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Letters to Reynz

Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary

by reynz on February 3, 2010

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Every year, chini-check namen si Annie kung kumusta na sya. Dati kasi, “damaged goods” daw yong dinilever na boylet nya. Naka-ilang beses tumawag. Nag-ngi-ngit-ngit. Gusto nang isoli samen ang asawa nya. “Ay wag samen!” sagot namen. “Dun mo ibalik ki Miss Marbella!”, sya omorder nyan. Eh dahil di nga maibalik, pinasok nya sa “Obedience School”. [...]

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Tuliro sa trabaho si Illuminada

by reynz on March 13, 2009

Occasionally, I get letters from readers. Alam nyo na yun. Wisik wisik ko sya wid my own language para itago ang engkanto nyang katauhan. Why they look at me as Dear Ate Charo, is beyond me. But as usual, pani-nindigan ko sya ever. Mas maganda ata ako ki Charo! Hmpt! Eto ang sulat nya. Share [...]

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Love story nang babaeng habulin

by reynz on February 12, 2009

Maganda uli ako senyong lahat mga kunichiwa! Sana, naka-dekwat na kayo nang pang-valentine’s na si malakas at si maganda. Kung wala, magdusa kayo at kainggitan ang mga love letters na to dahil ako eh tinakot na naman nang sang to: Ito ang Dear Ate Charo Story ko na kailangang ipublish mo dahil kung hindi, ipagsisindi [...]

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Hanggang kelan iiyak ang mga tala? (Part 3)

by reynz on February 11, 2009

Part 3 of 3 Ang nakaraan… If you read PantasyaGurl’s first part, our love-struck gurl’s relationship ended with the guy asking for space station. Yon pala, me kinalantare nang iba. On the second part, swerte dahil gwapo’t matalino, sanggol naman ang naging jowa nya. Well, let’s see what happens next. Eto tayo ngayon sa Chapter [...]

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Sanggol ang naging jowa ko! (Part 2)

by reynz on February 11, 2009

Part 2 of 3 Ang nakaraan… If you read the first part, our love-struck gurl’s relationship ended with the guy asking for space station. Yon pala, me kinalantare nang iba. Well, let’s see what happens next. Eto tayo ngayon sa Chapter 2, Versikulo Uno. Ibagsak sya! Ibagsak! Wasak ang puso ko Ate Charot at an [...]

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The day she learned the meaning of “I need space!” (Part 1)

February 10, 2009

Part 1 of 3 Napako na ko sa Dear Ate Charo! Magandang araw nang muli mga kunichiwa! Walang katapusang Dear Ate Charo na to. Heto me natanggap uling sulat ang lola nyo. Matindi ang sang to. Tatlong chapters ba naman ang pinadala! Heto ang unang chapter: The day she learned the meaning of “I need [...]

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One ahas love story

February 10, 2009

Dear Ate Charo uli ang drama ko! Magandang umaga uli senyo mga kunichiwang nagbabasa nang blog na to! Tuloy-tuloy na ata ang aking pagiging Dear Ate Charo. Me isang sulat na natanggap ang ate nyo sa isang nag-nga-ngalang ahasgirl. Pinag-bantaan pa ako, wag ko daw syang ibubuko, or else! Kaya wag na kayong mag-tanong kung [...]

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Tanging si Annie ang tuksong kinagat nya

February 9, 2009

Ewan ko, ba’t ako naging Dear Ate Charo Magandang umaga senyo mga alipin sa mundo! Wala akong alam kung ba’t ako eh naging “Dear Ate Charo“. Pero pani-nindigan ko na rin to! At habang kayo eh namamahinga sa pag-lalampaso nang mukha nang mga bisor nyo, na iniisip nang sibakin kayo sa trabaho, meron po tayong [...]

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Potential match

August 31, 2008

“Your background is excellent and I see that you got a great public accounting background. You have great academic blah blah blah! I think we have a potential match…” Birada nung nasa kabilang linya. I think we have a potential match… I think we have a potential match… I think we have a potential match… [...]

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Na-alala ko ang aking madir at fadir…

December 7, 2007

Pasko na…wala lang, emote lang… na-aalala ko, nung napadpad kami dito sa balat nang snow and ice, ina-araw-araw ako nang sigaw nang aking madir: Kelan ka ba mag-aasawa?~!@ Ba’t di ka pa nag-aasawa?!@# Si *kwan1 ba’t di mo pa pinakasalan? Si *kwan2 anong nangyari? Mabait naman pamilya nun ah? Shockies ang lola netch! Di ko alam [...]

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How to save if you’re young, ambitious…and earning only P20K

August 10, 2007

I read this article on the inquirer: How to save if you’re yong, ambitious…and earning only P20k, at medyo hindi nakapagpigil ang lola nyo, sinulatan ko po ang Inquirer. Basahin nyo and tell me about your violent reactions! Hello sir, I read your article about this guy in his late 20′s with some MBA aspirations [...]

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Si Dingdong

May 27, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow OFW’s, *bow*. Our blog article for today comes from graceysexy, isa sa mga anak kong regular sa kingdom na to. Here’s her letter: Gracey wrote: HELL: the home of the DEVIL; the UNDERWORLD; a dark place where bad people go… in tagalog it’s called IMPYERNO -The one place in the university that we [...]

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I was a junior internal auditor

May 3, 2007

This post is dedicated to Patrick. Who is Patrick? Well, I wish ligawan nya ako. He He He! But he’s a lurker at kinukulit ako. Now, I don’t know baka FBI ba sya or what? But naiinis na because I would not answer his question and here’s the thing, I normally would take a photo [...]

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Business proposal ni Cole.

April 28, 2007

Mahirap pag me sakit, borong boro na talaga ako. Lahat, napapag-tuunan ko nang pansin. Pati emails ko. As in, when I open my gmail account, mahina na ang 1,000 sa isang araw. Yeap, as I have said dun sa comment ko, kasama dyan yong pampalaki, pampahaba at pampatigas. Andun na rin yong pag di mo pinadala sa [...]

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Creative solutions when you’ve got nothing else to do at work

April 26, 2007

As is usual with my day, I’d open my mails, thousands of them.  Letters from Nigeria included, letters asking me to encash those uncollected funds from some bank everywhere included, letters to make mine big… ahh.. bigger… and ahh… harder included. But there is one letter that touched my heart. I cried. Fine ~!@#$%^! Talagang [...]

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An email from a senate candidate

April 19, 2007

It’s Campaign Season in the United States and by golly! I am very excited about Hillary Clinton and Obama! So, when I received an email from what I thought at first came from a senator, I was like – gawd! Hillary emailed me?! Well, in my dreams.  It’s Election Season in the Philippines and guess what I have? An [...]

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A lettah from Haydee

March 25, 2007

Here’s the full contents of the letter: mahal na  reyna elena! bago ang lahat ay gusto kng sabihing, mabuhay ka, aking reyna! ang tagal kitang hinanap sa cyberworld dahil ako sayo ay hanga. unang nabasa post sa OFW portion ng gov.ph sa isang pisi binalikbalikan, nagbakasaling ikaw ay machambahan muli. pero wala, dehins kita nakita, [...]

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Kuta’s spits to the nation (address)!

March 16, 2007

(he he he ok ba ang headline?!)  *naghahanda ng speech of the nation address* kailangan rumaket eh…lintek na akala ko tapos na yung second sem na pangmatrikula na binigay ko. Iba pa pala ang duty sa mental hospital (psychiatric nursing) at iba pa rin yung para sa mga autistic… nakakaasar, may kulang pa pala ako [...]

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A lettah from Maria: Agri-business

March 15, 2007

First, let met tell you sumtin’ Maria. There’s absolutely nothing funny about going into agribusiness! Nothing! Pag nakita ko yang mga people who’s laughing at you sasabunutan ko’t pag-sasapakin ang mga yan! But since you’re there and am here! I got dolls at perdibli! Iha! Kunin mo mga pangalan at mabendisyonan ko na tong mga [...]

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A lettah from Ning

March 10, 2007

  One of the emails I opened today came from a former visitor many months back. It’s nice to hear from her again. Here is her story: akala nyo ba? muntik ko nang sabunutan sa haba nang liham eh naloka ako’t gumawaga na yata nang blog sa loob nang blog ko! Na-alala ko tuloy si [...]

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Agent Bea: Reporting

February 6, 2007

Alam nyo naman. Ginulo ang buhay natin nitong mga timang na narses natin. Nung pumasa, naglahong bigla. Wala man lang magpadala nang poskard. Ganun pala maging RN – REMEMBER NOTHING. Grrrrr!!! Teka lang… baka si bromsmo eh dineyt si enigma! He He He Eeeeeewww!!! So anyway, I tasked Agent Bea (sya po ang me ari nitong bagong [...]

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Ubanized greets all the nurses & every diwata around!

January 17, 2007

Wid her bandmates metropolisbnd@yahoo.com… Ubanized and her bandmates performs at Padi’s Point at CTI Mall in Dagupan City. Ubanized, I can’t post the rest of the pics you sent me iha, eye have to post them on reyna’s friendster account! Prefer ko sana you manually hold a karatula instead na yan kasi yayariin ako ni [...]

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SpeakOutYourAFlip on Immigration & Deportation

January 13, 2007

Here’s an email I received from one of my avid reader. Mahal na Reyna, A lot of Filipinos in the United States live a good life. Which is why, a lot of Filipinos may not be aware of this, but we have a growing number of Filipino immigrants who are deported back to the Philippines. You [...]

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Oblaidshun Run: + mga liham sa reyna (!)

December 16, 2006

(KRIDITS: Nga pala! tong mga litratong to eh ninakaw nang aking mga dwende sa site na to:  BUZZNET na walang permiso. Sana wag po kayong magalit kung late ang aming halloween drama chuva nakaw becoz. send na lang po kayo nang snail mail address at padadalhan po namin kayo nang babolgam.) SORRY GUYS! I have to delete [...]

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Ang Pagong: An eBay Story by Chuva Chienes

December 12, 2006

  I really liked the eBay comment story by Chuva Chienes. So, I called him last week and see if we could meet up and do some chika chika. So, I decided to hook up with him one night. We had dinner at Jade Harbor in Chinatown. I was interested to find out more about his [...]

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How to grow your cleaning business

December 11, 2006

Mahal na Reyna Elena, Una sa lahat gusto muna kitang batiin ng magandang gabi at sana nasa mabote kang kalagayan., at pati na rin sa mga tagasubaybay mo magandang gabi/araw senyong lahat! Reyna, kelangan ko lang ng adbays, balak ko po kasing mag quit na sa aking trabaho. Ako po ay nagtratrabaho sa opis (WKFTA) [...]

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Acting on entrepreneurial dreams

November 18, 2006

Dear Madame Reyna Elena: Your blog and articles are really informative.. Sana maka receive ako ng response mula sa inyo. I’m Mina, been living here in Kuwait for 3 yrs. with my husband. Since naranasan ko na ang buhay abroad, masyado na kong naging passionate maging isang entrepeneur. I’ve been searching the web this past [...]

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How to start a nursing home in the US

November 13, 2006

Mahal na reyna, Kararating lang namin in the US. We’ve been here close to a year. We stayed in Daly City for four months. It’s nice. Daming pinoy. Kaso, di ko po ma-feel sila. I moved to Las Vegas. Eto po ako with my friend, bed-spacer he he he. Hindi, po.. Kuarto po ang space [...]

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Reyna needs advice: To teach or not to teach

November 9, 2006

Mooncrystal, Nabaliw me reading your comments. He He He Natapon ko tuloy lahat nang prozac na iniinom ko! Kaya, I thought bigyan ko to nang isang espasyo sa blog na to’t babalikan ko and see kung ano pang mga kathang isip advices ang makuha ko. But I like what you said, tipong realiy show. Here’s [...]

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How to start a tutoring agency

November 5, 2006

Name: kutang bato | E-mail: mooncrystal72@yahoo.com | mahal na reyna-isa akong dakilang guro na kasalukuyang naghahasik ng lagim ng agham at matematika dito sa maryland… feel ko na ring umuwi kapag napagtapos ko na ng nursing yung dalwa ko pang sisterettes, give ka naman ng advise sa byuti ko kung paano mag start ng preschool [...]

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San Miguel Dealership

October 6, 2006

hello reyna elena, 2 years na ko dito sa kuwait and newly wed ako. gusto sana nmin mag start ng business sa PI. balak sana nmin is san miguel dealership. kaso internet lang ang gamit nmin to get info bout that kind of business. ano ba ang requirements ng san miguel for dealership and mga [...]

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Contractual Services

October 2, 2006

ricardo miranda <bongmiranda@yahoo.com> wrote:Hi Ms. Reyna…Hi Ms. Reyna…lagi ko pong binabasa yung mga advise nyo sa forum at idol ko po kayo at hanag po ako sa mga explanations at pangaral nyo…. ako rin po ay isang OFW dito sa saudi at gusto rin po naming mag tayo ng business sa pinas…sinusundan ko naman po [...]

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A letter from Sally: Lesson in business basics

August 7, 2006

I’m posting here a letter from Sally. I thought I would give her all the attention in the world, kasi ba naman, limang volume na comment ang pinadala sa akin ano?! Aba! Can you imagine what her husband would think? Ilang semana din nyang kina-na tong comment na to noh? And she’s been like in frontr of her computer for weeks [...]

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A letter from an OFW needing help!

July 20, 2006

Here’s a letter I received from this guy and I have no idea how to help him. I told him that I will post his letter in this website and see if anyone out there from amongst my readers ang pwedeng tumulong sa kanya. I told him that he must be writing the wrong site [...]

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Letters to Reyna:

June 24, 2006

I thought I’d share some of the emails, posting and what have you from all these guys just to show my gratitude to them at pasasalamat of course. Here they are: By: dxbofw registered: 6/7/2006 member Cavite, Philippines Mahal na Reyna Elena, Nakakatuwa at nandiyan ang mga katulad mo na nakapagbibigay ng mga magandang tips at advise [...]

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Si Ateng mabait ang naghahanap nang trabaho sa brother

May 6, 2006

ReynaElena, hi..i read your message here in forum at ang bait mo naman lahat tinutulongan mo pwede mo ba ako bigyan ng email mo kase ang brother ko gusto ko sya pupunta ng USA and i have some question for you maybe you can also help me.. he’s architect and i need more information about [...]

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Ireland or USA?

April 25, 2006

From:<>@hotmail.com To: queenreynaelena@gmail.com Date: Apr 25, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: please help me decide! need advise! dear reyna elena, ako po ay isang nurse dito sa dublin, ireland. 10 months pa lang po ako dito at galing po ako ng saudi arabia for 3 years, wala pong nangyari sakin doon, Share on Facebook Digg Stumble [...]

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