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The photo here in my blog appears at the yahoo time capsule with the link below: http://timecapsule.yahoo.com/capsule.php?i=21640&t=faith&l=en The entry was made to the category of faith withe the following text: Every monring writing my journal is an expression of faith, a spiritual exercise to outpoor to the universe my thoughts and feelings. In return I am opening myself to cosmic wisdom. Live Life! Love Life! Om Shanti! At least now, I have reason to enter new entry here after months of non-blogging.

My good friend Jane Austria and Bruce Young had left the country for Florida, USA. Jane will study masteral for the next two years, surely am going to miss her, but better that way so I won't expect and get frustrated not meeting her here in the country (hehehehe!). Many friends came to bade farewell to the couple. Plenty of chit-chiryas were brought including a jug of lambanog which was dried few minutes it was served on the table with the chi-charon. It was not very long the Iska got tipsy obviously red in her brown skin and drag me to discuss polyamory, hahahah! We all related fond memories of jane (sorry bruce we don't know you that much), it was a celebration of tearful-laughters and said our good wishes to the couple. To Jane and Bruce, tell we meet again. To Jane bring that Diploma for us to celebrate again. Thanks to all who brought pika-pika and to Miok for the nice painting. (Finally a new entry to my long lost un-updated blog... ugh.)

So here is my take to this cultural blog exchange. This is cute, actually, and I like it. So what do I foresee in this - an opportunity to promote our local Philippine products that don't normally get's noticed to the international market. Perhaps blogger could really tell the world that they make a difference and I hope this will make difference - this cultural exchange through blogs. So what I am up to - I can exchange products from the versatile coconut, famously and alternatively known as the tree of life; with either, a virgin coconut oil or coco vodka. Just check around the healtful benefits of virgin coconut oil, some would even claim that it can be used to cure AIDS, that is yet to be widely proven, but I was told by a balding friend that he's growing his denuded head-forest cover with the coco oil. There are lots of other health and beauty benefits of the oil - check and google the web. As for the coco vodka locally known as lambanog - well there's an art of dr...

What's it all about? Welcome to Gimme Your Stuff, the cultural exchange blog where you can swap items of significance to your area with items from others around the world. A conduit for many an international cuisine to change hands. A place where you can trade a newspaper from South Africa, or a CD from Finland. A place where we take no responsibility for anything anyone else does. A place where we are Changing the world with other people’s stuff. The Rules You can post, search, and meet here, you discuss and organise somewhere else, and we take ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILTY for broken agreements, international postage violations loss of privacy or anything else that may go on. We will not follow up any undelivered goods. Please check both countries' postage/quarantine laws before posting foods. ...just covering our arses.

I missed the CO Multiversity R and R in Bataan, ughhh… anyway I will have my time in the beach, some time? I made a visit to my folks in Ilocos and had a great time with my ’kins (8 nieces and nephews, I have 10 of them but Ryla was in Nueva Vizcaya, and Krishna was just days old). I had a tea party and story telling with them and took photos and video of their rowdiness and contagious playfulness. After three days I came back to Manila to do my work with the STOP CHACHA . I agreed to work with Dinky until July 2006, while waiting for my assignment to get finalized with CO Multiversity. I helped facilitate the travel of CO Multiversity contingents to the Gwangju International Peace Camp held last 15-19 May 2005. Haji Quiranto and Beth Gallardo made a presentation with Ayyi as an observer. Beth brought with her the Gwangju News magazine and the article I contributed was the cover since it has to do with May 18, an important date in Gwangju City, being the date of the Gwangju Democratic ...

Dailymotion blogged video Farewell Dinner Video Video sent by peterahon this video was taken by Rohgan's son named Nohgan. Rohgan gave us a farewell dinner at a Folk Village resto in Gwangju City. We introduced 518 new intern Nazik to his family.

I met Rohgan and his family at the Tourist Information Center of Gwangju’s Downtown for their farewell dinner to us, Mus, Agnes and me. Mus got an emergency call from a fellow countryman who has a labor problem so he did not join us for dinner. Nazik our new intern was introduced to the family and liked so much the sweet and well behaved children of Rohgan – Suyon and Nohgan. Joyce came last night from Suwon to say goodbye to us interns. She gave suggestions for our planned trip to Gyeongju. As always playing her role as our tour guide, she dutifully toured us before around in Seoul and introduced us to her officemates and stayed for overnight at their Suwon office. Also, she helped Agnes plan out for her trip to Seoul before she goes back to Indonesia. Joyce slept over our place and we had brunch together. She was also at the Tourist Information Center with Mus whom she accompanied to buy some stuff downtown. So I hugged my teary eyed friend Joyce goodbye and prod her to come again t...