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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>Getting Ready for our Annual Family Christmas Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday night, my kids and I had a brief meeting after dinner for our annual family Christmas party. Yes, just in case it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I could use a &#8220;feel-good&#8221; moment</title>
		<link>http://thestrugglingblogger.com/2011/10/i-could-use-a-feel-good-moment/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://thestrugglingblogger.com/2011/08/dreams-do-come-true-my-first-talk/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://thestrugglingblogger.com/2011/08/my-first-talk-as-a-writer/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://thestrugglingblogger.com/2011/07/the-high-cost-of-commercialized-education/</link>
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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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