I feel like a winner!

Today is starting out to be a great day. Witness, to wit: I won Toni’s birthday contest! I entered a birthday contest from my good friend Toni at her website Wifely Steps, and to my utter surprise and glee, I won the randomly selected lottery contest! I never win at these things! Thank You, God! Thank you, Toni! (Now, how shall I spend my US$25 Amazon GC? Mandisa or Avalon? Argh, decisions, decisions!) Spotlight’s breaking out!...

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The Fully Booked High Street 1st Anniversary Sale

The Fully Booked High Street branch in Fort Bonifacio is holding its first anniversary sale ending August 2. Discounts as high as 90% were being slapped onto the thousands of books at Fully Booked Serendra (We’re talking four floors of books. How can you possible say “No!” to that?!) So, yesterday, I conned convinced my wife and father-in-law to make the trek from our home in Caloocan to High Street to check out the sale. Boy,...

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Listen to “Because” by the Katinas

(Listen to Because by The Katinas. You may also read The Katinas Because lyrics on this post. GannsDeen.com does not offer The Katinas mp3’s for free download or paid downloads. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment in the Comments box. Come back to GannsDeen.com for the latest and best in Christian, country, and pop music.) I am a Katinas fan. Ever since I heard Lifestyle, the amazing worship album on which the Katinas...

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Honoring my Lolo Angel Magahum

Yesterday, the town of Molo in Iloilo celebrated its yearly town fiesta partly in honor of my great grandfather, zarzuela composer, novelist, and journalist Angel Merle Magahum. A 33-member choir, accompanied by an orchestra and organ, sang his Latin mass composition, Misa de 2 o 3 para Canto y Organo, a piece my great grandfather orchestrated for the high mass. Lolo Angel was a champion of the Hiligaynon dialect, a Filipino language spoken by...

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My “Twilight” theme for Plurk is up! :D

A “Twilight” theme for Plurk is now blessing my Plurk page. I developed it with my “Twilight” wife Cathy – I guess this layout makes us “Twihards” now, doesn’t it? – and now it’s up and rather pretty, if I do say so myself. I also recently joined the Flickr Plurk Themes group and uploaded my Plurk “Twilight” theme onto it. If you’re looking for a Plurk...

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