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Stationeries and cards

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When texts and emails were not yet here and there, I was, and have known some, hooked with stationeries, scented and unscented, pink, purple or light green, with complimentary stickers or bookmarks... Oh gone were the days. Or so i thought. Recently, i got some personalized pretty cards from my old roommate Omela. It sure brought joy to me. Aptly, Cicero is quoted in the card addresed to me saying, "Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things." This friend has not gotten over her flair for the pretty papers. It is great to travel, once in a while, in the memory lane.

Pang us tubo! (munching sugarcane)

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One of the best sugarcane strain is called la carlota... It is robust with purplish green peeling. Pang us is a hiligaynon term for eating or chewing sugarcane and extracting its juice while it is still in the mouth! Munching is not an exact translation because pang us is exclusively used to describe in eating Pang us is a hiligaynon term used to describe eating sugarcane. It can be described as munching or chewing while extracting the juice of the cane and spitting the fibers. One of the best sugarcane strains is called la carlota, it is a robust, purplish and greenish in color and of course, sweet. Every one who came to live and had his/her childhood in Negros understands the pleasure of munching tubo or sugarcane... It is great to travel to memory lane once in a while.