February Bday Dudes and Dudettes

For a change, I will greet the February Birthday celebrators early

1 Corinne
4 Aura
11 Bea
13 RJ
21 Rakki
23 Wino
28 Annel

Happy Happy Birthday guys and gals!

Thank You... Friends!

Last Friday we (Raven and I) had a wonderful time! We had dinner at Capitol Commons with some of my college barkada. Medyo kulang ang oras sa chikahan so bitin talaga. The food was great and the coffee too.

We even we lost track of time (closing time na pala ng starbuko). B's, B and K thank you for sharing that wonderful time with us. Ok lets plan the afternoon kitakits this time with the rest of the barkada...

Before I end this post, let me share Friends Are There (from the Garfield Show)

Friends Are ThereTo Help You Get Started
To Give You A Push On Your Way
Friends Are ThereTo Turn You Around
Get Your Feet On The GroundFor A Brand New Day
They'll Pick You Up When You're Down
Help You Swallow Your PrideWhen Something Inside's
Got To Break On Through To The Other Side
Friends Are Someone You Can Open Up To
When You Feel Like You're Ready To Flip
When You Got The World On Your Shoulders
Friends Are There To Give You A Tip
Friends Are There When You Need Them
They're Even There When You Don't
For A Walk In The Park, 
For A Shot In The Dark
Friends Are There 
(Garfield) "I Don't Care"

But Friends Will Care For You!

I love you all!!!

Daves and Ann

Daves and Ann tied the knot this day!

Daves is one of my closest friends/officemates/dudes and he is also one of our wedding ento.

I first read their love story via trolling the net and I verified it during our meetup dinner at Buon Giorno. What can I say? the two love birds are really "in love" with each other judging by the excitement of their "kwentos" during the dinner/meetup. I am just glad that I taught Sevad how to change flat tires, hehe pogi points yun ha! hehehe!

Daves, I'm happy for you! Stay in love and keep in touch bro!
Ann, take good care of Daves ha, namamayat na yan hehe! kitakits ulet in the future ok?

Congrats and best wishes to both of you!!!

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...

Thank you friends

Today is a “thank a friend” day for me. But since I have so many friends to thank so thank you friends will be better post title right?

Thank you friend A, for being there and sharing your balanced view of things, both in and out of work. Those talks keep me sane.

Thank you friends B (yes that’s both of you B’s), for those unplanned moments. Those kitakits makes me happy.

Thank you friend C, for telling me the naked truth that I really suck on some things (and I need to improve on it). That advice keeps my feet on the ground.

Thank you friend D, for sharing to me the good news. That gives me hope.

Thank you friend E (fghi... J), for sharing me your story. That reminds me on what really are the important things in my life.

I feel so blessed having known you guys and gals. It’s true indeed that good friends are God's gift.

Wasak Waltz

This song is on my playlist (iPod, laptop and phone). I really love the song not just that its because it is sung by Ely and Francis M. It really reminds me of the old eheads song about friendship, moments, childhood memories and drinking sprees (Pare Ko, Minsan and Sembreak). I think the "wasak" term really means "wagas", but as wagas sounds too cheesy and pang-oldie song na, wasak may be a better fit.

Wasak Waltz

Eto na naman
Panahon ng tag-ulan
Di maiiwasan sa buhay nino man
Tulad mo rin ako
Isang pulo sa dagat
Na walang hanggan
Naghahanap ng masisilungan

Sa dinami-dami ng lugar
Ay dito pa nagkita
Gaano nga ba katagal
Ako’y tumatanda na

Pagkakataong tulad nito
Di dapat pinapalampas
Sabay nating harapin
Ang pag-asa ng bukas

Itaas ang kamay
At iwagayway
Masarap mabuhay
Itaob na ang tagay

Saan ka man pumunta
Meron man o wala
Diyan nagsisimula
Ang wasak na pagsasamahan

Pagkakataong tulad nito
Di dapat pinapalampas
Sa sakit na dinadala
Isa lang ang ating lunas
 ***
Wasak Waltz Lyrics courtesy of menardconnect.com
Wasak Waltz is the 8th Track of the In Love and War Album of Francis Magalona and Ely Buendia

Tale of Two Steaks

The one is homemade courtesy of Sai.

The other one is with PM teammates in Texas Land and Cattle Steakhouse

Both are delicious and both are free! :)

My First Snow Part 2 and Bone Daddys

As promised on my previous post, I am sharing some pics from my recent travel. So here are some samplers

And of course Bone Daddy's Beer

as an alternative to Hooters.

Have fun!

Goodluck to Pacman

Today is Pacman's fight with Joshua Clottey. Luckily I'm in the US again so I can watch it at my friends house with fellow pinoy friends. I guess we will have some fun and fiesta time again since some of them love to cook pinoy food when we get together.
I wish Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao good luck in this fight!!!
If you want to catch the fight visit this watch pacquiao vs clottey online post.

Update:
Pacman won by decision. Boring fight, Clottey did not box, he just defended.

Happy Birthday February Dudes and Dudettes

Happy Birthday to the February Dudes and Dudettes:

Feb. 1 Corinne
Feb. 4 Aura
Feb. 11 Bea
Feb. 13 RJ
Feb. 21 Rakki
Feb. 23 Wino
Feb. 28 Annel

More birthdays and blessings to come!!!And advance happy valentines day too! :D

November Peeps

Happy Birthday to Novemebr Peeps!
November 8 - sevad
November 29 - Nanay Letty

For sevad, Sai, Ming and the rest of the pinoy peeps surprised him after the pajama party. Many baloons! Nice!

For Nanay, the whole clan is full force in Laguna. Some co-teachers from old Elem. school attended too. We had burgers, barbeque, pansit, sapin-sapin, pork chop, roast pork, okoy, puto pao and many more. The weekend was a break from the usual 1-cup rice regime of me and Raven.

Zohan, Watchmen and Fixing the Master Feeder

My weekend activities:
Saturday.
Just stayed at home and fixed my blog feed. Its my biggest blog booboo to date and I got little time on the weekdays to fix it. I did some trial and error and found some plugins doing the mess.
Watched part of the Zohan movie.

Sunday.
Watched the Zohan movie in the PC. Together with Raven this time. Funny movie. I like it since its Adam Sandler. Unlike Click this one is a lighter mood movie. I just don't like the "buffering" thing of Raven's channel :)

Went out to TriNoma. Had dinner with Raven's friends-previous online officemates at Dencio's. Common topic over the dinner is blogging and SERPs and optimization. Their ex-boss was the pulutan :)

Bought gas stove-burner, the one in the house needs some replacement. Same Brand. Matibay talaga Standard :)

Tried TriNoma cinema 2. Picked Watchmen the movie. The cinema chairs are squeaky :)

February Celebs

The Love Month is nearing its end. This month is also the special month for some of my family and friends namely:
Feb 1 Corinne
Feb 4 Aura
Feb 11 Bea
Feb 13 RJ
Feb 21 Rakki
Feb 23 Wino

Happy Birthday Guys n Gals!

More Blessings to come to us all!

Doc Ivan and Tracy + Arman and Teresa

Saturday (12/27) is wedding galore day for me and Raven! We attended 2 weddings, in short lagare :-) . Just blogging my congrats and best wishes greetz to the two new couples Doc Ivan and Tracy; Arman and Teresa!!!

Bday Greetz atbp

Was about to do this end of september, pero natabunan ng mga ibang issues, pero huli man daw at magaling, late pa rin. Birthday greetz goes out to
Mika (9/23)
Kuya Anjie (9/29)
Jayson (qyut) (10/1)
Ding (or-gen) (10/16)
Ate Ciel (10/30)

Mel n Maye

Mel and Maye made their wedding vows today! It was a simple Christian celebration with their family, relatives, and close friends. Pa and Ma was also present as ninong and ninang. Raven and I as veil sponsors. The college barkada was there, although not complete. My inaanaks are also there, making advance recog since Christmastime is near :)

Mel n Maye, Congratulations and Best Wishes!!!