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		<title>They left on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/they-left-on-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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They left on Mother’s Day – the Philippines’ first batch of caregivers and nurses sent to Japan under the Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Most of them were young, and many were women in their 20s and 30s. Some are leaving behind young children, to be taken care of relatives or parents, while the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=1525&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of customs and traditions</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/of-customs-and-traditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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I went home today, to share with my son a part of my childhood: the customs and traditions in my 400-year-old plus city, a town so old it was mentioned by Rizal in his Noli Me Tangere.
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			<media:title type="html">Good Friday procession in Malabon City, Metro Manila.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Mater Dolorosa</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The apostoles, the 12 disciples of Christ, walk in the procession.</media:title>
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		<title>Scenes from a rally (12-12-08)</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/scenes-from-rally-12-12-08/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Judging from the size of the crowd that demonstrated against Charter Change on December 12, 2008, cha-cha will push through, if not this year, then next year. 
But that would be again reducing it to a numbers game. Changes require numbers of course, but the seeds of change are sown long before the multitude shows [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=818&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The courage to fail</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-courage-to-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them,&#8221; Oscar Wilde once wrote. I remember it as I think of how much courage it takes to fail, and of the people I know who are trying, and sometimes failing, to make their dreams come true. There is a woman* (everyone in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=756&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US public lawyers in seven states refuse to take on more cases</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/us-public-lawyers-in-seven-states-refuse-to-take-on-more-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overloaded with cases, American lawyers are protesting that they cannot &#8220;ethically handle this many cases,&#8221; in this article from the New York Times. (click here to read the story).
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		<title>Marriage</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got married last June, and I didn&#8217;t even know it. Not that I had a choice &#8212; or that it would be forever. When I entered the UP College of Law, I signed up for the evening block, which has all of its classes either during weekends or in the evenings. It was meant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=550&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;Ang Kwento ng mga Tao sa Bayang Walang Hope (3)</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/ang-kwento-ng-mga-tao-sa-bayang-walang-hope-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biyernes Santo
“Sa kabigatan ng Kurus…
Na pinapasan ni Hesuus..
Ay agad napasubasoob..
Sa lupa’t mga alabok…
Ang mukhang kalunos-lunos…
“Kung itindig niya namaan…
Nanginginig ang katawaan…
At halos di makayanaan…
Sa di kawasa’y napagaal…
Tumaha’t nagtanaw-tanaaw…”*
*mula sa Awit at Salaysay ng Pasiong Mahal 2005 edition
Parang ingit ng kinakayod na bakal ang binabasang pasyon, pilit na nanunuot sa harurot ng mga kotse, sa halakhak ng [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=525&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;Ang Kwento ng mga Tao sa Bayang Walang Hope (2)</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/ang-kwento-ng-mga-tao-sa-bayang-walang-hope-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview with the Vampire…o ang Q&#38;A kay Mayora.

Madilim sa loob ng palasyo, malamig. Hindi mo aakalaing sa labas ay tanghaling tapat, at tirik ang araw. Makapal kasi ang kulay pulang drapes, sarado lahat ng bintana, antigong kahoy ang furniture. Maitim na marmol ang sahig, daig pa ang mausoleum.
“Kulang na lang dito, nitso,” naisip ni Julia [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=521&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is it like when Evil rules the land?</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/what-is-it-like-when-evil-rules-the-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a short story that attempts to answer  that question.
D Bampyr Chronicles. O…ang Kwento ng mga Tao sa Bayang Walang Hope
D Bampyr Chronicles. O…ang Kwento ng mga Tao sa Bayang Walang Hope.
Walang Hope sa bayan ko. Ewan kung bakit; basta kahit saan kami maghanap, wala kaming makitang Hope. Hindi bawal mag-Hope…pero walang [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=232&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>At the 29th Manila International Book Fair</title>
		<link>http://danabatnag.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/at-the-manila-international-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to the 29th Manila International Book Fair resolved not to buy books if I could help it, yet knowing that books are my weakness and I would buy as much as I could carry home, even if I didn&#8217;t have anywhere to put them. I brought home less than I did last year, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danabatnag.wordpress.com&blog=3813736&post=498&subd=danabatnag&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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