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	<description>Seeing the humor in little things</description>
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		<title>Praying Unceasingly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attend a lot of prayer meetings and bible study sessions organized by the campus group of which I am an active member and treasurer. In these meetings, members get to discuss Christianity and pray with others in small groups &#8212; a lot. One can say that every trial we encounter is &#8216;soaked in prayer.&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in Non-Translation</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2009/03/05/lost-in-non-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One summer day in Kremenchuk, I felt like having some ice cream so I hied off to the corner store. I was getting two pre-wrapped cones of Ukrainian ice cream from the store&#8217;s freezer when my mobile phone beeped. It was my husband sending me a message. I tried to read the text message in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desperately Seeking a Cure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we enter the herbal medicine shop, we are awed to see a phletora of alternative medicine options before us &#8212; shelves and glass counter top displays of medicines in plastic jars eagerly awaiting us. I ask the balding, middle-aged male shopkeeper, probably a Chinese herbal doctor, if he has in stock a ready cure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Really a Compliment</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/12/30/not-really-a-compliment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still reeling from the flu caused by the cold climate, I hurriedly pack my school stuff and wear my favorite cashmere sweater on my way to my afternoon French class. Things go well in the classroom &#8212; I manage to answer some questions correctly &#8212; despite my illness. During the class break, I get some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slowly but Surely</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/11/12/slow-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All in the Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother, a self-confessed slow reader, admits that he finds it hard to concentrate every time he attempts to read a book. But despite this admission, he has managed to graduate from a top medical school in Manila. One day, he brings home a book on speed reading. As the title suggests, the book features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly Wish</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/10/31/45/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my Swiss husband’s aunt died, I asked my husband what I should say to his German-speaking widower-uncle after the funeral service. Knowing my constant struggle in oral German, he suggested that I use a very simple line: “Viel Kraft (More power).” So I made a quick mental note to say “More power” in German [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Must be Joking!</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/10/24/you-must-be-joking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After plucking my thick eyebrows rather unevenly one evening &#8212; I&#8217;m a beauty and style neophyte &#8212; I head to the toilet, where I wash my face and apply a honey-and-oat facial scrub mask. My amateurish beauty ritual done, I then go to the living room, where my husband is surfing the Net at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgetting to Remember</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/10/17/forgetting-to-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During our mini-break in our weekly French course, I was telling a story to my Portuguese classmate, who was sitting on my left, about my wonderful experience with my former French teacher in Manila &#8212; all in basic French. The storytelling was going smoothly when, suddenly, I forgot the French word for &#8220;remember.&#8221; So I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horse Talk</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/09/29/horse-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://jollyjay.com/2008/09/29/horse-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister&#8217;s teammates at the Rotary International, Gigi and Grace (not their real names), are walking along the streets of Amsterdam, past souvenir shops, restaurants, cafes, and museums when suddenly a European man from a street corner calls their attention. &#8220;Hey, where are the whores?&#8221; hollers out the male tourist who&#8217;s probably in his thirties. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s in a Name?</title>
		<link>http://jollyjay.com/2008/09/10/whats-in-a-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jolly J</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campus Scene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny names]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A work colleague&#8217;s wife teaches chemistry in one of Manila&#8217;s universities. One day, at the beginning of a new semester, she encounters a unique family name during the standard roll call. &#8220;Miss Pukis, are you here?&#8221; she calls out, looking at the sea of unknown student faces before her. &#8220;Present, Ma&#8217;am,&#8221; replies the obviously embarrassed [...]]]></description>
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