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Our homeschooling children, together with other home schoolers (from the same home school program) went to visit the elderly in a home care facility. The center is called Anawim Lay Mission Center in Rodriguez (Montalban), Rizal.

Prepping the children about what the activity is all about, I was not prepared to see the elderly there, most of them were abandoned. Some of them were found on the streets. Most had stories to tell and these are not happy stories.

They have no medical life insurance, no retirement benefits and some even have no relatives to speak of.

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Haiku Salad and Oyako Rolls

Haiku was one of the restaurans in TriNoma that we went to when we had the Bloggers Spot.ph Food Tour last year.

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Valentine’s Day is just a few days away.

Do people still celebrate this day of love? Sure they do.

We always say that love should be showed and celebrated everyday by doing so many things for those close to our hearts.Now this is even better.

I remember when I was younger when we would have mini-Valentine parties at school. No dances nor fancy food, we just play games like match the broken hearts and trivia questions prepared by the teacher. There were even those who give flowers to the ones they fancy or some gave promotional pens, cute note pads, chocolate lollipops and knick-knacks to the rest of us to show that we are appreciated.

Like Christmas, this special day seems to be the target of consumerism what with the influx of red and pink goods in the malls and commercial establishments. Throw in the discounted family and couple packages that hotels, restaurants and resorts offer and one is set to burn money to celebrate this day which happened to be a weekend.

By the way, here is a cute poem entitled “A Valentine for my Teacher“

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Exotic. Fast. Expensive. Rare. Collectibles.

These are just some of the words that best describe cars that are made in a limited number and can be rarely seen on the streets. One such car is the Ferrari, among others.

Moneyed people buy these mean machines. Racing enthusiasts do too as well as those who have the eye, the taste and the deep pockets for the prancing horse.

One would worry though where Ferrari parts can be bought especially to those living far from where the cars are being manufactured. All these are taken cared of, I guess, when one buys a model.

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One of the most saleable items with this generation of young people (and older folks too) are things that has to do with electronics

Music players, DVD players, electronic gaming gadgets, computers, laptops, GPS, PDAs and TVs are just a few of these things that are needed to be plugged in or need batteries that promise to make life easier and more fun,

What electronics gadgets do you have in your bag?

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One of the things that make street racing cars (legal or otherwise) better than stock cars is the fact that these use performance parts that will enhance the car’s performance. Of course, these cars are not like the Formula One racing cars that require minutiae details not just in its design but in its engineering process.

I still vividly remember those drag races we use to go to when that mall beside Manila Bay was still being built. Adrenalin pumping to say the least. Just to hear the cars rev is enough to make one look on and watch.

For now, these street racers like that participants in Bullrun with which we await the second season should be thankful that these kinds of technologies are available to them.

For those who race in the middle of the night along a major road near where we live, I hope you know what you are doing.

On to the races, fellas! 😉

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