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I can’t believe how much stuff we have accumulated as a family in over just a year’s time. With a growing family such as ours, I think it is inevitable that things just can’t just seem to stop from pouring in, especially with a young baby in tow. We really need to seriously consider purchasing some garage storage to get our belongings organized. Otherwise, it’s going to be mayhem at our place.

Things are starting to look up at home now. I think Erin is starting to sleep well once again at night time. I suppose it helped that we brought her to the mall twice this weekend. But I'm not getting my hopes up just yet. :P

I also think things are more manageable of late because I was able to pick up David Sedaris' Dress Your Family in Curdoroy and Denim yesterday after six long months. Can you imagine six months?! Anyway, good thing it was the anecdotal type so I did not have to read from the start.

This has somehow sparked my former obsession once again of hoarding books! These past two weekends, I've already bought two books from Beakys. Currently, I am watching a few more on eBay. Oh dear, I think I know now where all those paid-post earnings will go to. Haha! :P

I know that Thalia has millions of Filipino fans, so I just wanted to notify you all of the great news that while we're all watching the reincarnation of Marimar on Philippine TV, 35-year-old Thalia has her own rebirth coming in the form of her first baby which she'll be giving birth to very soon. The father is of course her husband, Sony Music exec Tommy Mottola.


Thalía had a virtual baby shower yesterday with her fans, but the gifts weren’t for the daughter she’s expecting. The Mexican singer instead asked the online attendants to donate to a noble cause.

As a spokesperson for the March of Dimes foundation, organization whose mission is to prevent birth defects, preterm labor and infant mortality, she requested that all of her admirers donate to this honorable cause. “Nine months of a healthy pregnancy is the best gift you can give your future baby. In giving to the March of Dimes, my fans can help support vital research and programs to help babies and their families,” the artist expressed.

Thalia joined the organization in 2005 with the hopes of educating women about how to maintain a healthy pregnancy and avoid premature births. As part of the campaign I Want My 9 Months, the vocalist encourages women to take action pre-pregnancy by speaking to a doctor about the risks of preterm labor.

The March of Dimes foundation will use donations collected at the virtual baby shower to fund education programs, research, community service and advocacy.

You can make your donations here.

Marian Rivera, the 23-year-old star of GMA7's hit TV series Marimar graces the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine for the month of October 2007.

Pick up your copy today at your local magazine stand or National Bookstores nationwide!

A picture says a million words.

Most Filipinos have the false belief that Spanish mestizos are supposed to look ... well, Spanish, light skin, brown hair, aquiline noses, there's a stereotype that a Spanish mestizo is supposed to look like Enrique Iglesias or Pilita Corrales and be extremely rich, but a look at historic pictures of real Spanish mestizos show really how much of a false belief that is, because Spanish mestizos look like "normal" Filipinos. Spanish mestizos are normal Filipinos, although that's something that most Filipinos don't even realize because of an "us" and "them" mentality. Many Filipinos are mestizos, but they don't even realize it. You're a Filipino mestizo, and you don't even realize it.

Many Filipinos are mestizos and have Spanish blood, most times even without realizing that they're mestizo because the thing is that some Filipinos have more European blood than others, and often, only those Filipinos are referred to as mestizos, although in traditional Spanish speaking society, they would be referred to as castizos or criollos, while those with less European blood, although are mestizos, are never perceived as mestizos by Filipinos because of that social perception that equates being mestizo with having strong European looks, which is never always the case as most mestizos, just by looking at historic pictures of the first mestizos in the Philippines, real mestizos look like today's normal Filipino, meaning that many Filipinos are mestizos without even realizing it because of the social perception, and also because of the historical stigma associated with having Spanish blood out of marriage (las queridas), which happened a lot in Spanish colonies, and also in the Philippines, which would've urged many Filipinos to hide their Spanish ancestry in the past to avoid the social stigma of being la querida (mistress) or hijos de la querida (children of the mistress). It's usually only the officially recognized marriages between Spanish and Malay women that are officially recognized as mestizos, because the difference is, the official marriages had the wedding documents historically to prove it, the out of wedlock mestizos born from queridas didn't, although the Spanish blood in their future children and grandchildren are just as valid and real in those Filipinos, even though those future generations wouldn't even know about their Spanish ancestry if they're not informed about it even when it's very prominent in their facial features, or wouldn't believe their grandparents when they tell them about their Spanish great great-grandfather, which to young Filipino kids who look in the mirror and see that their brown faces don't match the PERCEIVED facial type of a Spanish mestizo, they believe what they're being told is a myth. But of course it's not.

Basically the point is, the people who should be most educated about all of the aspects of a culture is the people who come from that culture themselves, but in many Filipinos, unfortunately, that's not always the case. So especially if your kids are growing up outside of the Philippines, educate them about their Filipino culture and involve them in Filipino activities so they feel pride in their own culture, and in themselves, so that they're secure and confident in their beings when they present themselves to the world's society.

The way Philippine history is portrayed in our history books is in desperate need of clarification and renovation to fix the errors and holes in many areas, because it affects everything.

Discovering Philippines: Center for Historic Studies of Public Works and Town Planning Exhibition in Madrid, Spain

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Greetings from Tallahassee! Life's still upside down and sideways and I still haven't landed so I am hardly in front of a computer. When things return to normal, I will be back to my old demi-cybergeek self. Blogging up a storm about my new life...

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Injections of botox in San Diego are becoming famous these days. I tried doing a Google search for that phrase and 189,000 results were returned. I have heard of "botox" a lot of times before. It was even used in one of the cartoon shows that I saw (I forgot what it was) where it was called BatOx.

What is Botox?

A neurotoxin which, when used in very low doses, relaxes or temporarily paralyzes the contractive muscles which cause frown lines. Treatment is non-surgical in the form of injections which smooth deep persistent lines between brows or in the forehead. Botox paralyzes facial muscles, while Puragen fills in the space beneath wrinkles. Each acts in a different way, but may be used to complement each other.

Basically, based on how I understand it, botox eliminates unwated wrinkles for aging people. Is is safe for the patient's health? That, I'm not sure.

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It's got to be one of the most embarassing, if not excruciating experiences you could ever remember. That is, the moment when you ordered strange foods from a foreign restaurant only to find out that you are not used to eating raw, odd-tasting and very much Fear-Factor-like delicacies. (Sorry, pictures are not available to preserve everyone's sanity) And last week this happened to me as some of