Early October Greets

Let me do some early birthday greets for the October Peeps... early for a change :)

01 - Jayson (k-qyut)
16 - Ding (orgen)
28 - Kuya Kent
30 - Ate Cielo

October is the town fiesta month too (our lady of most holy rosary)

September Celebrators

Time to greet the September dudes and dudettes:

09 - Meymey
09 - Alec
10 - Ate Lan
15 - Cian Drayl
16 - Jacob
23 - Mika
29 - Kuya Anjie

This is a post in progress..

Chartotem Blog Turns 3

Grats to Chartotem! 3 years na!

Quote ko lang yung first post

... for now I will settle that Chartotem’s Blog will be my some sort of diary, will host my personal thoughts, and just be my Chartotem’s Blog.

Drayl and Jacob

Hello World! Say "Hi!" to Cian Drayl the newest addition to our clan!!!
Sana paglaki mo mabait ka gaya ng mama mo, wag pasaway kagaya ni papa mo :p j/k

Bakit daw ganyan name mo? Teka interviewhin ko sila pag dating nyo dito sa haus. Sabi nila scrambled daw ng name ng tatay, e di dapat eyorab! hehehe! peace!


And happy birthday to Jacob Ezekiel! Its your first bday dyan, sana good boy ka dyan at maging mabait sa mga sis at ke mommy mo!

Watch out for the usual September celebrators shout-out... soon

Ber months

Wow! Time flies so fast. September is the first of the Ber months and next thing you know its December na!
September have a lot of celebrators, so this is a must post here.
I'm in Laguna and of course hijacking some net connection, just updating the blog. Catch with y' all soon

Happy and Excited Part 2

Remember the Happy and Excited post last month?
Well there's a lot to thank for really.
Nanay's operation went well and we all hope and pray that she will recover soon.
On the blogging side, yup the first google adsense check for the main blog and the new netbook as prize for the contest this month.
I've made a melodramatic thank you post in the main blog of course.
Thank God for all these blessings!

June and July

Time out for some Birthday greets!
For July
9 - Mel
13 - Merck

I'm getting old I guess! Because I also forgot to post June birthdays.
June
3 - Mike + Me
6 - Tisha
22 - Kuya Mylo
27 - Hannah

It was Fun

A senti post for Chartotem’s Blog. We were so excited when we opened CIC. I even blogged it here . It was really fun while it lasted. But we have decided that it must come to an end.

I’m listing some things that I will be missing (or already missing na):

1. The Free DOTA Games. With Raven, Ujinn, Imagina. Sometimes with AlecJonas, Jag, Ron, Mica, Aldrin, Eric and some other TIP boys. Batang Cubao spared some time to do some good games during the last day; I really cherish the game-time folks.
2. The semi-daily/nightly drive to QC Area, from Office or from home. The shortcuts in Tuazon/Project 4 Area. The traffic in Aurora/Anonas intersection. Dropping off Kamote at EDSA.
3. The warm greetings of Liza. She never misses to greet me whenever I arrive there or if she is already leaving after her shift. Thanks Liz! I know our paths will cross again, and we will always be here to help you whenever we can.
4. Weekly PC Scanning and random PC troubleshooting schedules with Kamote. The troubleshooting of minor “infections” is really a thrill. Thanks also to Kamote.
   
5. The Lugaw and Goto from Molave. Great food and very affordable. The tinapay from Julie’s and the kamote fries. Forget about Jollibee, Chowking and Mcdo, that’s very common.
   
6. The parking. Manong Tanda, Gomez and Danny. I’ll visit you some time.
7. I will add other stuff in the future. Too much senti na today :)
   

No Regrets. We will cherish the memories. And will never forget the lessons learned.

Time to move on to the next chapter of our lives.

And lastly, My Thanks to Raven! I love you so much.

Farm Town Tips

I'm into this FaceBook Farm Town game. Raven introduced the game to me last week. It was good and entertaining. Don't know how long will I keep on playing it but who knows? If you are also playing this game and want to know some tips kindly visit my Farm Town Cheats post. Have fun and Enjoy the game!

Happy Birthday to me :)

Last week I celebrated my birthday!
Raven cooked some spag and succulent rosemary chicken on my day. Yummy! I can't get hold off the pic taken from Raven's new camera. Remind me next time Chartotem and I will update this post with the food image.
Raven, Ujinn, Mama, Kuya Kent, Alecthedrummer visited me. I did not do some massive invites, but anyone who remembered me on my day is very much welcome to my handaan.

The next day, my officemates threw in a surprise. It was a good setup. SJM having a serious convo with me and then they sang happy bday and brought in a cake with a candle.


Thanks Guys and Gals! I'm really touched :)
I will try my best to be kinder to all of you this year :D

T'was a busy week. A happy busy week!

One year older! One year wiser!
And I thank God for all the blessings!!!

Senate Hearing

Do we really need to have all this Senate Hearing on every trivial issues? Oh well, elections are near so I guess media mileage is everything now.
Good thing that there are some interesting scenes in the hearing (read Abner Afuang) Nice water splash there! hehe!

Insomnya

Agahan ko sa hapon,
Tanghalian sa gabi,
Hapunan sa madaling-araw
Insomya.....

I promised Raven that I will research for the lyrics of this song played on the first set of the Eraserheads Concert 2009. If I remember it correctly, it was the 1oth song, vocals by Raymund. Nice song :)

Insomya
Eraserheads

Paggising ko sa hapon
Diretso na sa banyo
Haharap sa salamin, shet
Kamukha ko na ang syota mo
Dehins na lang maliligo
Wala rin lang tulo
Sisilip sa ref, naghahanap,
Naghahanap, naghahanap

(Chorus)
Agahan ko sa hapon,
Tanghalian sa gabi,
Hapunan sa madaling-araw
Insomya (4x)

Pagdating ng hatinggabi
Magbabasa na ng diyaryo
Manunood sa TV
Ng kung anu-ano-ano
Pagdating ng ala-una
Pahinga naman muna
Makikinig sa radyo
Sa AM, sa FM, at SW

(Chorus)

Pagsapit ng alas tres,
Kalam na ang sikmura
Punta ako sa 7-11 ingat lang sa pigs
CR muna sa Wendy's,
Score na rin ng gin
Wala nang trapik
Andami-dami-dami-daming adik!
Alas sais na ng umaga
Hindi pa rin inaantok.
Nakagat ko nang lahat ng lamok,
Hindi pa rin inaantok
Ubos na rin ang gin,
Ang ganja,
Ang sigarilyo
Ubos nang lahat ng bisyo
Gising nang kapitbahay ko

Agahan ko sa hapon,
Tanghalian sa gabi,
Hapunan sa madaling-araw
Insomya (8x)

March 7: Eraserheads Reunion Concert 2009 etc.

Last week, Raven and I went to Mall of Asia to watch what??? Eraserheads Concert 2009 of course.



We parked inside the mall, and behold: SM Mall of Asia have installed a hi-tech infra-red activated parking light indicator. We knew that the concert may take long so we took some snacks at El Pollo Loco (not a good experience). We then went to the concert grounds and met some friends.

The list of songs played courtesy of Eraserheads Reunion Concert 2009 The Final Set post from menardconnect.

1st Set
1. Magasin*
2. Walang Nagbago
3. Maling Akala*
4. Maskara
5. Poorman’s Grave*
6. Waiting for the Bus
7. Huwag mo ng Itanong
8. Slo Mo
9. Alkohol*
10. Insomnya
11. Torpedo

2nd Set
12. Julie Tearjerky
13. Tikman
14. Wishing Wells*
15. Fine Time*
16. Pare Ko*
17. Kailan (Piano Version)
18. Back2Me*
19. Trip to Jerusalem
20. Spoliarium*
21. Overdrive*
22. Super Proxy*
23. Minsan
24. Alapaap
25. Kaleidoscope World
26. Ang Huling El Bimbo*

Bonus Track: “3 for the Road”
27. Ligaya
28. Sembreak*
29. Toyang

* part of my wish/guess list of songs to be played

This 2nd concert is definitely better than the first one. The guys feel more relaxed and they played it cool (no pressure).

More on this concert details kindly visit Eraserheads Concert 2009 experience

Watching the concert is really fun. Sulit na Sulit! It's like we won the Philippine Lotto jackpot prize.

We can't wait for the Concert CD and DVD :) I'll post details on this as soon as I get them!

Taipei Travel Part 2

Day 3
Tuesday. Off-topic for chartotem.
We walked from the office to the hotel (around 15~20minutes) looking for a place to eat. The dinner is quite good. White Sugarcane Shabu Shabu.


See these veggies?


I'm a changed man when I'm in Taipei. I eat a lot of veggies here. Oh this is also a good future article for Broxi blog :)

My boss (or my mentor, she don't want to be called boss) ordered beer with the shabu-shabu. I guess this week-long meeting is taking its toll on us, so we need to unwind and have some bottle of beer.

Day 4
This is food-trip day. After some meetings in the morning, we had a nice team lunch out at a barbeque place. Yup! barbeque all you can cook and eat.

Some sampler.


This is with matching drinks all you can and ice-cream all you can :)
another good future article for Broxi blog :)

To be continued....

Taipei Adventures

Day 1
Feb. 8. Andami palang tao sa NAIA Terminal 2 kapag Linggo. Sabi sa akin ng mga ground attendants ganito daw palagi pag Linggo kase maraming flights na papaalis. Me papunta Taiwan, China, Japan at kung saan saan pa. Lalo na daw sa Terminal 1, mas magulo at maraming tao pag Linggo.

Nag-stay rin ako sa Mabuhay Lounge. Syempre sulit-sulitin ang Mabuhay Miles Elite status, mag expire na ito this month. Na-delay yung dating nung eroplano so eto nagwireless sa lounge. Pa-twitter twitter, pasurf-surf, parang totoong blogger na ako. Hahaha!

Dumating sa Taipei, ok naman nde masyado malamig.

Ayos ang mga police patrol sa Taipei. Bimmer at Chedeng :) Anong sinabi ng Toyota Hilux ng San Juan!

Naghanap ng makakainan, ayun me Mo's Burger, kumain na kame dito ng mga kaopisina dati so ok na dito.

Day 2
Sabi ng ka-opisina ko Traditional Holiday daw ngayon dito pero me pasok sa opisina. Ang cute ng mga dekorasyon nila, me mga lanterns pa. Akala ko extension lang ito ng Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration. Hindi pala. Totoong Chinese Lantern Festival talaga. Pati yung google nila iba rin ang display image. Teka post ko dito pag nakuha ko na picture sa camera ko.

Umuwi ako mag-isa sa hotel. Patalo yung unang taxi na pinara ko, hindi marunong mag-english. Kahit kase meron na akong papel na me naka-print na pangalan ng hotel at address ng hotel (both english at chinese) eh ayaw pa rin. Sabi sa akin "Sorry No English". Mabuti na lang mabait yung pangalawang taxi driver.

Day 3?
Bukas naman pagod na ako mag-type:)

Itutuloy....