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My First Blog Birthday
Posted by: mamie ami on: February 17, 2008
It was my first blog birthday yesterday and I almost forgot all about it. It was a good thing I never forgot any of my children’s first birthdays. In fact, I am the kind of mom who plans months ahead of their first (and second, and third and so on and so forth birthdays).
The Making of U.P. & Me
Posted by: mamie ami on: January 30, 2008
I am writing a blog as an entry to the “100 Kwentong Peyups” in celebration of the University of the Philippines’ 100th year. It’s turning out into an autobiographical sketch and it might take a hundred years to finish. Whose story wouldn’t when one is lucky to have a new life at UP? So for [...]
Pap Smear and A Mom’s Health
Posted by: mamie ami on: January 29, 2008
Mommies are so protective of their families especially their children that the slightest change in their health or mood ring the worry bell. Don’t we panic at the sound of cough or the slightest bump on their heads regardless of their age? When they complain of feeling an ache here and a discomfort there, don’t [...]
My New Header Photo
Posted by: mamie ami on: December 14, 2007
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I took this new header photo when we visited a Community-Based Forest Management area in Nueva Ecija. Here is the full picture. More photos are in my Free Coupons blog
Musings of a Frat Mom
Posted by: mamie ami on: September 4, 2007
“S#@!”, I exclaimed when I first read in the papers that another graduating student was dead because of alleged hazing rites in UP. I would find out later that he was not only graduating in October. He was also a student leader and a hope for a better future for his family who lives [...]
Howa’s Bayongs
Posted by: mamie ami on: August 22, 2007
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado’s blog about I’m Not Plastic venture inspired me to showcase my mama Susan’s bayongs. See my picasaweb slideshow.
The Story Behind Howa’s Bayongs
My mom, called Howa (baby talk for Lola) by her grandchildren, 3 out of 4 of them mine, is a very creative and resourceful lady. She was into recycling stuff way before [...]
Down Came the Rain… and the Nasal Mucus Too
Posted by: mamie ami on: August 15, 2007
After much cloud-seeding and artificial rains, the natural ones arrived and soaked our province. Three typhoons came and went in a span of two weeks. The good news are, there is enough irrigation for the new rice paddies and the typhoons didn’t carry signal number 4.
Now, the bad news…
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