All Jayme
2007 August

I took this picture when we went to Sumilon Island in Cebu two years ago.
I woke up early to catch the sunrise and got entranced by the beauty of the beach.The feeling of the cold breeze on my face and the sound of waves gently touching the shore gave me a sense of peace.
I [...]

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I love holidays that fall on rainy Mondays.
I get to spend the whole day with you curling up in bed, singing songs, laughing hard and playing “fly-fly.”
I love it more because today lets me make up for the past weekend that I’ve been out of the house because of work.
It still amazes me [...]

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For the longest time, we were on a quest to find Jamaine’s funny bone. We tried to tickle her several times before but she just wouldn’t budge.
But last night, we finally succeeded.
Kernan launched a massive tickle attack on Jamaine’s sides and tummy.
And so the gigglefest began.

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Kernan and I finally got to see Velvet Mood play last night at Sulo Hotel. That’s one more thing crossed off our wedding to-do list. Yay!
Only the trio played, but they were pretty good. Alfred, the violinist, even gave us a free CD of their instrumentals. We only had time to listen to about two [...]

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One of the dialogues that stuck with me from the movie Love Actually is the one between Jamie (Colin Firth) and Aurelia (Lucia Moniz) that went something like:
“It’s my favorite time of day…. driving you.” Aurelia answers: “It’s the saddest part of my day…. leaving you.”
My favorite time of day has always been waking up [...]

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This is my very first blogging award. Yay!
Thanks to Ms. Christy who gave me this award. This is such a great treat considering that my blog is just a few days old.
According to her Writer’s Review blog, the Creative Blogger Award is given:
For those who bring unique and creative elements to their blogs. [...]

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This is a long overdue promise to Joel of Ceskypooh and I thought it would be better if I answer this meme on my new blog just to give some background about me.
This meme was started by Ms. Christy of Christyâ??s Coffee Break. The best thing about this is you don’t need to be tagged [...]

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After much reflection and months of indecision, I finally built my new online home.
Moving here from Blogger was difficult because my old blog chronicled more than two years of my life. Some of it I would consider the most important turning points. Leaving my old blog felt like leaving all of that history behind me [...]

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