I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
Read moreI am watching right now an episode on the Travel Channel entitled “Dining with Death: Plants and Nuts.” It features poisonous plants and nuts being consumed in countries like Japan, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. The part about the Philippines was shot in Batangas where the deadly hyacinth bean…
Read moreHave you ever thought how many web domains there are in the world? According to the recent report from VeriSign, the third quarter of 2010 closed with a base of more than 201.8 million domain name registrations! The largest Top Level Domains (TLDs) in terms of base size are, in…
Read moreThe year 2010 was not happy all the time. But that should not be the reason not to hope for happiness in 2011. I would like to borrow the words of Edith Lovejoy Pierce, “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on…
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The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville Illinois annually holds a month-long or so event called “Way of Lights.” It is when the Shrine sparkles with Christmas display that focuses on the birth of Christ. It claims that it uses over one million lights! Here are few…
Read moreSomeone posted a threat on my blog, which I consider very serious. Based on the IP address, it came from the Philippines. I am now contacting friends and other authorities to trace the IP location for proper action. This may be a joke to whoever posted this, but not to…
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A winter weather advisory is in effect until 6 pm today. I looked outside from the terrace and heavy snow is falling. According to the forecast, 5 to 7 inches of snow will be likely from around Brookings area. There is no wind gust. Based on previous experiences, taking the…
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The doctors said there was no hope for recovery because of too many complications. For three days in the ICU, daddy was fighting for his life under all the hoses connected to him. Manoy Wingwing, my older brother who watched him all day and night, had witnessed how daddy suffered in a very dire condition.
Read moreThe first time I answered the question “How addicted to blogging are you?”, I ended up getting a high score of 87%. That was three years ago and I was only a year-old blogger. Recently, I answered the same question and to my surprise, the score was even much higher….
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