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?

Pacquiao vs Marquez III

It's the time of the year again when majority of Pinoys will be glued to their TV sets (or PC screens) and will be cheering for the "Pambansang Kamao" Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. Crime rate will be low and there would be no traffic congestion in the streets of the Metro Manila and sometimes you wonder and wish that "Sana araw araw me laban si Pacquiao!"

I wish Pacman all the best in his boxing bout against Marquez. He trained hard for this fight and he is in prime shape. I hope he stays with the fight plan given by Coach Roach. Forget about the politics and other distractions because today is fight night!

For more boxing news, updates and insights, kindly visit Pacquiao vs Marquez Ilemi TV and Pacquiao vs Marquez Justin TV.

Goodluck Pacman! Go go go Team Pacquiao!!!

Missing Char!

Its almost a month now since I left Char in the talyer.

So its almost several weeks worth of commuting experience for me and Raven, but its ok I know it will be the best for both me and char.

Miss you na Char! See you this weekend!

Mostly Advance August Greets

For a change, I am giving an advance Happy Birthdays greets to most of the August Celebrators :)

6 - Gel
15 - Ate Marion
19 - Noel
22 - Kiel
24 - Maiee
24 - Mhara
28 - Josh
31 - Athena

Happy Happy Birthday!!! More birthday and blessings to come!!!

Matt Monro's Til Then My Love

I don't usually do senti post here.

But as we are celebrating the 40th day of Nanay Letty's passing (Babang Luksa or End of Mourning) , let me post this video of one of her favorite songs and say We love you Nanay Letty!!!

"Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord. And let Your eternal light shine upon her."

June and July

I had some personal emergency situation last month and it was really a challenge to post here.
But some happy tots first, my birthday greets for the July and July dudes and dudettes.

June
3 - Mike
6 - Tisha
22 - Kuya Mylo
29 - Magne

July
6 - Ding
9 - Mel
13 - Merck
19 - Gem

Will try to post more here soon...

Foolish Games

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.

-Sun Tzu's Art of War

No this is not Jewel Kilcher's song in the 90's. But the game may really be foolish or maybe not. One thing for sure I believe I'm ready for the mind games now.

Let's bring it on...

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.

Happy Birthday Raven!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Words cannot express my love for you so I will try to express it via....

 

 Vivi for Vioraven!


 This is the birthday cake color that is nearest to violet :)


This one is for the animated gifs!

Happy Birthday Moms! I love you so much! Mwah! Muah! Mwah!

Some Birthday and Graduation Greets

Happy Birthday to March Celebrators

March 03 - Mama
March 07 - Tatay Romy
March 09 - Tita Siony
March 30 - Louie

and Happy Graduation Day to Maiee

Taipei 2011 Visit

I visited Taipei this week.


Weather was cool but on our last 2 days it started to rain. The hotel is ok, it has the basics (unlike the other Taipei Visits wherein hotels are usually hi-tech) but I am getting used to the spartan life. The good side of it is that the place is quite and peaceful.

Places and food highlights included Din Tai Fung Sogo, Royal Host, Hooters Taipei and Taiwan Beer.

On the work sked, it’s quite tight as I still have meetings on Friday past 7 in the evening. But it was a good visit, keeping in touch with old friends and meeting new ones.

Until next time Taipei :)

Happy 70th Birthday Mama!!!

Last March 3 was her birthday and we celebrated it with friends, family and other loved ones on Sunday March 6.

I know there are lots of challenges especially on the preps but I’m just so glad that Mama was so happy on that day.

Special thanks and mention to Ate Ciel who spearheaded the preps, To Raven for representing me when I was away in US, to Papa, to all my brothers and sisters, to my nephews and nieces, to my Tito and Tita and to my cousin too, to my extended family, especially to Becks and Eman, and all support staff, and lastly to all the well-wishers, Thank you!

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year!

Make sure you pay your bills and your "utang" before the new year :)

It's the year of the Metal Rabbit this year and I have not read much if this year will be lucky for me.

I'm not a huge fan of astrology and horoscopes, but I believe that you control your destiny. So just do good things to people, make this world a little better place to live in and good fortune will follow :)

Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!

Happy 5th Raven!!!

Bad boy me still went to the office even its our special day. I did not go to the office during the post-Christmas and pre-New year period so work stuff piled up for the 1st week of the year and I want to clear it out first.

We did go to a special place that evening. We dined and wined that night!!! The dinner was special one as we don’t usually go to that special steakhouse. And maybe it was made more special because of the red wine! I was uneasy at first sip (I don’t usually mix alcohol and food) but enjoyed sipping the wine at the end.


Happy 5th Raven! I love you so much!!!

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

Wrathgate

I was not expecting that WoTLK have some cinematics that will be triggered after completing quests. I knew about something about this Wrathgate when I was looking for something related to Varimathras. I am posting the video site courtesy of Youtube and Liljon94:



Some highlights of the video that I like:

• Alliance preparing to do battle. I learned afterward that the Human Leader was Bolvar Fordragon 
• Dranosh Saurfang and the Horde join in battle
• Dialog:
  


• Highlord Fordragon: I was wondering if you'd show up! 
• Dranosh Saurfang: I couldn't let the Alliance have ALL the fun today!


• Highlord Fordragon doing some soft talk to Arthas 
• Arthas comes out. He’s definitely grown taller and bigger now. With Frostmourne of course. 
• Dranosh Saurfang hates trashtalk, goes to battle and die in one blow. Frostmourne steals his soul 
• Forsaken (traitors) do kill share (KS) with their new plague. Putress on the lead. 
• Alliance, Horde, Scourge and even Arthas affected. 
• Red flight to the rescue. Bathes the scenery with fire. 
• Its great to see Alexstrasza and Korialstrasz in action (and after the video too

Its fun to do a replay :-)

Honestly I was sad to bring younger Saurfang’s armor back to his dad High Overlord Saurfang in Borean Tundra. But I was surprised that older Saurfang seems to have no emotions (so far), and Orcs valuing to honor above is really admirable (reminded me of Broxigar).


Will post some more adventure soon.

June and July Part 2

Been busy with some stuffs so I will merge the June and July birthday greets:

June
3 - Mike and Me
6 - Tisha
22 - Kuya Mylo
27 - Hannah Isabela

July
6 - Ding
9 - Mel
13 - Merck

Weekend: Glorietta at Greenbelt

Nakapagbasa ako ng mga lumang post dito sa Chartotem at nabasa ko ang mga dota posts at na miss kong mag-filipino sa blog ?

Dahil summer na summer pa rin sa Maynila e lumabas kame ng bahay kahapon: Raven, Baroye, Magne at Draylee. Medyo kinakabahan ako ng una kase kaka-repair lang ng aircon ni charchar at baka bumigay ito pero OK naman ang byahe. Matagal tagal na rin kameng nde nakakapunta ni Raven sa Makati kaya napag-isipan naming sa Glorietta pumunta. Eto yata ang una kong punta ng Glorietta pagkatapos magkaroon ng explosion incident dati. Madaming nagbago dito sa Ayala, meron na pala Glorietta 5 :)

Kumain kame  sa Sentro 1771 at aliw na aliw si Baroye sa butong pakwan. Ok naman ang pagkain, Fried Kesong Puti for appetizer at Sinigang na Corned Beef at Boneless Crispy Pata ang main dish. Pagkatapos ay nag-Timezone kame. Akala ko si Draylee ang mag-eenjoy sa lakad na ito pero mukhang si Baroye at Magne pag ang mas enjoy sa Timezone. Si Magne excited sa Dance Dance Revolution. Si Baroye naman sa basketball at ninja sword game. Iba na pala ang sistema sa Timezone, wala ng ticket na ilalabas yung machine parang nakastore na lang sa value card. Paperless, Ayus!

Pagkatapos ng TimeZone ay nagpalamig kame sa Fusion, with matching fruit smoothies, potato fries at nachos habang si Draylee ay knock out sa kanyang stroller. Naglibut-libot lang kame ng konti pagkatapos kase si Baroye ay naghahanap ng Neutral Grounds para sa kanyang 10-sided die at sila Magne at Raven naman ay naghahanap ng mga baby stuff ni Draylee. Enjoy kame kahit medyo nakakapagod. Sa uulitin :)

Back in Manila

After one of the most frustrating travel experience I'm back in Manila. And since Chartotem's blog is not the place for rants (I will reserve that to the other blog), I will just post the happy thoughts here (remind me to post the cool mango shake pic)

Manila is hot, scorching hot! So to take the heat off our backs, Raven and I watched Iron Man 2. Yup its already showing in Manila even if some of the officemates told me that it should be May 7 Global Premier. Nice Movie!

We will be off to the malls with Cian Drayleefoo later!!!

Happy Bday April Dudettes

Happy Birthday to April Dudettes!


11: Raven
26: Ate Pye

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! :)

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you enjoyed our short summer getaway! Love you so much!!! Mwah! Mwah!

Birthday and Graduation Greetz for March

Happy Birthday to the March Celebrators:

3 - Mama
7 - Tatay Romy
30 - Marlouie

Happy Graduation Day to Rakki, Alec and Annel

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!

First Snow

I had my first snow... Yipeee! It was a chilly Saturday afternoon in Grapevine Texas and it was really a cold night in Arlington Texas. It was a great experience. I'll try to sort out some pics and post here.

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 Ma at Tatay

I want to greet my Mama a belated Happy Birthday!
We had our advance celeb before I left for the US and the food was great and so was the movie too. I just sent SMS on the exact day and she replied naman.

Advance Happy Birthday to Tatay. It will be tomorrow and Raven is going to Laguna today.

Will try to create a separate greetz post if I there will be other march bday celebrators!

Dadi Mylo on Guitars

Got this from Ate Pye's FB. Nice! Guitar-Hero!!!



He usually have this guitar sessions whenever there's brownout in Manila. VST, Apo Hiking Society, Bread, etc. Yun nga lang walang nagmana ng guitar-hero skillz sa magkakapatid, pati sa mga kidz nya. Baka sa apo merong magmana, paging Drayl!!!

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

Happy Anniversary Moms!

I love you so much! Let's have dinner-date later to celebrate our special day!

Bettina Andrea

Raven, Spiderham, Mama and I went to Bettina Andrea's Christening last week. Its good to meet and catch up with my cousins (Mimie, Gi, We and Mike) and my ninong and ninang. Reception was done at Cabalen and the food was eat all you can. There was this photo booth promo that we last seen at Flyn and Corinne's wedding. Of course we took several shots with Mama tagging along. After the lunch we went to the nearby outlet shops.

Welcome to the Christian World BeA!!! Be a good girl ok?

Jigglypuff Song for Draylafoo

So that when Draylafoo wants to hear the song, I will just go to Chartotem and play it :)


This song relaxes me too when I'm hyper while driving home :)

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.

Bea and Jacob : Spongecola's Puso

This is Bea and Jacob's first video. Spongecola's Puso ala Moymoy Palaboy.



Nice Video!!!
Talo ang Tito, wala pang nagagawang video :)
Me kulang lang, dapat me tita sa background. pedeng si Mommy Lani or si Aling Tisha kunyari nagluluto or nagwawalis.

Flyn and Corinne

Corinne is one of my closest cousin in Papa's side. I remember long long time ago we were sending each other snail-mails (haha low-tech pa) and I keep on getting her name mispelled (hehe madalas intentional yun :D ). We went to the same college and I guess that adds up some bonding time. I also chose her to be one of our Bridesmaid in our wedding.

I'm happy that she's settling down na :)

Corinne, great wedding, we're very happy for you and Flyn ! Keep in touch insan!
Flyn, welcome to the family and take care of Corinne!

Congratulations and Best Wishes to you guys!!!

Taipei

The last Taipei Trip was not "the usual" Taipei trip of mine.
First, its full of alcohol (only 1 day off alcohol). Second, the no-junk food campaign was a success on this trip.Third while in the conference I was trying out some social media stuffs :)

I will update this post with other related kwentos later.

While waiting for In Love and War

In Love and War. ILAW. Dating Sickos Project. Collab ng mga idol ko: Francis M at Ely Buendia. Inaabangan ko pero eto pa rin ako nasasabik pa rin :).

Sabi ni Ely sa twitter nya:

elybuendia9000: Francis Magalona/Ely Buendia project final title: IN LOVE AND WAR. Release date: October 5, 2009 8:02 PM

Pero syempre dumating si Ondoy at nag-update si Ely

elybuendia9000: In Love and War was supposed to come out today but Ondoy had other plans. Expect the album later this month

So konting hintay na lang...
At Habang naghihintay eto yung lyrics ng isa pa nilang collab: Super Proxy 2K6

Sawa ka na ba sa mga hassle sa buhay mo
Ayaw mo na bang mag-isip para sa sarili
Tinatamad ka ng bumyahe
Ang gusto mo’y nakahiga na lang
Napapagod ka na ba sa kayayakap sa asawa mo

(refrain)
Ito ang kailangan mo
I-dial lang ang telepono

(chorus)
Hindi na dapat maghirap
Sa iisang iglap ang buhay ay sasarap
Wag nang mag-atubili kumuha ng
Superproxy

Ako ay kaibigan na lagi mong maasahan
Umulan man o umaraw ay nariyan kapag kailangan
Ito ay special offer sa mga taong katulad mo
Gamitin ang iyong bulsa para guminhawa

(refrain2)
Ako ang kailangan mo
Isaksak na ang modem nyo

(chorus)
Ako ang bahala sa ‘yo
Ang buhay mo ay buhay ko

(chorus)
Superproxy

(rap)
(FM)
Come and take a sip from the cup as the drink makes you think
Don’t blink ‘coz you’ll be taken out by the pen and ink
Superproxy, why don’t y’all just talk to me
My rhyme be stickin to ya head like epoxy
This is how it should be done, ‘coz this rhyme is identical to none
3 Stars and a sun in one sky so high, one-nine-nine-five until we die
We on a mission to surf and ride the waves all the way to cyberspace we gonna stay
We on a mission to surf and ride the waves all the way to cyberspace uhh

(EB)
And so it was without a fuss we kill the buzz
Surrounding this delusional, irrational thing we call massive entertainment
Time to return the favor kick out the jams with the freeman flavor
Take it from survivor, the search is over
I’ve found the best forget the rest
Erase it, replace it but never duplicate it
‘Cause institutions are boring there’s no substitute for the real thing

(all)
There’s no substitute for the REAL THING
There’s no substitute for the REAL

Mag-update ako dito or abangan nyo na lang dito

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

I love you so much Raven

Happy Anniversary Moms!!! I love you so much and I will always will!
Thank you for being always there for me, always kind and understanding.

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!

August

Time to greet the August dudes and dudettes

6 - Gel
15 - Ate Marion
19 - We
22 - Kiel
24 - Maimai
24 - Mhara
28 - Josh
31 - Athena

Happy and excited

About what? ok I will give a clue. Its related to blogs and blogging. Will post it here soon

Boxing, Solar Eclipse atbp

I started boxing training this week. I feel great about it. Actually 3 weeks ago I tried it, but it was interrupted by my pharynx infection. So this week the official training starts and I hope this will be a regular activity from now on. For this month my target is 1 training per week. After 1 month I will try to increase this so that I can improve my stamina.

On that same day of boxing training, came another event: the solar eclipse. I have not seen it since its only partial eclipse in manila, but I have watched some of the actions in the net as well as in the television via the evening news.

On the atbp. topic. I'm excited about something. You'll hear more on this topic when I'm ready to share to all.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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

Angels and Demons and Ambigrams

Have you watched this movie?

Then you know what Ambigram is.

The word Illuminati was the first Ambigram shown in the movie and then the elements (Earth, Air, Water and Fire).

Want to know more? Then read this Free Ambigram post.

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!

Back in Manila

I'm back in Manila last Saturday. That was one long flight. IAD (Washington Dulles) -> LAX (Los Angeles) -> GUM (Guam) -> MNL (NAIA)

In NAIA Terminal 2 they have some checking for flu-inflicted passengers. I will post some pics of the DOH banner and the DOH flu check form in the future.

Remind me to write on how Asians are so paranoid about the H1N1, the East Coast "impersonal" approach and other wacky adventures there.

To the East Coast

My West Coast tour will end soon. I will have a short stint at the east coast for some trainings. This will be my first time in the east coast, so I'm kinda excited pa. But I miss my Raven and I miss Pinas na.

Hopefully I'll have no issues with the flu thing.

Cinco de Mayo and Free KFC

Updates lang sa lake forest trip ko.

Kahapon me Cinco de Mayo, pot luck ng mexican food at share share sa pantry. Kung ano yung cinco de mayo, teka mag-isip ako article at post ko dito.
Nung gabi naman bday ni Nico. Narbarbecue kame sa Candlewood at kumain ng spaghetti, chip, ice cream at punch.

Mamaya naman redeem namin yun Kentucky Fried Chicken Coupons kaya libre lunch namin.

Cge yun lang muna

Pacman and Hitman: Pacquiao wins by TKO

Well the title is my own wish and prediction. Period.

I hope Manny will win. And then the big-mouthed Mayweather Sr. will shut up, and Coach Roach will be vindicated :) Seriously, The Pacman trained hard for this fight, and I hope the Hitman trained hard too. So may the best boxer win na lang!

I will be watching it on PPV (sosyal), and may update my Pacquiao Hatton results site

Go Manny Pacquiao! Mabuhay ka!

Happy Birthday Moms!!!

Happy Birthday! I love you so much!

Here is some ice cream for you :*

April Fools + Atbp

Happy April Fools Day! (yesterday)

Then for some other serious greets, since its already April 2 here.

Bday greets to the March bday celebrators
March 3 = Mama
March 7 = Tatay Romy
March 30 = Marlouie

Congrats to Angela Sigrid, valedictorian (may pinagmanahan :D)

Satire daw

There is this journalist from Hongkong who recently made some racial slur.

But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.

His name is Chip Tsao. Some people are saying its satire. A lot of people are clamoring for some public apology.

If you want to know more details on his issue, kindly visit this Chip Tsao article.

Ispam Teks

Nakakainis ang mga ispam na text. Hindi mo naman sila kilala pero text ng text sa yo ng kung anu-ano.

Eksampol:

Hi!Good day!We offer 1 day process & No processing fee to AVAIL our CASH LOAN from ABCDEFGHI BANK.Pls. Call 123-xxxx / 456-yyyy or 789-zzzz.Look for REY or CARDING.Ty

Syempre iniba ko na ang pangalan at telepono nya para mapangalagaan ang kapakanan nya. Hehehe.

Kung gusto mo pang makabasa ng iba pang text ng mga spammer, punta na sa Spam SMS na blog

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)

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 :)

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!

Philippine Lotto, PCSO Lotto

I'm not a big fan of lotto. My Mama and Papa is :)
The biggest they have won is P500 I think, for getting 4 numbers, hehe!
Me? I think I won 20 pesos for getting 3 numbers in the 6/42 game before.

Last week the jackpot for the Super Lotto is huge! 340 Million Pesos! Wow!
We even tried to buy a ticket but the line is long and we have other urgent things to do that time.

I recently found some useful information on Philippine Lotto. Feel free to view it if you are interested.

Hope it helps!

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!

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....

Free Six Videos

Kung puro na lang youtube ang paborito mong puntahan pag video ang usapan baka napag-iiwanan na ka ng panahon :)

Try mo na basahin yung bago kong post na Free Six Videos. Nde lang yan pang libreng video, me mp3 at music, me flash games, me mga free software at free email at kung anu-ano pa?

So ano pang hinihintay mo? Punta na :)

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....

Manong, pa-carwash mo na yan!

Natrapik kame sa Sto. Tomas, Batangas, malapit sa exit ng Star Toll. At eto ang nakita namin, isang nanglulumahid (hehe tama ba tagalog ko?) na delivery van. Sa sobrang kapal ng dumi at alikabok, sinulatan na sya ng nakakaaliw na:



Ayus sa vandalism di ba?

Manong, pa-carwash mo na daw kase yan :)

Eheads Reunion Concert Part 2 Tickets

Nagpost na ng presyo ng tickets para sa Eraserheads Reunion Concert 2009. Eto na daw yung Final Set, pero sabi ng banda, hindi daw ito continuation ng unang concert nila nung 2008. Totally Different daw.

Available na ang mga tickets sa Ticketworld.

Ticket Prices:

VIP = 5000 Pesos
GOLD = 3000 Pesos
SILVER = 1300 Pesos
BRONZE = 300 Pesos

Medyo mahal compared sa unang concert nila nung 2008. Pero kung fan ka talaga eh gagawa ka ng paraan.

Ika nga nila e:

Kung gusto me paraan.

Kung ayaw me dahilan.

Marami ang namamatay sa Maling Akala.

Maliit na butas lumalaki. Konting gusot, dumadami.

Teka iba na yata yun. Kanta na yun ng Eheads ah.

Correction sa mga newbie dyan. Eheads yan mga Hijo. Revive lang ng Brownman Revival. Okies?

Kitakits sa SM Mall of Asia. March 7, 2009 8PM.

Kailan

This is the 9th song that the Eraserheads played on their Reunion Concert last August 30, 2008.

Kailan

Eraserheads

Kailan mo ako hahagkan
Matagal na akong naghihintay
Nakadungaw sa bintana
Mga dahon lang ang kumakaway

Refrain:
Kailan ko madaramdaman
Pagdampi ng iyong labi
Tinatanong ko ang mga bituin
Mga luhang humahalik
Sa aking pisngi

Kailan ako tatahan
Higpit ng yakap ng dibdib
Nakatingin ako sa salamin
May guhit sa noo
Mapait ang ngiti

(Repeat Refrain)

Kailan ko masisilayan
Sa araw-araw aking mahal
Mula paggising
Hanggang sa pag-idlip
Kagandahan moy walang patid

Kailan mo ako hahagkan
Matagal na akong naghihintay
Nakadungaw sa bintana
Mga dahon lang ang kumakaway

(Repeat Refrain)

Kailan ako lalaya
Sa anino ng pag-iisa
Mga rehas lang ang tanaw
Nanginginig sa seldang maginaw

Kailan??? March 7, 2009 The Eraserheads Reunion Concert Part 2 , Final Set.

Kitakits :)

Eheads Reunion Concert Part 2 on March 7, 2009

Woooooohooo!

Sa wakas! Natupad na wish ko sa wishing wells, mag-uunahan na naman kame sa pagbili ng ticket sa Tindahan ni Aleng Nena pero nde na kame maghihintay ng Sembreak, simula pa lang ng marso yun eh!

Matutuloy na ang Eheads Reunion Concert Part 2 on March 7, 2009.

para sa karagdagang ulat, bisitahin ang Eraserheads Reunion Concert 2009 Part 2

Eraserheads Reunion Concert now in DVD

Yehey! Magkakaroon na daw ng Ehead Runion Concert DVD. Oo, dibidi na yung Eheads Reunion Concert!

Syempre unahan tayo sa Tindahan ni Aleng Nena para bumili nito!!!

Sana me Part 2 pa talaga yung Eheads Reunion Concert sa 2009.

Happy Anniversary

Moms,
I love you so much!
Happy Anniversary!

p.s.
I'm impressed with the video!!!

Kopi Tiam North Park

Dahil birthday ni Baroye at anniversary nina Mama at Papa last December 30 at syempre new year pa pala, kami ay kumain sa North Park Kopi Tiam. Kasama ko si Mama, Raven, Baroye at Magne at Ujinn. Busog naman ang lahat :-)

Heto ang sample ng winner na dessert, ang warm choco tablea cake:



Happy bertdey ulet Baroye at Happy New Year sa lahat!!!

Happy New Year All

Happy New Year to all!

May you and your family have abundant blessings this coming new year!

Ferdie and Valerie

Another wedding for me and Raven for this month of December. Ferdie is a family friend, her mom is Nanay's co-teacher in Manila and is our Ninang sa kasal. Ferdie and Valerie's special day was yesterday at Calaruega, reception followed at Sonia's Garden. Congratulations and best wishes to the newly wed.

Golf Brawl Issue

I've read Vicissitude blog and it related the sad story that happened to her father and brother while playing golf in Antipolo the day after Christmas. I've written a post Pangadaman Golf Brawl

To Bambee, hope your dad and your younger bro recover soon.

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!!!

Obama in Manila

Barack Obama in Manila? Yeah right?
But I really commend our beloved president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for having the guts to invite the President of the USA to have dinner in Malacanang.
Good political move!!! See article HERE for more details.

Botohan sa Quezon

Ngayong sabado na po ang plebesito. Sa mga kababayan ko sa Quezon tayo po ay bumoto. Kahit na po kayo ay sang-ayon sa aking pananaw o hindi, ang mas mahalaga po ay kayo ay makiisa sa ating demokratikong pamamaaraan ng plebesito.

Sana po ay maging mapayapa at maayos ang plebesito.

Mabuhay ang Quezon!

Yes to Quezon Del Sur

Lets give Quezon Del Sur a chance. This blog supports the YES vote to Quezon Del Sur. December 13, 2008 is the day for the plebiscite so go out and vote.

Republic Act No. 9495 (RA9495), mandates the creation of a new province Quezon Del Sur that will be composed of the towns of Agdangan, Buenavista, Catanauan, General Luna, Macalelon, Mulanay, Padre Burgos, Pitogo, San Andres, San Francisco, San Narciso, Unisan, Alabat, Atimonan, Calauag, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Lopez, Perez, Plaridel, Quezon and Tagkawayan.

Quezon Del Norte will be composed of cities of Lucena and Tayabas, and the towns of Burdeos, General Nakar, Infanta, Jomalig, Lucban, Mauban, Pagbilao, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Polilio, Real, Sampaloc, Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio and Sariaya.

See menardconnect.com article here

Chartotem Supports MenardConnect.com

This blog supports the MenardConnect.com initiatives. This new site is my not-so-secret project mentioned in this post and its humble beginnings was inspired by this blog.

Rock on!

Mike and Dona

Congratulations and Best Wishes to Mike and Dona. They tied the knot last Saturday, December 6, 2008 in Tagaytay. Mama was a proxy Ninang (in behalf of my Aunt in the US). It was nice to see my cousins (especially Aque with his panganay) again.
To Mike, my cousin who never forgets my birthday, alagaan mo mabuti yan si Dona ha.
To Dona, welcome to the family :)

So who's next daw?

Chartotem Supports Broxichow

For the record, Chartotem's Blog fully supports Broxichow's Blog.

This blog will still continue to be the personal diary type blog, and the wordpress one will host some other topics not covered by this blog. It will also transitional blog for my secret project (the one that I have been cooking for the past 1~2 weeks. Wish me luck!)

Chartotem Blog New Look

I modified Chartotem Blog template in blogger.com. Fresh look with lots of blue and other light colors. I also added link to Broxichow's Blog.

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)

Happy Monthsary

Happy Monthsary Moms!
Super-duper-uber-miss na kita! Mwah! :*
I love you so much! :*

Happy Bday Jacob!

Birthday greetz goes to my nephew Jacob Ezekiel! Be a good boy lagi ok?

Greetz also goes to Meymey and Alec (9/9) and Ate Lan (9/10).

2nd Year

Chartotem's Blog turned 2 years old last week.

Ambilis ng panahon! Congrats to Char and more power to this blog.

Sembreak!

I'm posting this as a follow up post to my Eheads Reunion Topic

Sembreak was part of the soundcheck Eheads did for their Reunion concert. It was also the 3rd song played for the 1st and only set.

Sabi nga nila... rock and roll buong taon :)

dear kim kamustang bakasyon mo
ako heto pa rin nababato
bad trip talaga tong Meralco
bakit brownout pa rin dito

walang silbi sa bahay
kundi bumabad sa telepono
o kaya'y kasama ng buong barkada
nakatambay sa may kanto

chorus
naalala kita pag umuulan Sembreak
naalala kita pag giniginaw Sembreak
naalala kita pag kakain na Sembreak
naalala kita ilang bukas pa ba
bago tayo ay magkita
ako'y naiinip na
bawa't oras binibilang
sabik na masilayan ka

sira pa rin ang bisikleta
may gas wala namang kotse
naghihintay ng ulan
basketball sa banyo
sana ay may pasok na
para at least meron na kong baon
cutting classes dating raket
rock and roll buong taon

chorus

walang kayakap kundi gitara
nangangati sa kaiisip sa 'yo
hanggang sa mabutas 'tong maong ko
tsaka bibili uli ng bago
hanggang dito na lang ang liham ko
salamat sa atensyon mo
tsaka na lang pala ang utang ko
pag nakagkita na lang uli tayo

chorus

naalala kita Sembreak
naalala kita Sembreak
naalala kita Sembreak

Eheads Reunion Concert

T'was Fun! Seeing the 4 guys, singing, jamming, together again!

Raven and I watched the concert last night! It was my first time, first time in an open field concert. First time pumila sa ticketworld sa national bookstore. Eheads ito, we won't miss this thing!

Nabaliw na mga tao nung intro ng Alapaap pa lang. I can't describe the feeling pero parang nakakapangilabot nga e. Akala ko mauubusan na ako ng boses sa Ligaya, kaya medyo low profile muna ako. Hindi ko kayang mag low-profile nung next song Sembreak e, nakakamiss talaga yun kaya todo-bigay ako sa pagkanta. Other songs that sticked into me were Hey Jay, Fruitcake (hehe me merry Xmas pa si Ely), Kamasupra, Kailan, Kaliwete. Honestly di ko alam yung last song (Raven said it was Lightyears). Was hoping for Magasin, Huling El Bimbo, Pare ko pero ok lang kahit yung 1st set na lang.

Bitin! Yah bitin, but we understand the situation naman. No regrets, have some Fine Time with my moms naman and it was worth it.

Will try to post other stuffs over the week (commentaries, pics, sidetrips, foodtrips).

Get well soon Ely!

Sana nga me part 2 pa (ok wish ko na lang sa Wishing Wells)

Sad day...

Today is a sad day for me. Our dog "pow" is gone. Ma-mi-miss ko tahol nya, ang pag-akyat nya sa bangko pag papasok at lalabas na si charchar sa gate at marami pang ibang bagay na ma-mi-miss. I'm very very sorry, it was an accident.

I'm writing this in this blog in memory of pow, a good and faithful dog.

Lets wait for things and emotions to cool down and after some time we can discuss possible solutions.

Happy Graduation Bea!

Congrats to my pamangkin/inaanak Bea. Salutatarian sya, graduation day nya today so sakto post ko. Keep up the good work and always be a good girl!!!
Congrats rin ke Gel, 2nd honor sya sa Grade 5.

My Holy Week

Palm Sunday.

Attend kme ni Raven ng Mass sa St. Joseph Shrine. Bili rin kme ng palaspas. First time ko visit sa church na to. Unique sya kase dito lang ako nakakita ng mga manang ng simbahan na nag-gaguide sa mga nagsisimba para pumasok sa loob ng simbahan (parang hawi boys, traffic police). Kakaiba kase layout ng simbahan kaya mas ok nga yung naisip nung mga manang. Ito rin ang unang simbahan na me announcement na parang "Govt Warning: Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health" ang dating. Nung communion na me nag-announce na "nde daw kumpleto ang pag attend ng mass pag umalis ka pag communion, dapat daw kumpletuhin mo mass".


Maundy Thursday.
Uwi kme ni Raven sa Binan. Attend Thursday mass. Tapos station of the cross with Tatay, Nanay, Kuya Ef, Ate Mylet, Mai at Raven. Route namin is Muntinlupa -> San Pedro ->Pacita -> Binan. Sa Binan 2nd to the last church na visit namin e yung San Vicente Church, big improvement, complete na yun church :). Ang tagal nun bago matapos. Ang naalala ko bf-gf pa lang kme Raven eh under construction na yun.



Good Friday.
Watch Siete Palabras sa TV. Nood rin kme Top 10 Aircraft of all times ng Discovery Channel. Kasama sa Top 10 yung F-117 (SR-117 pa yun dati). Nde na maganda yung ibang plane. Crappy nga kase wala sa Top 10, yung F-15 Eagle saka F-14 Tomcat. Mas gusto pa nila yung WW1 at WW2 planes. Watch ulet kme ng Click sa HBO :)
Kain kme ng dinner sa Le Garden. First time ko na biyernes santo tapos kakain sa labas. Usually kase sa house lang.
Bago makatulog pinanood ko rin yung mpeg ng Correspondents-ZTE/Spratlys issue. Crappy talaga administrasyon ni Ji-Em-Ey (hehe off-topic na yan sa Chartotem's Blog, pero pinag-iisipan ko pa kung gagawa ako ng political raves/rants blog ko)

Black Saturday.
Travel to Quezon.
Visit kme sa Kamay ni Hesus Shrine sa Lucban/Tayabas. Akyat kme sa bundok, parang station of the cross din pala ang setup dun. Try ko upload yung pic pag marunong na ako ng flicker at imagebucket na yun.
Kain kme sa Kamayan sa Palaisdaan. Kahit na matagal ang food, super busog naman kme. Sabi nga ni Parouk "pag yung tyan mo saka yung noo mo magkasing-tigas na, ibig sabihin nun busog ka na :)"
Dumaan rin kme ng Graceland.
Diretso na kme ng quezon, tapos sila nanay at tatay uwi na sila ng laguna
Meet namin sa daan si potpot at meymey. Laki na ni Pots.
Nagbrown-out kaya medyo mahaba kwentuhan namin nila Mama.

Easter Sunday.
Dapat mag-papalinis lang ako ng ngipin, pero pagkatapos linis, check ni Ate Cielo na me sira na daw isang molar kelangan pastaan, kaya nung hapon nagpapasta na rin ako.
Installan ko rin pc ni Rakki ng webcam at pccillin (hehe TIS16. meron itong Parental Control at ibig sabihin nito ay filtered na ang ... hehe)
Dinner kme kila Ate Lan at Kuya Anjie. Konti lang kain ko kase nga yung pasta.
Nde natuloy gimik namin ni Wino. Next time na lang bro.

Easter Monday.
Travel back to Manila.
Late lunch sa Max.
Sira pa rin ang SLEX.
Dinner sa Binan.
Hayyyz, welcome back to office na naman bukas...

Happy ako sa holy week ko. Refreshed. Walang distraction from office. Enjoyed time together with Raven and the whole family. I hope happy rin si Raven. Love you moms :*

Til next blog...

Click the citi

Call me senti today pero i need to post this bago mawala sa utak ko.

Bakit citi? wala lang kakabayad ko lang ng credit card ko (corny).

Watched the movie Click yesterday sa DVD. Medyo na-touch ako. Tama si ex-PM sa US, me kwento at me message yung movie. This is one of Adam Sandler's better movies. Madaming tanong ang nabuo sa isip ko: Masyado na ba ako focus sa work at sa biz ko? Ano ba talaga priorities ko? Anong nangyari sa plan namin na regular na pagpunta sa parents ko, both sa laguna at quezon? Nakausap ko ba mga bro at sis ko lately? Kelan ba last gimik ko kasama mga pinsan ko? college friends ko? high school friends? Nag-email ba ako or nag-reach out man lang sa kanila?

Good wake-up call and I am willing to make some adjustments. Kaya ko post sa blog para makatulong sa pagremind sa akin. Lets revisit this issue... in 1 month or 2 months or 1 quarter cguro.

Ok have to go. I'll be off to Laguna to visit my parents there... step 1 na po ito :)

Gaming Biz

We finalized the contract yesterday! We (Raven and I) are very excited about this new business venture (take-over of an existing internet cafe somewhere in QC). We signed the papers in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Eastwood. I know this will mean busier days but I believe in the long run, this will be worth the time, effort and money.

Wish me and Raven luck on this new adventure!!!

Travel Visa

9:15AM
I spent the whole morning in Makati doing a follow-up for my "ostrich" visa. Actually 2 weeks ago nag-personal appearance ako sa opisina nila para i-submit ang mga requirements. Nakakalungkot lang today kase ayaw ako papasukin sa opisina nila, dahil daw wala ako appointment, 8AM~9AM lang daw yung follow-up tapo 9:15 na daw so mag-email or tawag na lang daw ako. Nung tumawag naman ako me manang na sumagot sa akin, at padabog na na sinabing "pag walang tawag sa yo, wala pa yung visa mo". Tried emailing them pero wala pa ring nangyayari. Nakakalungkot isipin na kung sino pa yung kalahi mo, sya pa magsusungit sa yo. I really felt bad, parang nagmamakaawa pa ako sa kanila na payagan ako makapunta sa bansa nila, eh sa akin lang pumunta man ako dun or hinde ok lang ako, yung kumpanya ko na lang mag-shoulder sa non-reimbursible expense sa conference.

12:30PM
Daan lang sa chapel sa eastwood. Thanked God for the blessings that I've been receiving. Keep cool na ako.

2:30PM
Vice Consul replied. under processing pa daw. Notify ko na sila dito sa office na cancel ko "ostrich" trip ko. Hay buhay...