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Creating an intersection and installing traffic lights on C5 near the Korean Embassy and McKinley hill defies logic.

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I write this in the midst of preparations for our family’s Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner. Like Chinese everywhere, in China or overseas, including Tsinoys, this is a major occasion for us, like Christmas and New Year.

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Whenever I tell my close friends about my latest scheme – to lose a substantial amount of weight by December — the consensus seems to be this: “But you look fine!” At times they are more generous, commenting, “You’re not huge at all!” After a lifetime of eating what I want, I may look slim with my clothes on. When the shirt comes off, however, my upper body tells a slightly different story: I am what GQ calls skinny-fat.

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First off, we were not wearing “red” when we arrived at “Mommy Anita” Tan/Sytin’s birthday.

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A cabinet member of the P-Noy administration recently asked for my support concerning their plans to “upgrade” the National Orthopedic Hospital.

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We have just celebrated the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus last Friday.

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Cats own Rome, I’d read. I suspect that when the Roman Empire collapsed and its buildings fell to ruin, cats took over.

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In my opinion, the purpose of all this stuff about recovery from addiction is about loving your life again.

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As I sat down to write this column, which I’d intended as a useful guide to anxiety-free travel while your cats are left at home, I looked up from my screen and saw my cat Saffy swallowing a clump of thin cotton thread.

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Women love makeup. After all, who doesn’t want to look good and feel good?

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Women love makeup. After all, who doesn’t want to look good and feel good?

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