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Oh yes! What a year 2011 was indeed! In 2010, I started to step an inch away from my comfort zone, and I honestly didn’t think that 2011 would get me even farther from it. For starters, I was able to stand in front of people, yay! Bloggers, even. In April, I delivered a talk [...]
Tags: 2011, 2012, book launching, Dreams do come true, Event Center, Events, family, flying, great year, iBlog7, looking back, looking forward, Museo Ning Angeles, reflection, Roy, SM Clark, speaker, The Struggling Blogger, wings, writer's block
And thank God I managed to pull through! I am referring to our Christmas party – a party with four attendees including me as the emcee. It was our traditional family Christmas party which my three kids and I hold every Christmas Eve. We are now on our third year of doing this family tradition. [...]
Tags: Christmas eve, Christmas Party, Dela Cruz Family, family, family christmas party, games, Noche Buena, parlor games, Pinoy Henyo, tradition
Last Saturday night, my kids and I had a brief meeting after dinner for our annual family Christmas party. Yes, just in case it’s your first time here, even if there are only four of us, we regularly have our Christmas party every year. This traditional family Christmas party is held every Christmas Eve, and [...]
Tags: celebration, Christmas, Christmas eve, culture, family christmas party, Filipino family, games, intermission, kris kringle, Noche Buena, parlor games, tradition, yuletide season
Feeling under the weather for a couple of days, I was literally dragging my feet just to move on. Searching deep within for something to lift me up, but my search produces nil result… so the dragging continued. I was not really expecting that the “lift-upper” could come from an unlikely place… from someone I [...]
Tags: Dreams do come true, feel-good, guest speaker, inspiration, inspire, motivation, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, UN Day parade, writer, writing
Honestly, I think my life is just as ordinary as any Juan dela Cruz out there. There is nothing extra-ordinary in it. True, I have struggles. I’ve won some, lost most of them, and there are many times I can’t even make heads or tails. But that’s just how it is — life. And all [...]
Tags: blog, Channel 5, drama, Gelli, Letters To Mama, My life, Real Confession, Roy, television, TV 5, TV show, TV5, Wendell
Sharing another story I received from my email… though it seems to be humorous, it’s actually something worth thinking about Who is smarter? A scientist and an artist were traveling in the same compartment on a train. They had never met before, so naturally there wasn’t much conversation between the two. The artist was minding [...]
Tags: contest, email posts, humor, intellect, smart
These days, everything can be bought online. From gadgets, books, services and even theater and concert tickets. Yes, right at the comfort of your own home, lest the traffic and hassles of falling in line. You can scout for your favorite show to watch. I have heard about Book of Mormons, and although I have [...]
Like most bloggers, I started on free hosted blogs. It was fine really, blogging on under free hosting, but there is always that longing to see your name, or a special word with a dot com extension. That is why I also aimed to have my own hosted blog. But looking for a web hosting [...]
It was far from perfect, I know. But my first talk just went fine, nonetheless. I goofed up on a few lines, but I do hope I was able to inspire young people to write. It was my first, though I offer no excuses. It was a golden opportunity to make a difference… I just [...]
Tags: Combined Hearts High School Edition, guest speaker, poem, reflection, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, speech, Winners, writer, writing
In less than a week, I will be having my first talk as a writer. Yup, you read that right… I will be talking in front of many people, in a public place, about writing. The date: August 26, 2011 The time: 6:00 p.m. The place: SM City, Clark The event: Awarding of winners of [...]
Tags: Angeles City, guest speaker, Light Crystal Publishing, Roy dela Cruz, short story writing contest, SM Clark, The Struggling Blogger, writing
