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Teenage Sex is A Reality

April 16, 2008

One of my observations when I started working as a pharmacist here in Canada is the fact that parents are very open about teenage sex. During my first few months in the pharmacy, I noticed that the Moms would personally come to pick-up their daughter’s contraceptive pills (birth control pills). The popular brandnames for contraceptives are Diane 35, Alesse, Tri-Cyclen, MinOvral, Triphasil, to name a few. Anyway, most of these pills may be used also for acne control. But I tell you, the Moms would pick up those contraceptive pills to make sure that their teenage girls don’t get pregnant. Let’s face it, a teenager will do what a teenager wants to do. I’ve been there. Hot

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Written by filipinocanadian · Filed Under Blogging, Education, Family, Health, Kikay, Lifestyle, Medicine, Opinion, Personal, Women | Leave a Comment 

Men on Successful Professional Women

April 16, 2008

I practically jumped up with joy when I knew the Candice Bushnell hit Lipstick Jungle was made into a TV series. I always wanted to buy that novel especially that I have loved every minute of Sex and the City, another hit series adapted from the works of the same author.

More …

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O’ Canada What is It About Canada? - Part 2

April 14, 2008

So, okay…in short, I left Philippines because I just wanted a change of phase. I was tired of the rat race. Canada seemed like a good place to start over. Yup! I left my managerial job in Canada to be a student again in Canada…didn’t mind taking the bus again. Hey, I had to sell my car so I would have enough money to go to Canada…pay the agency, etc. I had to stay up late nights again to study in preparation for my licensure exam. I had to eat chicken wings and Spam because the place that I was staying in Vancouver only allowed a microwave in the room.

I still didn’t answer the question “what is it about Canada,” right? I’ll answer that on Part 3. Well, did you have a similar experience? Let me know. Please feel free to leave your comments.

For the meantime let me give you a peek of Vancouver and Victoria and Tofino in British Columbia, a video posted by SenhordoBonfim in Youtube. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/v/Tm05r2Bq7P0

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Rachelle Gerodias: Vienna, here she comes

April 14, 2008

Maria Rachelle Gerodias recently left the country for Austria to perform Liu in Puccini’s famous Turandot. Although she terribly misses the Philippines, she is also very happy to finally arrive at the pinnacle of every classical music artist’s dream - to perform in Vienna, at the Volksoper Wien nonetheless! As an artist who believes that one does not stop from learning, Rachelle sought the help of Carol Byers in preparing her for her role in Turandot and she was convinced to audition for a summer opera festival there. Apparently, she was asked for a third aria, which she said is a good sign.

(Continue reading here…)

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300 Nurses to Saskatchewan, Canada

April 14, 2008

It’s for real. Saskatchewan has been having a shortage of nurses. Mainly because of lots of retirees. The baby boomers. Another reason is because of the nurses who left Saskatchewan for another province. Guess what? They are coming back now. It could be because of the new government headed by Premier Brad Wall but Saskatchewan is just booming. People from Alberta who were originally from Saskatchewan are coming back. The new government promised 800 nurses. 300 of them coming from the Philippines. About 90 plus nurses were recruited sometime in November. The second recruitment was done in March for another 295. All I can say is to my kababayans, “Welcome to Saskatchewan!!!…nothing is easy. Adjustment takes time. And..there’s a reason for everything…” Hope your stay in Saskatchewan and Canada becomes a gateway for you to start your successful lives.

Here’s the article from CBC.CA - http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/02/21/nurses-philippines.html

Feel free to leave your comments below. Till next. Nerd

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Offstage with Rachelle Gerodias

April 14, 2008

Just like any other ordinary Pinay, Rachelle also dreams, but unlike most ordinary Pinays, Rachelle stretches bones and muscles to reach for that dream.

Her story is unlike many other celebrity story, Rachelle wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth nor was she spoiled rotten by indulging parents. Her rise to stardom is one of hard work, a series of self discoveries, trials, failures and successes.

(Continue here…)

Written by balutpress · Filed Under Art, BLOG, Entertainment, Events, Photography, Women | 2 Comments 

O’ Canada..What is it About Canada? - Part 1

April 14, 2008

Good day! If you are a Filipino and you happen to be visiting this blog, it’s probably because the header caught your attention. So either you are a Filipino living in Canada or a Filipino wanting to live in Canada. But then again, you might be neither and just curious about what’s written in here….;)

Anyway, I left the Philippines in 2004. I had a nice job there. A managerial job. In terms of salary, at that time I was getting a salary that you could say was very comfortable to live by for a single person, with some “surplus.”

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Second of a series: A doubtful heart

April 14, 2008

It took me a while to realize that what is “small and petty” in my eye is “big and bold” in the eye of the Lord. When I thought I was simply being a brat, stomping my feet and insisting on “logic and reason”, I was actually committing the one sin that God hated the most – idolatry.

Last night, while Warren and I realized upon assessment that we are just like any other couple who fight, he mentioned the importance of keeping Christ in the center of our marriage as our only hope, he explained to me that this is precisely the reason why we need to continue growing spiritually as Christians. Instead of me submitting to my husband at that moment and agreeing with what he said, I turned away and made my own “little scene”…
(Continue here…)

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Filthy Rags to God’s Grace

April 12, 2008

The other night, Warren was deeply immersed with reading the book of Luke (which he always does) when he suddenly bobbed his head from behind his Bible to share with me what he understood from the verse.
“To me, this means we as Christians are representatives of Christ, so wherever we go, whoever it is we are talking to, we should always remember that we are there to represent Christ, then there is really no need to tell them, “hey, I’d like to invite you to our church…”, instead, we can go right ahead and evangelize from there…”
I have forgotten what part in the book of Luke that is, but I remember coming by his side and reading it to see how I would understand what is written. I agree with my husband.
The following morning, we were walking around the community for morning exercise when he expressed his fear of not being able to share more openly with other people, of not being able to evangelize and of not being a zealous soldier of God.
I have always known my husband to be an introvert, in fact when we first met; I repeatedly had to ask him what was bothering him because there were moments during that day when he would just cave in, like something would wrap around him that not even I could get through. He would be staring from afar and be silent for minutes on end.
(Continue reading here…)

Written by hazelrchua · Filed Under BLOG, Family, General, Lifestyle, Love, Opinion, Personal, Relationships, Religion, Women | Leave a Comment 

Me on Grace Talk Soup?

April 10, 2008

Me, on Grace Talk Soup? I could not believe it, but yes, and I am soooo thrilled!

In between blanching the broccoli and grilling the baby back ribs, my eyes would dart to the laptop and my fingers would be, figuratively speaking, itching to type this post… I could not wait long enough to have the time to sit and start announcing to the whole world about the invitation I received from Jojo Tabares this morning.

I was reading KC Concepcion’s blog (well, I do read local celebrity articles, too, and it’s fun!) which I stumbled upon at Clare’s when an email alert popped up on my screen.

(Read more here… )

Written by hazelrchua · Filed Under BLOG, Blogging, Events, General, Internet, Lifestyle, News, Personal, Podcasts, Religion, Women | Leave a Comment 

Best profession yet!

April 7, 2008

I must admit, I am immensely enjoying life as a wife and as a homemaker.

There was a time in my life when I thought I wasn’t cut out for this kind of life, homemaking sounded a little too boring, too insignificant, too unimportant, too small, too ordinary, too outdated… I once felt, and decided that it wasn’t me.

I thought managing a career is a lot more fun, a lot more challenging, a lot more significant and I decided that being a career woman is what today’s empowered woman should be… In power suits, in high heeled patent leather shoes, carrying monogrammed handbags, driving their own expensive car, heading conferences, living fast-paced lives, like a full twenty four hours isn’t enough to get things done…Glamorous! Yeah, the glamour is all too enticing…

(Read the rest of this entry here…)

Written by hazelrchua · Filed Under BLOG, Blogging, Careers, General, Lifestyle, Love, Opinion, Personal, Women | Leave a Comment 

Wiwannastarhavinahbeybeeh!

March 26, 2008

After the wedding, the honeymoon, the weekend dates and being constantly a twosome, Warren and I finally reached that point where we are already thinking about getting pregnant. Uh-huh, you read it right. PREGNANT. Wiwannastarhavinahbeybeeh! (spoken in a childlike manner for emphasis) Warren is not oblivious to the fact that I might not be able to give him a child. You see, I was with a man for eight years and not once did I get pregnant, so before our wedding I told Warren about the possibility of my being infertile. He would always display a very positive attitude towards this and there were times I would wish for myself to feel the same way.

(Read the rest here…) 

Written by hazelrchua · Filed Under BLOG, Blogging, Family, Lifestyle, Love, Medicine, Opinion, Personal, Relationships, Religion, Women | Leave a Comment 

Baked Mac In A Jiffy

March 25, 2008

Due to the long weekend, my Monday this week was hectic and my brain was in its unusual disarrayed state. It was already past 6:30PM when I remembered we had to eat dinner, somehow. Screaming from behind my laptop in the middle of the kitchen, I asked Warren what he wants to have along with the chicken lollipops. I volunteered the information about the pasta that I have in stock.
“Uhm, may pang-baked macaroni ka di ba?”he asked.
Baked macaroni is it then! But wait, I don’t have ground meat here, and it’s too late to go to the market now… BUT, I need to make the baked mac happen no matter what. And I need to have it served in thirty minutes.
Was I able to pull it off?

(Find out here…) 

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Do you worship carved images?

March 19, 2008

The other night, I was doing my usual Bible reading when verses 4 to 6 of Exodus 20 hit me like an avalanche. It said:
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”
Memories of my Catholic days came back to me in a flash. I remembered those days I’d kneel and bow my head in fervent prayer in front of the statue of the Santo Nino, the Virgin Mary and the crucifix - these are all CARVED IMAGES!

(Continue reading here…) 

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Woman sits on boyfriend’s toilet for 2 years

March 15, 2008

I’ve heard so many stories of people who are stuck in some other odd places.– Yes people can be stuck on a traffic, on a line; on your car, whatever…I myself experienced being stranded on an airline because I missed my flight but this story is very unlikely among all other incident of being standed or stuck…
here’s that story:

http://rudjard.blogspot.com/2008/03/woman-sits-on-boyfriends-toilet-for-2.html

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Don’t Judge her. She’s not a book.

March 12, 2008

Honestly, I was really irritated when I saw it on live television. Bb. Pilipinas Candidate Janina San Miguel making a whole fool out of herself damaging her school’s pride, by having the most horrifying answer to one of the simplest questions.

It’s not the English, I can take that.

It’s how she treated the question. She’s a Broadcast Communication student from the University of the East. I was more shocked when I heard that. The most insulting and unprofessional thing she did was she reasoned out that she’s seventeen and it was her first time in the Binibining Pilipinas.

Totally unprofessional.

With that aside. I really should congratulate her for her guts, and taking it out as a woman. Who knows? She might be better next time and this incident will be nothing but a memory…. an unforgettable one.

I guess this is another test to our fellow noypi people out there… Which is it: Support of Sipot?!

Let’s just wish that she doesn’t do that in Miss World 2008 at Kiev, Ukraine.

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Malu Fernandez Strikes Again, Calling Bloggers Slackers and Lonely People

March 12, 2008

Malu Fernandez, the Manila Standard Today lifestyle writer who earned the ire of the Philippine blogging crowd with her elitist comments against OFWs, is at it again. This time, she’s turned the tables on bloggers and calls them slackers and lonely people. Continue reading the whole post…

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Get Your Message Across Clearly, Whether You’re a Blogger or a Beauty Queen

March 12, 2008

For many of us, communicating in English is not just an option but a requirement. Is it because more people can understand us when we speak that way? Or is it because we appear to be more intelligent and more successful?

Whether you’re writing a blog post or answering a question in the Binibining Pilipinas pageant, it is more important that what you say makes sense. Continue reading the whole post…

Written by sofimi · Filed Under Blogging, Current Events, Internet, Showbiz, Women | Leave a Comment 

Janina San Miguel: A Pitiful Sight, Nonetheless

March 11, 2008

I just got home from a weekend trip to Pampanga when I logged in to my yahoo messenger and my friend, Sheena, immediately asked me if I’ve seen the BB. Pilipinas pageant.
I did not watch the pageant, actually, I did not even realize that it was Bb. Pilipinas season already. Anyway, she showed me a clip of this young candidate and I was mortified beyond imagination at what I saw, errr, I mean heard.
I haven’t done my usual bloghopping yet so I am not even sure if there were already posts on this topic. Anyway, here is the aforementioned video:

(See the video clip and read the rest of the story here…) 

Written by hazelrchua · Filed Under Blogging, Entertainment, Events, Lifestyle, Opinion, Personal, Video, Women | 1 Comment 

The Filipina Doctor: Coming Full Circle

March 11, 2008

Centuries ago, the babaylan served as seer and sage, healer and community “miracle-worker.” They held an important and influential role in pre-Christian Filipino society as the primary mediator between the spirit world and the human world. While the role of a babaylan was open to both male and female, most babaylans from the pre-Hispanic era were female. These women healers were both revered and well-respected, and their value to their community well-recognized.

Today, after a long and arduous struggle, Filipino women in medicine have finally come into their own. Like their babaylan counterparts, the Filipina doctor has once more reclaimed her role in modern Filipino society both as healer and a force to be reckoned with.

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International Women’s Day 2008

March 9, 2008

Today is International Women’s Day 2008. Today is a global day of recognition and celebration across developed and developing countries alike. Everywhere in the world today, organizations and governments observe IWD on March 8 by holding large-scale events that honour women’s advancement.

Our office has celebrated IWD since 2006. This year, our theme again focused on women’s achievements. Despite the numerous guests speakers in our event from whom I learned a lot, I will only passionately write about the three inspiring Filipina women who have stirred my deepest emotions.

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Divorce in Philippines Law Supported by Senator Pia Cayetano

March 7, 2008

Just in time for Women’s Day Celebration, this is good news indeed. Find out more:
Divorce in Philippines Law Supported by Senator Pia Cayetano
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Written by dreamflow · Filed Under Current Events, Politics & Gov't, Women | Leave a Comment 

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