Monday, July 22, 2013

Eyeglasses

Perception.
Meron akong maling perception na ang  mga salamin (o eyeglasses) ay para lang sa matatanda. As per family history, ang mga lolo, lola, tito at tito ko ang mga naalala kong notorious na nag-salamin. Wala naman yata sa aming magpipinsan ang bata pa lang e nakasalamin na. At yung mga lolo at lola ko hindi lang basta salamin ha, ang gamit yata nila e yung doble-vista na. Tapos me mga kalimot moments pa na na-misplace yung salamin at sa aming mga apo or pamangkin ang pinahahanap. Kaya ito talaga ang tumanim sa utak ko: ang salamin ay para sa matatanda.


Observations.
Bago pa man ang annual check-up, meron na akong mga obserbasyon pero hindi ito directly related sa mata. Kesyo pag maaraw at nag-da-drive ako eh nakakasilaw (glare). Minsan naman sa gabi parang masakit sa mata pag me biglang nag-bright ng headlights na nakasalubong. Meron din naman na me mga presentation sa office na kelangan ko lumapit sa me unahan, para mas klaro yung text sa ppt. Wala naman akong reklamo, casual lang na sabi ke Raven at mga officemates.

APE. 
Pumasok ako ng maaga dahil sa APE (Annual Physical Exam or mas kilala rin na annual medical check-up). Kase nga naman nag-fasting ako (no food at no water for at least 8 hours) kaya nagpakuha na kaagad ng blood sample, pera pede na kumain afterwards. So checkup dito at checkup doon. At nung nandun na yung sa part ng  check-up ng mata (yung papabasahin ka ng letters na paliit ng paliit), relax lang ako. Nahirapan ako sa pang anim na row yata. At nung pina-try sa akin sa kabilang mata, ganun pa rin, hirap pa rin sa row. Tinanong pa sa akin ng doktora kung puyat ako, syempre sabi ko oo. Pero ang sabi ng doktora "Sir, Try nyo ilagay ito" sabay abot sa isang lente. Wow! ayun sakto mas malinaw nga ang mga letters, minsan hanggan sa dulo pa. Ilan grado nyan Dok? 50 lang sir. Chi-neck sa APE form kung ilang taon na ako, at sinabing sir baka need nyo na mag-glasses. Tinanong ako kung sumasakit ulo ko, sabi ko hinde. Tinanong kung nag-dadrive ako, sabi ko, oo sabay sabi na minsan sa gabi mahirap lalo na pag me bright headlights. Nagbigay sya ng mga example na scenario tapos sabay tanong kung Ano pa daw ibang observation ko na related sa mata, sabi ko pag malayo ang presentation, need ko lumapit para klaro. At sabi pa nya, Sir dapat ingatan nyo yang mata nyo kase puhunan nyo yan sa work (reminder 1 reminder 2, etcetera). Recommended daw suotin yung salamin sa office at sa pagdrive. OK Fine! At inilagay na nya ang kanyang recommendation/findings sa APE form.

Denial.
Nung mga kasunod na araw pagkatapos ng APE nasa "Denial" stage ako. Kinokontra ko diagnosis ng doktor. Nakakainis. Kelangan ko na daw ng salamin. Matanda na ba ako?
Inaalala ko kung ano ba abusive behavior ko sa mata. Baka yung smartphone? kaya ayun nagdelete ako ng mga apps at games. Byebye games (chess, battle-city,angry birds series (orig, space, seasons), bad piggies atbp). Keep it to minimum apps lang. Baka yung PC. Ano mag uninstall na ba ako ng PC Games? Baka yung hindi ko pagkain in gulay at kalabasa nung bata pa ako? Kalabasa ok lang pero ampalaya at okra, double e, double u. Baka yung paghihilamos ko sa gabi pag pagod na mata? Baka yung paliligo sa gabi? Angdaming baka. Nakakainis!

Acceptance.
Pero pagkatapos ng ilang usap with Raven at ilang realizations, OK na. Tanggap ko na. Na need ko na ng salamin. Tanggap ko na na "matured" na ako at kelangan ko na ng salamin. Bakit si Raven nakasalamin na, ok lang naman sya. Naalala ko rin na yung mga ate at kuya ko nagsasalamin na rin. Lagot ka Spiderhammy, ikaw na next. haha. Part of maturity, acceptance. Me mga bagay ka na nde mo mapipigilan.
Anong next? Ang exciting part ng paghahanap ng salamin. Ilang malls rin nalibot namin. Marami-rami ring optical shop ang nabisita namin. At dahil nahihirapan akong tingnan sa salamin akung ano ang itsura ko pag nakasalamin, kukuha pa ng pic ko si Raven habang suot si salamin-candidate. Sabi na lang ni Raven, mahilig daw talaga ako sa "selfie". Hanap dito, hanap doon. At yun me nakita na. Nakakaexcite na kunin na kaagad. Now na. Pero di pala yung ganun. Di pala yun 1-day pickup. So binalikan namin yung type ko na salamin at yun nagpacheck-up na rin kase libre kasama. Sabi sa check up mixed daw na near-sightedness at astigmatism, ewan ko kung ganun talaga. Recommended na all-day use at nde lang pag nag-dra-drive. 50-75 daw grado, makukuha daw sa weekend. Ok hintay lang hanggang weekend.

Experience.
Nung mga unang araw nakakailang talaga. Pero sanayan lang naman pala. Sabi nga ng ibang pamangkin ko, para daw naka-Hi-Def pag nakasalamin. Oo nga naman Hi-Def nga, mas maganda, mas malinaw, mas smooth edges ng font hehe. Nakatuwa rin ang mga reaksyon ng mga kapamilya at kaopisina ko, pero supportive naman sila. Nakahanda na rin ako ng mga counter-hirit in case me mga hihirit pero ok lang manageable naman.

1-Month
Isang buwan na yung salamin last week. Ni-greet ko si Raven, sabi ko 1-month na kme ng salamin ko. Congrats daw. Minsan nakalimutan ko sya dalhin ng nag-drive ako ng gabi pero ok lang kaya pa naman. Minsan nakalimutan ko rin sya pero dahil long day sa office binalikan ko sa bahay, mahirap na.

Happy monthsary to my dear salamin! This post is for you!!!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Happy Birthday to me! 2013 edition :)

Yup! I celebrated my xxth bday a few weeks ago. We went to Vikings buffet in MoA. Raven arranged for the reservation and Cian, Meyn, Baroye and Ujinn joined us. I did some targeted attack against the steak, lamb and shrimps (swahe). I enjoyed their puto bumbong and brewed coffee too. Viking singing dudes also gave me this:



We really enjoyed our buffet and we we're so full that night! And we are planning for the next Viking's treat!!!

One year older. One year wiser. Thank God for all the blessings!!!

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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!!!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentines Day!!!


Happy Valentines Day to all! (Especially to my date, Raven hehe!)

It really feels great to be serenaded by Nina and Dulce!

Thanks for the date :)

I love you!

Monday, January 21, 2013

Happy 7th Raven!


Words cannot express how much I love you!

I don't want to be cheesy so I'll stop with the words above. I'll start composing some long delayed blog post about my favorite love story :) . Not sure if it will fit in a seven series post but it will be finished before the love month... ends!

Happy 7th year Anniversary Moms!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

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!!!

Monday, November 12, 2012

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!!!

Saturday, October 27, 2012

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…

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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…

Friday, June 01, 2012

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...

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

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!


Tuesday, April 03, 2012

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!


Sunday, March 11, 2012

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.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

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!!!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

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 :)

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Happy 6th Raven!!!

I love you so much!!!
Thank you for always being there for me!

Let's celebrate later ok?

Saturday, November 12, 2011

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!!!


Friday, October 14, 2011

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!

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

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!!!