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Thrifty Mindful of spending, uses money wisely, savings and investment oriented One of the great sites for financial literacy and women empowerment is Thrifty Pinay. See here: https://thethriftypinay.com/

Seductive Enticing, tempting, alluring Pics: Brigitte Bardot, French actress (active 1952 - 1973), considered one of the most seductive actresses of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot

Resilient Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult situations Pic: Filipino tennis sensation Alex Eala, one of the most resilient athletes today. https://www.philstar.com/sports/2026/02/05/2505943/resilient-eala-rallies-0-4-third-set-deficit-vs-sasnovich-stays-alive-abu-dhabi-open

Xavierville Avenue, Quezon City Pic: 59 Xavierville by Red Doorz

Board Games I play 1. Chess Pics: Russian grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk 2. Chinese Checkers Pic: American actress Una Merkel playing checkers in the 1930s.

99 Red Balloons [Verse 1] You and I in a little toy shop Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got Set them free at the break of dawn 'Til one by one, they were gone Back at base, bugs in the software Flash the message, "Something's out there" Floating in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Ninety-nine red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells, it's red alert There's something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky When ninety-nine red balloons go by [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] 99 Decision Street Ninety-nine ministers meet To worry, worry, super-scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waited for This is it, boys, this is war The president is on the line As ninety-nine red balloons go by See Nena Live Get tickets as low as $71 You might also like 99 Luftballons Nena THE HEART PART 6 Drake So Long, London Taylor Swift [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Ninety-nine knights of the air Ride super high-tech jet fighters Everyone's a superhero Everyone's a Captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify and classify Scramble in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by As ninety-nine red balloons go by [Bridge] As ninety-nine red balloons go by [Outro] Ninety-nine dreams I have had In every one, a red balloon It's all over and I'm standin' pretty In this dust that was a city If I could find a souvenir Just to prove the world was here And here is a red balloon I think of you, and let it go...

Ayala Malls Manila Bay

Wrote myself a long letter, then burned it. Prayed in a church, alone. Worked out and got in the zone. Put myself in touch with old friends. All that in one day.

Happiness is found in the small things. You can be happy anytime you want to be. Joy is choosing to be positive in spite of hardships. All things pass, including sorrow and happiness. Take it one day at a time.

Waking up early and finding out it's still TOO early. Early morning darkness. Picture from the web.

Rabindranath Tagore - Indian (Bengali) polymath. He is the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category. He is best known for works in Literature. His masterpiece is the Gitanjali, a collection of beautiful prose poems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore You can check the Gitanjali here: https://allpoetry.com/Gitanjali

Qin Shi Huang - first to unite Ancient China. First Emperor of China, and builder of the Great Wall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang

Paraluman - famous and timeless beauty from Quezon Province. Part of the inspiration for Eraserhead's Ang Huling El Bimbo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraluman

Es Canar, Ibiza, Spain https://www.visitspain.info/en/balearic-islands/ibiza/things-to-do-in-ibiza/ex-canar/

Drammen, Norway https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/Attractions-g190458-Activities-Drammen_Drammen_Municipality_Buskerud_Eastern_Norway.html

Cinque Terre, Italy https://www.viaggiascrittori.com/cosa-vedere-alle-cinque-terre-in-un-giorno/?lang=en

Estepona (Spain)

Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Chennai (India)

Brave DuckduckGo

Nothing is Impossible by WR Gresham (1969). A great read.

Alison Angel

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