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I inhaled

Posted by Bambit
April 16, 2008

Even as I had led a woollier than most teen-aged life I have (contrary to popular belief) never been in any drug rehabs. I confess to sneaking an Ativan 2 pill from my mom’s stash and drinking it one morning after one of my (maybe) imagined depressions, and I also pilfered the contents of a [...]

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Terror of the High Schools

Posted by Bambit
March 14, 2008

The teachers I remember most are, invariably, my English and Literature teachers. I remember Ms. Amelita Ros from my single year at the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion on Gorordo Street in Cebu. No one was ever sleepy in her class, whether it be discussing gerunds or Gerontion.
After that I had Mrs. Rebecca Montaño [...]

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The sun sets on the Nayong Pilipino

Posted by Bambit
February 11, 2008

I was in fourth grade when I first visited the Nayong Pilipino. I lived with my aunt in Quezon City and went to school at the Mater Carmeli School on D. Tuazon, so the Nayong Pilipino seemed to be a far-away place, several hours trip on the big school bus. Our itinerary was the Planetarium [...]

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Unrivalled

Posted by Bambit
February 2, 2008

Sans Rival at Almon Marina
My grandmother used to make sans rival, we’d have them for dessert on Christmas day, after feasting on chicken relleno and embutido con sinsal. The sad thing is my uncultured child’s tastebuds really didn’t care much for sans rival back then, preferring Hershey’s chocolate Kisses any day to the desserts that [...]

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Places in my past (Part 1)

Posted by Bambit
January 28, 2008

Kowloon House, West Ave., Quezon City
Q.C. was where I spent my grade school years and there are numerous places that I remember from my past that I now have no idea if they still exist.
Special occasions meant special places to eat. One of them was the Kowloon House over at West Ave. I had [...]

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Into a Time Warp

Posted by Bambit
October 24, 2005

Unang araw ng 5 days unpaid leave ko ngayon. Ginamit namin ni Sam ang panahong ito para kunin ang inaamag kong NBI Clearance sa Carriedo. Nuong 18 August ko pa dapat kinuha ito pagkatapos ng tatlong araw na waiting period sa pagpapalit ng apelyido, pero naging sobrang busy na sa trabaho kaya panay pagpapaliban ang [...]