Monthly Archives: June 2005

Good Morning, Pilipinas!

By deebeedee | Published: June 20, 2005

You know you’re in the Philippines when you wake up to the shrill crows of roosters, the rumble of tricycles passing by, and the sound of someone sweeping with a walis ting-ting.

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Lost in Transition

By deebeedee | Published: June 18, 2005

I’m here at Narita Airport, quickly posting this entry before the fam and I board our connecting flight to Manila. We are embarking on a one month trip to the Philippines. I’ve been away for 22 years. Don’t know what to expect. It’s all about logistics right now. It’ll hit me, I’m sure, like the [...]

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Positively No Filipinos Allowed

By deebeedee | Published: June 13, 2005

My good friend Ric e-mailed me last week to let me know that the book that he, his brother Ed, and our other friend Tony were working on for a very long time is finally hitting the press this fall. The book, Positively No Filipinos Allowed, contains original essays that “examine the ways in which [...]

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Elmo on Wheels

By deebeedee | Published: June 13, 2005

I was walking back and forth in front of the TV (as it is in between the home office and the kitchen) while my two-year old son was watching Sesame Street, when something on the screen caught my eye. I turned to the TV and lo and behold, I see Elmo, in a full-body shot, [...]

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How is it Between Us?

By deebeedee | Published: June 7, 2005

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed,
The wrong side of the room,
The wrong side of the world.
Can’t put my finger on the mood.
It’s not melancholy, anger or the blues.
I love my (wife), my house, my job.
Couldn’t be any better, and really what else is there?
Then I realize I’m forgetting God,
and that’s the root [...]

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