had much problems with the latter than the former.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNoz-PXbFdI/AAAAAAAAAsY/0xsLYqK9nU8/s1600-h/IMG_3455%5B19%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3455" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="318" alt="IMG_3455" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNoz-xAQhjI/AAAAAAAAAsc/37WdP_26x9o/IMG_3455_thumb%5B17%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160; Anyway, we had a day tour on the second day of our Bohol escapade. We went to see the Blood Compact shrine in Baclayon, get to see the smallest monkey in the world, cruised in Loboc River in a floating restaurant, shakily crossing 2 hanging bridges, enjoyed the cool shade of the amazing man-made forest and went to see the world wonder, Chocolate Hills. We’re just glad it rained only after we are done with all the destinations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0AFaUALI/AAAAAAAAAsg/7pymg-lkPxg/s1600-h/CIMG4682%5B22%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="CIMG4682" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="296" alt="CIMG4682" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0A9DhbRI/AAAAAAAAAsk/Ub6GB6NTuI0/CIMG4682_thumb%5B20%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;After the day tour, we headed to a resort in the small island of Panglao, where the beaches have white, very fine and powdery sand. I’ve been to a lot of beaches including that of the famous Boracay island, but i think the sand in Panglao are just way better. Well, just my two cents.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Here are some pics of the place.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0COynGaI/AAAAAAAAAso/HkFZBj36fq4/s1600-h/IMG_3436%5B11%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3436" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="330" alt="IMG_3436" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0DZJSCFI/AAAAAAAAAss/k6vnZQ84Ze0/IMG_3436_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="421" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0ErPA3mI/AAAAAAAAAsw/9aVSm3PtKPc/s1600-h/IMG_3437%5B14%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3437" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="298" alt="IMG_3437" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0FdAvvMI/AAAAAAAAAs0/E3xWGaFCO2M/IMG_3437_thumb%5B12%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0GfYj-GI/AAAAAAAAAs4/q9OUmtip4Fg/s1600-h/IMG_3494%5B13%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3494" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="340" alt="IMG_3494" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNo0HVNdr5I/AAAAAAAAAs8/pZG54-u4Q0U/IMG_3494_thumb%5B11%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="431" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPA6nXhPX7I/AAAAAAAAA5I/5tLwUu5Gz8U/s1600-h/IMG_3008%5B12%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="IMG_3008" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="347" alt="IMG_3008" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TPA6oTmc_0I/AAAAAAAAA5M/IG8SVC6B5kY/IMG_3008_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;After all the morning swimming without the sun, we went caving before i get to send each one off to the airport for their flights back home. Indeed, the place is one good place for adventure. Aside from beaches and the Chocolate Hills, you can also do the zip line adventure in Danao, the one we missed and would surely want to try when we get back to Bohol the next time. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-831159126436604029?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-in-panglao.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNoz-xAQhjI/AAAAAAAAAsc/37WdP_26x9o/s72-c/IMG_3455_thumb%5B17%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-4332614516289931971</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T20:32:32.553-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">football/soccer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sports</category><title>The FIFA World Cup Fever is On!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TCLQ4CQwGwI/AAAAAAAAAcw/4ER6eVUuJow/s1600-h/2010-FIFA-world-Cup-logo%5B7%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="2010-FIFA-world-Cup-logo" border="0" height="427" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TCLQ5GC9lbI/AAAAAAAAAc0/kyoqNAxmvN8/2010-FIFA-world-Cup-logo_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="2010-FIFA-world-Cup-logo" width="279" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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So excited with the World Cup fever! The games have started and so far, one of my favorite teams, Brazil, is still up for the cup. I am not from that country, but when Ronaldinho was on the team in the last World Cup four years ago, i was just so amazed by his soccer skills. I end up following the team after that – just like the way i follow Rafael Nadal’s games.&lt;br /&gt;
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Uhmm, Ronaldinho’s not a hunk but he’s just so, so amazing when it comes to football.&lt;br /&gt;
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Soccer i mean.&lt;br /&gt;
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Whatever. This game just got a confusing name. Ronaldinho’s not playing but Kaka is still there, so i still cheer for Brazil.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here are the current standings.&lt;br /&gt;
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Brazil leads Group G, although i also love to watch Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, which i think are among the best teams this World Cup. Love the Slovenians as well. Small country, powerful football.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-4332614516289931971?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/06/fifa-world-cup-fever-is-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TCLQ5GC9lbI/AAAAAAAAAc0/kyoqNAxmvN8/s72-c/2010-FIFA-world-Cup-logo_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-8250152240644474250</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T20:33:28.435-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair rebonding</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hair color</category><title>something new, something reddish</title><description>&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;it’s been a while now. and thank heavens, i am quite okay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;i wanted to do something new for myself so i went to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Annie’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; to have my hair colored. I chose the dark coppery brown shade which i guess would not be too obvious for my black hair. I don’t want go blonde all the way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;a little red-headed may just be alright.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;it turned out okay for me and i’m loving the new shade of my hair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;at least, i find it a little lighter to the eye than having that boring black hair (or was it brown?) which made my mood look a little heavy. next up would probably be rebonding, but i have yet to let my hair rest before getting another dose of chemicals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;until then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Segoe Print'; font-size: medium;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-8250152240644474250?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/06/something-new-something-reddish.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TCC8-5CcEhI/AAAAAAAAAcs/ycEK21PYxh8/s72-c/P6020032_thumb20.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-1372260996907591750</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-11T17:32:18.173-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">OB Gyne visit</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fertility Test</category><title>Finally, My First OB Visit</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Independence day. It was quite a long wait but i did not mind. somehow if you are determined to know why for all these years pregnancy eludes you, you will always wait. there's no place for the impatient at this time.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="rmin1051l" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="369" alt="rmin1051l" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNyYCvbUnsI/AAAAAAAAAy4/eMmPkLNQpSo/rmin1051l_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="369" border="0" /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;I was finally serviced at around 2 pm. the OB did a breast exam as well as the pap smear test on me. she charted my fertile period, asked a few questions and jotted down a few vitamins for me and ‘Dear Husband’ to maintain.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;She made me a request to do a blood test as well as a transvaginal ultrasound.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;she also made a request for DH to undergo sperm analysis. i was thinking of having DH to do the sperm count today but i remembered that the doc said contact should not be made 3 days before the semen analysis. you know what i mean.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;After a few minutes, i am done. 10 minutes of OB visit and i shed 1700 pesos for the laboratory and 500 pesos for the consultation fee. that was a pain in the… pocket. But i did not mind. I heard she’s one of the best OBs in the city.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I'd probably be back on Monday for the lab test and hopefully get positive results on my chances to get pregnant. I will not try to dig more into the details of all these fertility test. This probably needs another blog.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;Praying there's good news after all these tests.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-1372260996907591750?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/06/finally-my-first-ob-visit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/TNyYCvbUnsI/AAAAAAAAAy4/eMmPkLNQpSo/s72-c/rmin1051l_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-6081861768683510728</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-29T17:18:04.385-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feeling down and depressed</category><title>disappear like a bubble</title><description>&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/S-Nndw9TDCI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Lax9Gu7BgR8/s1600-h/Deep_by_mxronin%5B5%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Deep_by_mxronin" border="0" height="299" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/S-Nneva_kNI/AAAAAAAAAcg/CtA47ki1lbw/Deep_by_mxronin_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Deep_by_mxronin" width="447" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Here it comes again. I could remember the last time i felt the same way. i just wanted to disappear. be someone else. i was down.&lt;br /&gt;
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… and i just want to make everything i felt disappear. &lt;br /&gt;
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last time, i called a friend and told her to pack her things if she wants to go with me to some island. she said yes, and right after i put the phone down, i gathered my bags, left my phone on my dresser and off i went to see her.&lt;br /&gt;
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This time, i probably could not escape right away, but i will do everything to shake this feeling off. it may take sometime but i will try to get out of here before i get stuck. somehow, i’m glad&amp;nbsp; that i’d be meeting my good old friends this summer. they were excited for the reunion and for their long break off their respective jobs.&lt;br /&gt;
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i was excited to get out of here and find some place i can be someone else and be happy. even for just a while.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-6081861768683510728?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/05/disappear-like-bubble.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/S-Nneva_kNI/AAAAAAAAAcg/CtA47ki1lbw/s72-c/Deep_by_mxronin_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-6260212085448293137</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T20:36:16.548-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feeling down and depressed</category><title>When will this end?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/S-M5puqHYII/AAAAAAAAAcU/UnoQp1c-LkQ/s1600-h/Empty_by_lX_0%5B6%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Empty_by_lX_0" border="0" height="314" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/S-M5qjt8F6I/AAAAAAAAAcY/FNQlbk-yU4Q/Empty_by_lX_0_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Empty_by_lX_0" width="465" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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i am just simply down.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2750037565253258349-1951610705099059141?l=introvertwriter.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://introvertwriter.blogspot.com/2010/05/lost.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (geeten)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_BAGLqQcage0/S9y87A8aaYI/AAAAAAAAAb8/1-cHmsBmLfI/s72-c/lost_thumb%5B44%5D.png?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750037565253258349.post-5447320714541725992</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-23T20:37:06.824-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">everyday wonders</category><title>The View From My Office Window</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;Aside from the beach, i found something that will surely make my summer season extra nice – and that’s the view from my home office window.  &lt;br /&gt;
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lovely skies indeed. the mansion is atop the hill and overlooks our subdivision, and it is indeed a nice picture to lay your eyes on for a much needed rest.&lt;br /&gt;
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Why are there so many&lt;br /&gt;
Songs about rainbows&lt;br /&gt;
And what's on the other side&lt;br /&gt;
Rainbow's are visions&lt;br /&gt;
They're only illusions&lt;br /&gt;
And rainbows have nothing to hide&lt;br /&gt;
So we've been told and some chose to&lt;br /&gt;
Believe it&lt;br /&gt;
But I know they're wrong wait and see&lt;br /&gt;
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Someday we'll find it&lt;br /&gt;
The Rainbow Connection&lt;br /&gt;
The lovers, the dreamers and me&lt;br /&gt;
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Who said that every wish&lt;br /&gt;
Would be heard and answered&lt;br /&gt;
When wished on the morning star&lt;br /&gt;
Somebody thought of that&lt;br /&gt;
And someone believed it&lt;br /&gt;
And look what it's done so far&lt;br /&gt;
What's so amazing&lt;br /&gt;
That keeps us star gazing&lt;br /&gt;
What so we think we might see&lt;br /&gt;
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Someday we'll find it&lt;br /&gt;
That Rainbow Connection&lt;br /&gt;
The lovers the dreamers and me&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you been half asleep&lt;br /&gt;
And have you heard voices&lt;br /&gt;
I've heard them calling my name&lt;br /&gt;
Are these the sweet sounds that called&lt;br /&gt;
The young sailors&lt;br /&gt;
I think they're one and the same&lt;br /&gt;
I've heard it too many times to ignore it&lt;br /&gt;
There's something that I'm supposed to be&lt;br /&gt;
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Someday we'll find it&lt;br /&gt;
The Rainbow Connection&lt;br /&gt;
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