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 "Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me." - Audrey Hepburn Look, as much as I say I’m a perfectionist, I don’t believe in perfection. It’s a myth. There’s no such thing as perfection. Though there may be synonyms out there available (the paragon, the ideal, the bee’s knees, etc.), even...

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"Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running." - Julie Isphording In all honesty, I was never particularly natural at sports. I just liked to be mobile growing up. I was in constant movement, forever restless. I was never really ever “game,” so to speak. There was always fear in my heart whenever our gym teacher introduced a new sport...

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Then There Was Cancer Brain cancer. Once we heard the doctor utter “cancer” there was dead silence in the room. It was as if the word vibrated in the air and the echo didn’t end. The doctor, of course being a doctor, explained the whole ordeal for what seemed to be hours. I couldn’t hear anything anymore at this point, the word “cancer”...

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"Life is full of banana skins. You slip, you carry on." - Daphne Guinness Maybe it's because banana bread was the first recipe I've ever learned. Nostalgia is a powerful, powerful driver. Maybe it's because I just really like bananas. I really do. Shame on you if you haven't figured that one out yet. Maybe it's because I love to experiment. Maybe it's...

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"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." - Edna Ferber Growing up in the Philippines, Halloween was simply a concept one read in books and watched in films. Nothing more. Though we eventually lived in a community that did celebrate Halloween, funnily enough, houses weren't decorated with bats and spider webs and fake mummy's. Instead of a scarecrow, a neighbour's lawn would boast...

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