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	<title>Ode to Adrienne: Celebrate life, love and everything in between. &#187; Woman of Substance</title>
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		<title>The kind of woman&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2012/01/the-kind-of-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not easy being the kind of woman that always does good. But we can do it if we choose to be one. We can be a role model for the other women around us. We can always set a good example. I am saying this because I am the eldest in the family and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women are amazing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women are amazing. They can put a smile on their face, act like everything is fine, when really the world is on their shoulders and their life is slipping through the cracks of their fingers&#8230; Celebrate the women in your life. Give them a hug. Say thanks for all the little things they do for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aging gracefully</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/11/aging-gracefully/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to give it to Julia Roberts, the woman is aging gracefully! Can you believe this pretty woman is now 43 years old? Julia, Sandra Bullock, and the woman of the hour Demi Moore are women who keep getting gorgeous in age. Julia played Ryan Reynolds&#8216; mother in her most recent movie Fireflies In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posh Beckham Lady</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/10/posh-beckham-lady/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heidi Klum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Aniston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Beckham]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like applauding Victoria Beckham for setting an example to women of the world for being a very fashionable woman but at the same time a doting mother to her brood. Many women out there including Jennifer Aniston (as suggested by reports about her) don&#8217;t want to get pregnant because they think it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOM&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/05/mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 00:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For all the love and care you&#8217;ve shown your children&#8230; For all the sacrifice you&#8217;ve made&#8230; For every hurt and pain you&#8217;ve endured for all of us&#8230; For all of that, know that we see it. We feel it. We know! Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to all the moms out there!]]></description>
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		<title>Windy May</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/02/windy-may-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s her name. Windy May. She was named by her mother who gave birth to her one windy May morning. She is the 4th in a brood of 11. She&#8217;s the eldest among three women, three brothers older than her. It&#8217;s probably for that very reason why she learned to be tough. Having three very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twisted Lady</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/02/the-twisted-lady/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[103.5 K-Lite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Zafra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Bookstore Glorietta branch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a huge fan of Jessica Zafra ever since I learned about her existence in college. I remember that my then best friend and I would talk about her all the time. We would listen to her radio show on 103.5 K-Lite. We would buy her Twisted books, read it, and then discuss it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Diaz-Cojuangco, RIP</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/02/rio-diaz-cojuangco-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember her not as the starlet she once was, or as the younger sister of Miss Universe Gloria Diaz. I remember her as that fighter who valiantly fought her colon cancer in front of millions of Filipinos. She was given three months to live. It was already stage 4 when she was diagnosed. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old dedicated workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister was telling me about Chinese women in their school who are years over their retirement but are still working up to now. There is even one Chinese teacher who is already 81 years old but still teaching and as sharp as she can be. It just suddenly made me realize how some people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female writers</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/02/female-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/02/female-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ode2adrienne.info/?p=908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in awe of female writers, those who are mothers and do almost every thing at home while writing and beating a deadline as well. Wow! I am following quite a number of authors in both Facebook and Twitter so I&#8217;ve been reading updates not only about their books but also about their personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melissa de la Cruz, YA author</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/02/melissa-de-la-cruz-ya-author/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 07:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blue Bloods series]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the authors I follow on Twitter is Young Adult (YA) author Melissa de la Cruz. She is the author of the Blue Bloods series. I already have a hunch that she&#8217;s Filipino because of her surname. I wanted to ask her if she is but I was hesitant at first because some people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thia Megia&#8217;s AI audition</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2011/01/thia-megias-ai-audition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Americal Idol audition of Thia Megia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Idol Season 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chasing Pavements by Adele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Tyler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to share with here the video of the Americal Idol audition of Thia Megia, the Filipina who was able to get a Hollywood pass in AI by impressing the socks off Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson. She really has a good voice! She is only 15 years old and she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My mama</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2010/10/my-mama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d write about my grandma&#8230; She&#8217;s my mom&#8217;s mom. My siblings and I called her &#8220;Mama&#8221;. She&#8217;s the person we turned to whenever we had problems. And she&#8217;s always there to support us every step of the way. She sent us to school when my dad didn&#8217;t have enough. She shouldered expenses when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charice singing Lupang Hinirang</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2010/07/charice-singing-lupang-hinirang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charice Pempengco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charice singing the Philippine National Anthem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inauguration of 15th Philippine President Benigno Noynoy Aquino III]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Historical Institute]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t help but feel so proud of Charice while she&#8217;s singing the Philippine National Anthem during the Inauguration of the 15th President of the Philippines, Benigno Simeon &#8220;Noynoy&#8221; Aquino III. Watch the clip from ABS-CBNNews.com below&#8230; So far, she&#8217;s the only singer who was able to sing Lupang Hinirang the right way according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet little kid</title>
		<link>http://www.ode2adrienne.info/2009/11/sweet-little-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than three years ago, I didn&#8217;t know I am capable of loving someone who&#8217;s not even of my own blood. Sure, I was considering the notion of adopting in the future. I still do, by the way. But then instead of adoption, an alternative rolled out in front of me&#8230; taking care of a [...]]]></description>
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