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Displaying 5 post(s) tagged as "writing"

Dec

15

2010

What would have been my acceptance speech

Tags: events, writing

I had my next post half-written before I left for Davao last Saturday, but I was bogged down with so much last minute work that I could only scribble in my Palm between tapings (more on that in future...
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Dec

5

2010

My fashyown planner: 2011 Vogue by teNeues

Tags: art, writing

One of my guilty pleasures is looking at beautiful, blank books and pads with gorgeous paper. Fully Booked has a wonderful collection--the design, the texture of the paper, the sound they make when fl...
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Aug

6

2010

My Nominees for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs

Tags: writing

Every year, Janette Toral of Digital Filipino holds this writing project called Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs. I've wanted to do my list since June, but I didn't have any idea how hard it was to...
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Jul

15

2010

The fashion girls of POC.net

Tags: people, philippine online chronicles, writing

So I've been writing for The Philippine Online Chronicles' Beauty and Fashion channel since February this year. But apart from Liz whom I met during an Ipanema event and bumped into Greenbelt 3 once, ...
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Mar

20

2010

Rockin The POC.net’s Beauty and Fashion Channel

Tags: fashion, make up, the philippine online chronicles, writing

Now that I have time off from work, with the film shooting ending last Friday, I sit back and relax and get to know my fellow writers' blogs. That's right, one of the things that kept me uber busy thi...
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