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	<title>Saudi Sexpat Stories: Tales from the Kingdom</title>
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		<title>SSS #168: Red and Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make no mistake about it&#8230; the happiest of seasons is definitely upon us  
Yessiree&#8230; even here in our little kingdom where it is officially, um, to be politically correct about it&#8230; prohibited &#8220;non-existent&#8221;, it seems that there really is no stopping this blessed season from entering the homes, hearts, minds and spirit of all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=853&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SSS #167: Moving Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kingdom Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mommy Matters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s &#8220;that&#8221; time of the year again&#8230; and just as I was mentally playing my jam-packed domestic schedule in my head and trying to figure out how to squeeze yet another &#8220;to-do&#8221; in&#8230;
A welcome break comes along&#8230;

My boys stepped up to the plate and worked together to complete Rafael&#8217;s Social Studies project on land forms all by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=849&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LP #81: Amoy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mga LP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinoys Meet World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;

May hahalimuyak pa kaya
sa natural na amoy ng isang bulaklak?
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		<title>LP #80: Masinop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Inspirational]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dahil hindi ako gaanong sigurado sa ibig sabihin ng tema ngayong linggo, naghanap-hanap muna ako ng kahulugan ng salitang ito at ito ang natagpuan ko:
sinop
s´inop ­ masinop (ma-) adj. economical, thrifty, frugal, careful
Naku, mukhang mahihirapan yata a&#8230; pero, sige, subok pa rin kung uubra&#8230;  
 Sinasabing isang mahalagang ituro sa mga bata ang pagiging maingat sa [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=843&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SSS #166: First Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kingdom Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mommy Matters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is a little past half-past ten in the morning and for the first time in three years, the only sound I hear in the house is the tapping of my fingers on the keyboard as I write this blog.  It  is a weekday, all is quiet,  and I am alone in our desert home [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=837&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LP #79: Maagap</title>
		<link>http://chinois972.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/lp-79-maagap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mga LP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pinoys Meet World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Para sa akin, ang unang pumapasok sa isipan kapag sinabi ang &#8220;maagap&#8221; ay ang pagiging laging handa para sa anumang pangyayari &#8211; lalo pa&#8217;t yung mga di inaasahan.
Medyo nahirapan ako maghanap ng litratong ilalahok ngayong linggo hanggang sa naalala ko ito&#8230;

Ang kauna-unahan naming karanasan sa pagsakay ng isang &#8220;cruise ship&#8221; kamakailan  
Marahil, dahil na [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=835&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LP #78: Tamad</title>
		<link>http://chinois972.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/lp-78-tamad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Laugh Trip]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia Zoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tigers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ipagpaumanhin sana ang aking matagal na pagliban sa LP&#8230; di naman sa tinamaan ako sa tema ngayong linggo   pero heto ako at muling nagbabalik!  
Ano nga ba ang dapat gawin sa isang mainit na tag-araw?  Lalo pa&#8217;t kasama ang iyong mga kaibigan at may sarili pa kayong &#8220;swimming pool&#8221;&#8230;
E di heto&#8230;

Australia Zoo, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=829&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SSS #165: Ain&#8217;t It Grand?</title>
		<link>http://chinois972.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/sss-164-aint-it-grand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bring out the bubbly!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to be a parent? Yet, grander still, to be a grandparent!  
What better way to return from my &#8220;self-imposed blogging hiatus &#8221; than by joining the rest of the (western) world in honoring those special people who have taught us and our children &#8211; mostly by example and from wisdom gained through the years &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=827&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SSS # 164: Thinking Yellow Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://chinois972.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/sss-164-thinking-yellow-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s been almost a week to the day since our beloved Cory Aquino passed on.  Yet, I am still compelled to write this short piece if only to show my gratitude and profound respect for the person whom many Filipinos consider as the &#8220;mother of the nation&#8221; and the true icon of Philippine democracy.
So what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=824&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SSS #163: We&#8217;re going Down&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chinois972.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/sss-163-were-going-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pinky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bring out the bubbly!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pinoys Meet World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8230;or the post I&#8217;ve been &#8220;visualizing&#8221; to write since forever!   )
&#8230; Under!!!  
Guess what the mailman brought in yesterday?

At long last, after 15 months or so of waiting (and praying very hard!), I can now share with you our &#8220;family secret&#8221;&#8230; we are finally &#8221;cleared for entry&#8221; to Australia!   Yes, it has been a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinois972.wordpress.com&blog=1801979&post=821&subd=chinois972&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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