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I plan to do general cleaning of the house this summer and discard things that haven’t been used for the longest time: clothes, toys, books, old magazines and even old chunky computers that hubby seems to have been attached to.

I want to discard the eldest daughter’s old notebooks too but hubby won’t hear of it. So there, I need a lot of containers for these things, like printed boxes, plastic containers (the ones with small wheels) and more clear plastic to put some of the clothes in.

I hope to muster enough willpower to start these Herculean tasks rather than fight annoying zombies wanting to eat my brains 😀

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Red Mango Frozen Yogurt, TriNoma

I was reading about life insurance quotes last night that it slipped my mind to do Food Friday. So I’m doing this today, first thing after I wake up.

Red Mango Frozen Yogurt at TriNoma. Frozen Yogurt is an alternative way to beat the summer heat. This is better than ice cream because it is healthier and contains live bacteria that is good for the body.

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Years ago, I told myself that I will take note of doors and take photos too.

I just found out that I haven’t done a lot of picture taking of doors, door handles, door hardware, any door fixtures or anything related to real doors.

Why should this even be significant for me?

Doors are symbolic. These can mean “opening up” or self-discovery, or missed opportunities, maybe a welcoming door, or a closing one.

Doors may mean coming inside the confines of a place someone else holds dear. Or going out of this door.

Whatever these doors symbolize is a personal issue.

Helen Keller said:

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

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In the USA: The House passed on Sunday the Senate’s health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences between the Senate bill and the one it passed last year. Click here to read more.

Why am I interested in this topic when I am half a world away?

A few weeks from today, this country will be having its 2010 Philippine national election. Everyone’s talking about “change“, “reform“, being intelligent voters, computerization of manual voting and counting system as well as voting for the right person who represents the values you hold dear.

We have to admit though, election/campaign time is one of the times we hear what we want to hear, we are promised what we think we deserve and yes, we live in a dreamland, thinking of promised land beyond the campaign period.

Improved health care is one of the more obvious choice of promises being made to be delivered after being  elected.

One of my criteria in choosing the candidate I will vote for would be the one who will prioritize population control.

I hope these priorities will become a reality and not just promises sworn on thin air.

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