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These little town blues, are melting away Im gonna make a brand new start of it – in old new york And if I can make it there, Im gonna make it anywhere It up to you – new york new york There is no truth to the rumor that Lauren is now a homeless person begging and living in the streets of Manhattan. There is also no truth to the rumor that she is selling her UkayManila.com wares to earn her keep. Most of all, there is no truth to the rumor that she flew all the way to New York in search of branded ukay-ukay selections for her Ukay Ukay Store I am just kidding of course, but I felt…

What better way to show off the Pink theme for Photo Hunt than a girl’s 18th Birthday celebration? Okay fine, my daughter’s 18th birthday debut celebration was over 5 years ago and she’ll never know I posted this (yes she might get a bit peeved) because she is in New York right now for a three week vacation. She wrote about her Fairy Tale debut party in her old blog. Much as my daughter dislikes the pink color, I (the stage mother) ended up using it as the main debut’s color theme. Even her tulips were almost pink. I did use multiple shades of pink and light purple and…

When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you’re still working, think and act a bit as if you were already retired. ~Author Unknown (Photo Credit) “If I can provide a good future for my children they will look after me during my old age.” This has been referred by some as “Filipino retirement planning”. Truth is, I have never heard of this practice. My daddy old boy, bless his soul, never gave that impression to us, 7 siblings. Even at his semi-retirement at 55 years old till his death at 73, he supported himself and still left enough…

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland Lisa Marie Presley is obviously in grief. She is devastated. In her heart-wrenching blog entry, He Knew, Lisa is gutted and feels like she could have done more for her ex-husband, Michael Jackson. 14 years later I am sitting here watching on the news an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home, the big gates, the crowds outside the gates, the coverage, the crowds outside the hospital, the Cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me, as did…

Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye? ~Author Unknown The Michael Jackson I knew, loved and grew with during my teen years in the seventies Screaming headlines are plastered all over. Michael Jackson, pop music legend, dead at 50. Michael Jackson, an icon of my generation. How we often played the music of the Jackson 5 during high school parties in the Martial Law years. I had all his records from Got To Be There, Ben, Music and Me, Forever Michael and even played some songs in the Yamaha organ or piano. I am one of his fans. The Michael Jackson in the seventies.