As I celebrate the first year since I went live with my blog, it is but timely to also post something about the first birthday of our youngest daughter Lucia who turned one last November 27, six days after her…
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PLDT and SMART Unlocks The Future
Fresh from their latest recognition as the Philippine’s fastest fixed and mobile networks, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications presented their newest products in an event called Unlock The Future at the Marquis Events Place in BGC, Taguig. Top executives Oscar (RenRen)…
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Red Charity Gala’s RAJO XXV
Celebrating 10 years of compassion, commitment and philanthropy has made this year’s Red Charity Gala the biggest and most successful it has ever been. More than 1,200 attended the well-dressed affair to celebrate my cousin Rajo’s 25thyear in the fashion…
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Ayen and Our Girls Adorned in Jewelmer
My wife Ayen and I recently had our concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines called Kitang Dalawa. One of the things we wanted to highlight in the show was the creations of the Filipino Designers and the magnificent…
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The Making of Kitang Dalawa
It has been a week since we had our concert KITANG DALAWA at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. I still can’t believe that it is over, I remember vividly the day when we got a text from Clottie of CCP…
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A Walk Down Memory Lane with Burger Machine and Eraserheads
The year was 1995 and I was in Manila on vacation from my studies in Tokyo when I got a call for a casting for a TVC, I went to the production house and did my VTR. I was with…
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Why I Read To My Child
As you may know I have four daughters and some of you may have read my earlier post about fatherhood https://francolaurel.com/i-love-being-a-dad/. You will know I became an instant father when I married Ayen in 2001. When Angia was born the…
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What Happens When You Get A “No”
It is not easy when you hear the word “NO” especially when you are expecting an affirmative answer. We have all experienced rejection at some point in our life. I have gone through my share of rejections professionally and in…
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How I Launched My Blog – Eat, Drink, Love
Since my blog went live last November, I had always thought about launching it in a unique way, I just didn’t know how. I put it on hold since so many things happened during the latter part of 2017, Ayen…
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Grab The Power of Dyson V8 Carbon Fibre
I recently got back from Bangkok, Thailand where I attended the South East Asian launch of the newest product of Dyson, the V8 Carbon Fibre cord-free vacuum. First of all let me tell you how honoured I am to…
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