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Facebook tops the list of sites in the Philippines in terms of traffic rank. That is not very surprising, right? Almost everybody now has a Facebook account and the recent change of the Friendster web design only motivated more people to join in the FB mania. By the way, Friendster is now on Top 6, and joining these top social networking sites is Twitter at No.11. Five sites on the top list are Search Engines - Yahoo.com (Top 2), Google.com.ph (Top 3), Google.com (Top 5), MSN (Top 18) and WindowsLive (Top 20), and three are blog sites (wow, I hope that means the Pinoy blogging community is getting bigger!) - Blogger (Top 7), Multiply (Top 9), and Wordpress (Top 10). Wikipedia also made it to the list being No.8 and YouTube rocks at No.4 (I wonder who will get a big break this 2010 through this video site.. hmmm). As proof of the fact that the ‘Kodakan’ tradition is still a hit in the country, Photobucket ranked No. 14 and Flicker at No.17. I should also mention that the one of a kind

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In just a few weeks (probably less than 3), we will be welcoming the twins - a boy and a girl. The target date is to reach my 38th week which is Feb 20. I hope I can make it through and successfully reach that target though I'm also a bit delighted by the idea of my twins being born a bit earlier - perhaps Feb 14 :) (but if that will cause them harm - in any way whatsoever, then away with you v-day bday thoughts!) Anyway, my eldest - my lovely bubbly Yana - just turned one two days ago and I am really not sure how she would welcome the twins. I just hope she'd be able to manage it. Right now, I know that she's quite protective of - and very much connected to - me. I can still remember how scared she was and how loudly she cried when my ob placed a doppler on my tummy and she heard the heartbeats. She might have assumed that the doctor was hurting me somehow so she started crying and she tried to pull my ob away from me. At night (or should I say early morning), she won'

A month ago, we were planning a party for my baby's 1st birthday... Unfortunately, due to unanticipated events (tons of lab-tests, check-ups, etc. expenses due to signs of premature labor and severe UTI plus early bed rest), we had to cancel the plans... and resort to a small celebration with neighbors and my brother. To tell you the truth, I'm quite disappointed. I feel much like an irresponsible parent who should-have, could-have done a lot better than this. I have a lot of should-haves and I blame myself. All firsts - especially birthdays- should be celebrated with a bang and I feel so sorry for my little girl. She deserves much more than this. But then, I learned my lesson well. I will make it up to her as soon as we recover from the CS delivery and other expenses this February. I'm so sorry my baby... Nanay loves you sooo much. Happy Birthday. Mwah! yana, chasing after her balloons... yana, wanting soda (which is of course, not for her)... after she had spaghetti and