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Our Weekend Memoirs: Getaway, Koh Chang Please scroll down for Sunday Stealing My lair's got 24-hour security. Besides, it's a burglar's disappointment so without the slightest scruple, I shouted out on FB, "aweright, aweright paradise here we come!" A city girl revels in her weekend luck: mountains behind, ocean in front. More at Our Weekend Memoirs ******************************* Sunday Stealing: The "I've Been Tagged" Meme Today we ripped this meme of a blogger known as Kara at The Ramblings of a Marine Wife. We actually found the meme from Shius from the blog Addicted 2 Shius. Since this is a meme that has been going around for a while where you answer questions, and then add questions, we decided to use three sets. Kara explained that she was tagged by Life with the Lebedas. But it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday

It's Friday and time for a look-back: 1. Paying attention to my nook on its wakey mode. Monday I arrived at work an hour early. Brown birds were chattering precociously on the still-empty parking lot. The gardener's dog was munching a rubber slipper behind the gate. The place smelt like it had never known pollution of any kind. I liked what I witnessed. 2. Multi-lingual multi-tasking : - ears listening to an earphone song, nakalimutan mo na bang tumawa? (have you forgotten to laugh?) - fingers composing a text message, nikaon na si CJ? (has CJ eaten yet?) - eyes scanning a PR paper, "... government to mobilize resources for defense and military establishments" - mouth clarifying instructions, mai ao tini; song akhan sippeht (I don't want it here. Send it to Bldg. 18) *Three languages, one dialect lasting less than 3 minutes. I thought it was fun. 3. Apple pie with warm custard sauce; beef cheese tacos garnished with tomatoes and cilantro eaten over good conv

Relying almost entirely on milk and unless starving, CJ doesn't eat. So when I witness moments like this, I feel relieved. His recent snack choice is kechup or soy sauce. To make him eat something healthy I try these strategies simultaneously: coax, beg, threaten, set an example by eating the food myself or bribe. "I'll let you play all you want with Winnie the Pooh, Lion King and Mickey Mouse if you eat," goes the motivating factor behind this episode. Ibbity-Bobbity Boo! a little mouth opens wide. For a picky eater, this bite looks big enough to last him til the next snack time. Snacks going on at the Mommy Journey .

Musical Monday: I hate myself for loving you Scroll down for Monday Mayhem Here's one of Joan Jett's popular recordings. Its "hard-edged, hard beat-driven rhythm" gets me moving today. Amanda at Bloggin with Amanda hosts Musical Monday; and Denise at Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop. ********************************* Monday Mayhem: The 5 on 5 Meme Scroll up for Musical Monday 1. What are 5 things that you hope to accomplish this week? - make sure e-exams are ready to go live by Monday next week - finish those evaluation sheets - read enough literature to put together a research inquiry - email Dr T - test my sanity by hanging up a poster of a shapeshifter 2. Name 5 reasons to sleep in - internet addiction - catching up on films - online chatting with acquaintances I haven't heard from in decades - pleasure reading - insomnia 3. Name 5 of the 'interesting' things you've heard lately - someone's been balmy and another one's been petulan

Our Weekend Memoirs: Marang Scroll down a bit for Sunday Stealing My former Education boss passes away. A couple of meters from the little church where her funeral was held, a wee stand of marangs beckons the wanderer in me. Only in da Pilipins . Pinoys often say or hear that phrase. I'm not sure where else does this fruit exist. The cortege inches out of the church yard. I whisper, "bye, Ma'am Arcon" and negotiate (read: haggle) the price of one of these marangs. More at Our Weekend Memoirs . ***************** Sunday Stealing: The Threesome Meme Scroll up a bit for Our Weekend Memoirs Welcome back to Sunday Stealing. Sunday Stealing originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also hav

Less than 24 hours after sharing last week's highlights, my next set of faves was guaranteed. And weekend wasn't even over yet. I don't know what I did to deserve it but I'm thankful - 1. Church . I went. Really. A friend suggested it and I made a snap decision to go. Something became clear to me again: the reason I insist on having a day off work in a week is to calm down from it all. No matter how seldom, it's good to recharge spiritual batteries. 2. Hearty lunch at an elegant Thai restaurant with an international menu. We had lasagna, avocado salad with cantaloupe in oil and vinegar dressing, banoffee cheesecake, etc. The bonus? Stairs up for grabs: cost effective for calorie-burning. 3. Dasa is a second-hand book store with a coffee shop on its second floor. There were several titles I liked. It's gonna be a new haunt certainly. 4. Peterson Gallery . Priced from $2,000 to $163,000 - pianos galore! Once in awhile I wander into places like this. And I fancy a

Monday Mayhem: Mayhem Returns Please scroll down for Musical Monday 1. What have you been doing on Mondays since we've been on a break? I just left my Mondays vacant 2. What is the best way to get people to play this fun meme? keep it short and sweet 3. Tell us about the kind of weather you are having today? sunny and warm 4. What is one thing that you would like to share with the rest of us about 9/11? This world is up to something. 9/11 was just a prologue. 5. Tell us something that you are predicting will happen this week? Stock markets will rise and fall... hah... seriously, here in my nook I'll be eating Statistics for breakfast starting tomorrow :( 6. What happens to rabbits when they grow old? they retire 7. What is your opinion about latest craze of Divorce Insurance? Would you buy some? If we had that sort of stuff here, I'd read it first before anything else. Harriet hosts Monday Mayhem . ********************* Musical Monday: What's Up? Please scroll up for M