I just stumbled upon your blog while searching for something completely random!

I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed your writing!

It’s very entertaining! Thanks!

I think if you moved to Australia, you will be a celebrity and you don’t have to be anorexic at all!

Teddi
PS I was searching for Lani Dado. She was my seatmate in 6th grade.

But I do agree with you… I find it hilarious that just because a Pinoy is a “mix” with light skin…he/she can find fame and fortune in the Philippines…

But that’s life… It isn’t always fair… Beautiful people get breaks… Some work hard and some don’t… But one thing is certain… those beautiful SKINNY people wouldn’t be enjoying a Krispy Kreme like you and I… They’d be throwing it up in the toilet. The pounds, oh the pounds… hehe.

BTW, I see that you will be attending the Taste Asia event this coming July 3. I will also be attending the said event. See you there!

@Gail Next time stay away from firing range if we end up at an event with celebrities around.

@Ferdie Yep, Lani Dado-Peterson is my aunt. I don’t have her e-mail address but I’m sure my dad does so I’ll just ask him and then send her your address. Haha funny story…when my mom was pregnant with me, Tita Lani gave her a copy of her college grad pic and told her to look at it so her baby will take after her physically. True enough, all my Dado relatives say I look almost like her. But I guess it isn’t so obvious now because of my hair.

@Sara That’s why I avoid conyos like the plague and stay away from places where they hang out. I really can’t stand them and how easy they have it.

Oh god yeah I know what you mean about being born with advantages. A friend of mine who’s born into the *rich world* has to do nothing and is laid back whereas here I am working my ass off to try and get a job. She gets clothes, parties…sigh.

These people just don’t know the reality of others.

Oooo Krispy Kreme!

Sorry to intrude. For the past few weeks, I’ve just been trying (so hard already) to search the web for my elementary batchmate (Paco Catholic School), Lani Dado. Lani was my all-time, ultimate crush way back when we were still 5th graders…circa ‘75-’76. Recently, a very old photo just came out in our batch’s e-group. I immediately got awestruck when I saw it because there she was among the others, standing in a corner with all her charm and cuteness! Unfortunately, no one in our e-group knows where Lani went after elementary. This prompted me to do a web search for her name, and most of the hits I got lead me to you.

I’m hoping that you can help me confirm that she’s indeed your aunt (who attended elementary at PCS) and if she’s the same Lani who went to highschool at the Benedictine Abbey School and is now settled in Pennsylvania as Lani Dado-Peterson. Lastly, a very big favor— I’d really, really appreciate it so much if you can give me at least her e-mail address so that I may say hello to her. Or if you think that it’s not good, you may just send her my e-mail (ferdieparagas@yahoo.com) instead, and hopefully she’ll remember my name and send me a mail. This would really mean a whole lot to me.

Again, sorry to bother you and many, many thanks in advance!

God bless,
Ferdie Paragas
(from San Jose, California)

To make matters worse, my mom and Marielle spotted this guy I used to date/be friends with way before he started appearing on glossy magazines in his tightie-whities.

For some reason, this, um, totally unpleasant mental image made ma laugh out loud. Lots.