A Typical Deen Weeknight

Lately, Cathy and I have been making the effort to come home as early as we can. This involves my leaving my office at the Makati church I work for, at the stroke of 5PM, then rushing to fetch Cathy from the Philippine design school she works for - I get there usually...

I had gastric bypass surgery

Last night, I checked into Saint Luke's Medical Center for a midnight operation that no one knew about except Cathy. I had gastric bypass surgery. Inspired by the success of many celebrities who've had gastric bypass surgery, including Carnie Wilson and Randy Jackson,...

Plus-size teener makes it to Miss England finals! Hooray!

For the first time in history, the Miss England beauty pageant has a size-16 contestant, and enlightened pageant enthusiasts - myself included - couldn't be happier. The success of 16-year-old beauty Chloe Marshall, a plus-size model and beauty therapist student, at...

Brian Gorrell is not getting his money back…

... and it sucks that he's not going to get justice. The HIV-positive Australian, a former lover of a Manila high-society denizen, has gone online and started a blog to shame - some would say blackmail - said denizen into giving him the US$70,000 that he claims the...

The similarities of working for God and working for Google

Avinash Kaushik blogs about what it's like to work at Google, and anyone who's ever worked for the IT industry would be hard-pressed not to gnash their teeth in envy. (link courtesy of a Twitter post from Migs) As someone who left the IT industry to work for Victory...

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