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		<title>What a year 2011 was!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our 2011 Family Christmas Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I could use a &#8220;feel-good&#8221; moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;lift-upper&#8221; could come from an unlikely place… from someone I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Life is Nothing Out of The Ordinary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ve won some, lost most of them, and there are many times I can&#8217;t even make heads or tails. But that&#8217;s just how it is — life. And all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams do come true: My first talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first talk as a writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, I still get to be online but&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I still get to be online from time to time. Although not as frequent as I used to do, and not as long. Thanks to Internet café’s, I find means to go online, albeit with a limited time. With a limited time, however, there are lots of changes in my internet behavior. The most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This could be my last post&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thestrugglingblogger.com/2011/07/this-could-be-my-last-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least for quite a while&#8230; or before I get enough funds to pay for my internet connection bills. Of course, I could also do it on internet cafe&#8217;s, but I am really wary about that. It&#8217;s not safe to access accounts on i-cafe&#8217;s. I do not even like opening my facebook on those places. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The high cost of commercialized education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the high cost of tuition fees are not enough, in which our government can’t, or won&#8217;t, do anything about, private colleges and universities still has to cunningly find some ways to milk parents and make education even more commercialized. Being a parent who sends kids to school, this commercialized education is really hurting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s next for The Struggling Blogger?</title>
		<link>http://thestrugglingblogger.com/2011/06/whats-next-for-the-struggling-blogger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what I was afraid of – to accomplish what I wish to accomplish… and then, become bored. I was able to conquer my stage fright and talked about writer’s block in iBlog7, I was finally able to publish my poetry book, and I even had a grand book launching to boot. Now, I’m [...]]]></description>
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