Happy Golden Anniversary Papa and Mama!

My Papa and Mama celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last December 30! The preps was challenging but I am very happy we all pulled it off together :)

This is a placeholder for a future post discussing the Golden Anniversary in more detail.

For now, let me just post a pic

and greet them again...

Happy Golden Anniversary Papa and Mama!!!

Miming!!!

Yesterday was a start of a new and healthy lifestyle! Because we (Raven and I) want to be more fit, we promised that we will do a fitness activity every week. And our agreed upon activity is swimming (miming in deyleespeak).

Most probably, we will swim together with Deylie, Baroye and Meyn at their place. I believe this is a good commitment just like my NO Softdrink Policy that is already 316-day old :)

Wish us luck on our chosen activity!!!

Trick or Treat

Unang Trick or Treat ko itong 2012. Hindi naman kase uso itong Trick or Treat na ito nung bata pa ako. Excited ako para ke Deylie. Pero mas excited yata ako dahil nga pers taym.

Galante ang ibang bahay, me naka-pakete pang mamahaling tsokolate at kendi. Yung iba ok lang naman, ilang pirasong ng kendi bawat bata OK na. Yung iba kinapos ng supply, maagang nagsarado ng pintuan.

Nakakapagod pala pag condo at building ang setup ng Trick or Treat. Dahil nga limitado ang elevator so mag hagdan ka pababa na parang fire drill lang.

Lahat syempre ng bata naka-costume. Me ibang bata na super handa. Me ibang naman simple lang (si Deylie at ang kanyang Knight/Yoda/Monk ay simple at practical para sa amin). Meron ding nagpapintura ng Spiderman, pero natutunaw na pintura dahil sa bawis at effort pagbaba ng hagdanan.

Konti lang ang namimigay na me costume. Idol ko si Kuyang naka-angry birds pillow kaya naman nung mamimigay na kame pumayag na rin ako mag maskara ng gorilya.

Maskara ng gorilya at mickey mouse t-shirt. Bagay di ba?

Me mga natakot na bata sa akin (kaya dapat mabait ako pag namimigay). Yung malalaki na bata naman eok lang. Me mga nagtatanong pa kung ano ang aking pangala (Gorilla Glass ang itawag mo sa akin). Pero mabenta kase me mga nagpapicture na para akong artista.

Masaya ba? Masaya kase kasama ko ang sila, ang aking pamilya.

Uulitin ko ba ito sa 2013? Bahala na. Nakakapagod kase yung pagbaba sa hagdan. Baka mamigay na lang ako ng kendi pero me kasamang costume at imporved acting na.
Abangan…

Long Weekends

First Saturday was the Dentist Day. It’s been months since we last visited the dentist. I’m glad that Raven pushed for this one day. Reminder to self: Feb 2013 is the next propy day and I need to sked the impacted wiz tooth.

Raven and I also watched Bourne Legacy after the dentist appointment. The movie was ok but my honest opinion is that it did not meet my expectation. I watched the other Bourne movies and I’m so used to Matt Damon doing a lot of traveling and jumping into lots of places and giving good action packed scenes. Don't get me wrong, I’m happy and excited to see the Manila scenes but really after having the “bitin” ending, I’m not sure if all the troubles in shooting in Metro (yah including the talent fees to the mirons and to gov’t agencies for closing several busy thoroughfares) was worth it.

Yes, BL was shot in Manila but having lived in the Metro for quite some time, you will see a lot of loopholes and sometimes it hard to reconcile that. The uncut version of the tooooot is kwela though!

First Sunday is homey day. We just sleep and sleep and do usual household chores and some pc game time too.

First Monday is Char fix day and Wii Day. I went to the automechanic to have Char fixed (alternator blues). Then I fetched Deyl, Roye-b and Meyn so that we can play wii at home. Raven cooked some spag at burgers. We ordered some pizza too. Super busog.

I believe Deyl really enjoyed the Wii session. Bowling aling aling and cycling. Btw, he now as a dedicated Mii.

First Tuesday is cleanup day and preps for the back to work day. I had char washed and inquired about detailing fees, and I need to budget and plan for this soon

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Second Saturday and Sunday was mostly sleep, pc game mode. Don’t know I will post my new Huntard adventure here (maybe its more fitting at Broxicow). DSL failed us on Sunday so its early bed time for us that day.

Second Monday was mall day. Raven, Deyl, Roye-b and me went to Rob Magnolia. Hammy said he went there on the first weekend of the long holidays so Raven want to have some ice cream there. We ended up in Peppers Lunch and Tom’s world. Ice cream needed to be resched because of the long queue at Magnolia ice cream bar.

Robinsons Magnolia got big potential and if it will fill up with shops soon maybe that will be a usual go-to-mall place for us.

Til next update…

Katorse

But it’s been
Fourteen years of silence
It’s been
Fourteen years of pain
It’s been
Fourteen years that are gone forever
And I’ll never have again

Ang inspirasyon ko sa post na ito ay si batsmeyt. Katorse na (taong kami ay magkakilala). Pero parang si Axl at si Izzy lang rin, lilipat na kse ng banda si batsmeyt, at si Axl na lang ang solong orig na member na natitira.

Bullsh*t and contemplation
Gossip’s their trade
If they knew half the real truth
What would they say
Well I’m past the point of concern
It’s time to play
These last four years of madness
Sure put me straight

Pero sa totoo lang, itong huling mga taon ko na lang na-appreciate ng totoo si batsmeyt. Kasama nga sya dito o :)

Thank you batchmate! I wish you all the best sa iyong bagong landas na tatahakin...

Happy Happy Char

It's been more than a decade na pala!!! You got some makeover last year and I know the travel to the metro and long travels to the south has taken it toll. Don't worry we'll have the urgent ones fixed by next month!

Thank you Char and Happy bday too!

On Hunger Games and Wrath of the Titans

Raven and I watched the Hunger Games and Wrath of the Titans on two consecutive weekends.

Hunger Games was a promising movie series. I saw the books in bookstores in Manila and SF and I heard about the movie from two office friends over lunch. I was afraid of Hunger Games-Twilight connection, but I guess its that that cheesy as that of the vampire-werewolf-human-love triangle. I believe I will watch the 2nd installment of the book in cinemas end of 2012.

Wrath of the Titans was a disappointment! I recently watched the Clash of the Titans via cable channel and it was a-OK. But Wrath offers no spectacular scenes or story. Being a bit of a Greek mythology fan, I am frustrated at the flow of the story and at most parts of the movie. Where is the Wrath they are talking about? Wrath of Kronus (he did not even cause that much destruction)? Perseus defeating Ares, the god of war on an armed combat? Zeus and Hades doing the walking and fighting scene? Lame if you will ask me!

RSA and SF

Just got back from SF and RSA. Lots of backlog at work and at home. Some insights about RSA and San Francisco, more vendors attended the expo, the the freebies was quite limited (unlike last year). My favorite bookstore is gone (Borders) and this was my 1st SF trip that I did not got any Warcraft book :(

Thats all for now. Remind me to post some clam chowder pics here soon.

Palawan Day 02

Happy Valentine's Day to all especially to my Raven!

Finally I have transferred the pics from the camera to the pc, so at least that task is moving.

As a Valentine's gift to Raven, I am posting the highlights of our Palawan Trip - Day 02

Day 02 is the PPUR Tour or Puerto Princesa Underground River Tour.

Our Tour Guide was Nelia and our driver was Macky.
We woke up very early, grabbed our packed breakfast from the hotel and left for Sabang Beach.
We stopped somewhere in the middle of the trip to eat our breakfast.
From Sabang Beach we have the boat ride to the  Puerto Princesa Underground River.
The underground river is really great and it deserves to be in the New Wonders List. Our PPUR boatman-slash-guide is funny too.
Because we were kinda bitin in the Sabang Beach (full story not fit for Chartotem Blog) after returning to the city in the afternoon, we hired a tricycle to go a nearby beach (Pristine Beach)
To wrap up the day, we had a dinner date at KaLui

Palawan Day 01

Raven and I went to Palawan last month. I have not yet sorted all the pics and vids as I am busy with a lot of stuff (official work as well + the extra-curricular).
But since today is our monthsary I am creating this post as a placeholder of the future post about our Palawan Trip.

Palawan and Puerto Princesa Day 01 Highlights:
1. My First Time in the Domestic Terminal :D
2. PPS pala is the airport code for Puerto Princesa City
3. We had our City Tour and our Tour Guide was Nema (she said she was the younger sis of Nemo)

4. Their museum have hologram. Social.
5. Visited the Cathedral
6. Visited the Palawan Massacre memorial
7. Go out of the main city, Raven tried weaving (hahaha)
8. Visited crocodile farm. Realized that it is not appropriate to call politicians and corrupt law enforcers, B-word (It is a dishonor for them to be called names like that). So I decided, from now on I will not call them (Politicians and Corrupt LE's) the B-word.
9. The lovely Binturong (Palawan Bear Cat)
10. Bakers hill and their wonderful goodies (hopia, spanish bread, yema, etc)
11. Dinner at Kinabuchs
Its really more fun in the Philippines :)
Love you Raven!!!

2012: Just Say No to Softdrinks

Yehey! Its been 28 days since I'm softdrinks-free! It's a personal decision and I hope it will be better for my health.

I still maintain the 1 per month emergency rule ( in the event that softdrinks are the safer, more economically sound choice)

Hopefully I can keep this up in all the months of 2012. Wish me luck :)

Happy 6th Raven!!!

I love you so much!!!

Thank you for always being there for me!

Let's celebrate later ok?