My Favorite TV Series are Back!
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008As the world followed the blow by blow account of the $700B bail-out plan and the take of the presidentiables on the impending US recession, I found solace in my favorite tv series plus a whole new more!Fringe - CSI meets The X-Files.Dirty Sexy Money -…
The Ruins, Talisay City
Monday, September 22nd, 2008I didn’t know I live so close to a heritage site until a friend told me about the Ruins in Talisay City. It is a 903 square meter skeletal structure of what used to be a mansion standing proud amidst the sugar plantations.From experiencenegros.com :The…
FVW 303
Sunday, September 14th, 2008I will remember this license plate for as long as I can and the driver of the Molo Baluarte jeep whose face I saw from its side mirror. I won’t forget what you did. Not when I almost fell to my knees when your jeep pushed me while you were backing. Of …
Pics Under Construction
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Reformatted laptop.Oooops! I thought and the hubby thought that the other backed-up ALL the picture files. O-oh! wrong answer!No squabbles there, just two adults consenting to move past the mistake and focus on the solution to the problem - recuva that…
Pataan Mountain Resort, Bago City
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Had my grandma not have her hair permed that weekend, we would have not known that Bago City is home to another marvel, the Pataan Mountain Resort. From Kipot Twin Falls, we travelled three (3) kilometers following the road to PNOC (thanks to the l…
Good Deeds
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Good deeds don’t go unrewarded.On our way back to Iloilo, the hubby saw a cellphone in the toilet of the pre-departure area. What to do? What to do?He weighed his alternative courses of action.Give it to the pre-departure staff and let them deal with …
iamninoy
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Photo Credit: clickthecityI found this while browsing for inspiration for some graphic designs for my t-shirt project. Team Manila was commissioned by the Benigno S. Aquino Foundation (BSAF) to design and produce shirts and accessories to honor the spi…
Kipot Twin Falls Summer Resort
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Apart from the magnificence of Mambucal’s Seven Falls, be prepared to be wowed by the sight of Kipot Twin Falls in Bago City.Fast Facts:Location: Brgy. Mailum, Bago CityTime of Travel: approximately 1 hour from Bacolod CityMode of Travel: PUJ, private…
Don Salvador Benedicto, Neg. Occ.
Thursday, August 7th, 2008We went to visit our relatives in Don Salvador Benedicto. Unlike last year when we just passed by on our way to San Carlos City, we spent the day in town to explore its many landmarks.
Fast Facts (from Wikipedia)
Region : Western Visayas …
The Stone House in Don Salvador Benedicto
Thursday, August 7th, 2008There used to be one but now there are three - one, where the founder of Don Salvador Benedicto, its first mayor and now a Sanguniang Panlalawigan Board Member, Nehemias G. De la Cruz. The second one is home to the current mayor, Mayor Marxlen Del a Cr…
Kape Musang: DSB as Kopi Luwak: Indonesia
Thursday, July 31st, 2008“The Luwak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) denizen of the coffee (kopi) plantations of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi, eats only the ripest coffee cherries. Unable to digest the coffee beans, the Luwak graciously deposits them on the jungle floor wh…
The Magnetic Hill Experience
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Road to Don Salvador Benedicto via the Pandanon, Murcia route. I heard about the same occuring in Los Banos, Laguna but I haven’t experienced it until this. We parked our car beside the KM34 SB13 road marker, put in on neutral and then voila! our …
Online Tutorials on Video
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008If you want to learn a new craft, hone some skills or just want to be informed of how things are done/made/created, you should check out www.videojug.com . A friend of mine stumbled into it after looking for some useful tutorials on making sushi rice.T…
Forest Park, Bacolod City
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008I didn’t have any expectations of the place save for the animals, which I wanted my son to see (whatever they were). So when we got there I went, “Wow! this IS a park!”It’s an enclosed property (much like Eden Natural Park in Davao) only 30 times or so…
The Lovely Bones (2002)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Written by: Alice SeboldPlot Introduction provided in Wikipedia:”In 1973, a 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon is raped, murdered, and dismembered by a neighbor. Over the next few years she watches from a personalized heaven as her family and friends …
Changes as They Come
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008The wheels have turned… The old is now the new; power changing hands. Our old boss is back in barracks, and everything’s topsy-turvy all over, in a good way. She’s shaking things up, bringing it back to how it was before, if not better than h…
Gone Baby Gone
Monday, June 30th, 2008The toys are gone! The toys are gone!I’ve learned during my last trip to McDonald’s-Lacson that the Happy Meal Museum is no longer on display. Why oh why?The counter people were kind enough to answer my questions. They said that Mr. Lopez , the franchi…
I Can Only Imagine
Thursday, June 26th, 2008(A recollection of events from people I know who were affected by Typhoon Frank)* The first thing that Hariet’s sister packed were the shoes. She stashed everything in a garbage bag and brought them to the second floor level of the house.*Gigi and her …
Drink 2 Glasses of Milk Daily
Monday, June 16th, 2008Mama: Koy, finish your milk, na. Your teacher said that you have to drink two glasses of milk a day.Chikoy: Indi na ya glass, Mama, plastic na ya!Oo man gani….
Big Daddy’s Breakfast
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Sunday was extra special breakfast day for our resident daddy.Fried Bacon StripsMushroom and Cheese OmeletPancakesBurger BunRye BreadBrewed CoffeeHappy Fathers’ Day!
First Bloom
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Okra, cut into three parts, soaked in drinking water overnight, causes its juices (that slimy thing) to come out. Okra juice, the resulting mixture, is drank in the morning and is said to lower blood sugar levels and helps burn fats easily which also m…
Thank You and Godspeed!
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Yesterday, I said goodbye to a dear friend, my son’s nanny. She had been with us since Koy (aka Boz) was only one month old. She didn’t have the faintest idea how to care for a baby back then, but because she needed work and I was making the most of my…
13 Going On and On and On
Friday, June 6th, 2008Today, the hubby and I celebrate our 13 years of being in a relationship. Everything started out serendipitously:I was entering my second year when he graduated from college and he found me.I went out with him to tell him that it wasn’t going to work a…
Korean Drama : Lovers
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Here’s something for the hopeless romantic, my preoccupation after AI7.Synopsis (from www.selaplana.com):On the outset, Ha Kang Jae (Lee Seo Jin) and Yoon Mi Joo (Kim Jung Eun) couldn’t be further apart. He is a gang leader, a man of few words and ma…
David Cook Fan
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Yes, I am one of them.Though I didn’t vote for him, I sure gave up my precious sleeping time to watch replays of the American Idol performance and result shows, devoted considerable amount of disk space and bandwidth to download his songs (of course, t…
MySoju.com: feeding your drama addiction
Monday, May 26th, 2008I was looking for a copy of the Japanese Drama Summer Snow when I landed on this site that had all the Asian dramas that I was dying to watch! It’s got everything from Lovers to Coffee Prince and Gokusen. All you need is a good internet connection to r…
Perfect for M
Monday, May 26th, 2008We engaged a 26-year old lady (M) to talk about the state of her heart. Here’s her story:She’s been set-up to go out on a date with this guy whose into seafaring.On their first date, they went to Jollibee. She ordered an ice craze. The guy gave him an …
Chinese Pamahiin
Monday, May 26th, 2008I learned from the hubby’s aunt that…It is bad luck to divulge your age to anyone when you already are past your prime. The heavens will hear you and will take you away.A suuuuus!Photo credit: www.trinitylondon.com
One Spidey Evening
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008A spider was spinning webs on the ceiling over our bed. I heard Koy shout out in panic at the sight of it. Koy: “Mama, may spider! Patya!” Mama: “Indi lang! Ang spider ginaka-on ya na ang mga mosquitoes and mga insects, para indi kita pag i…
In Memoriam; Catcher (unknown - 30 Apr 2008)
Thursday, May 1st, 2008We lost Catcher, our dear old pug, yesterday to heatstroke. But that sounds sad and boring so we’d rather think that she was murdered and left to die in the scorching heat of the sun. She’s old, 8 to 10 years old maybe, the vet couldn’t really be sure….
Chicken Pox Chronicles : Watching Movies #3
Thursday, May 1st, 2008The Good Night (2007). I’ve watched Vanilla Sky and took a liking for it, but this one, I’m not so sure. A struggling commercial jingle composer having a monotonous life, having these dreams with a beautiful woman in it. He seeks the help of an expe…
Chicken Pox Chronicles : Watching Movies #2
Thursday, May 1st, 2008There Will Be Blood (2007). The movie that won Daniel Day-Lewis his second Oscar trophy. The thing with Danny Boy is that he IS the character in every movie he plays. In this movie, he is Daniel Plainview, the struggling silver miner who found money…
Chicken Pox Chronicles : Watching Movies #1
Monday, April 28th, 2008Wow, I didn’t realize how much a movie buff I was until this post. I was able to watch 16 movies for the 8 days that I was in house arrest due to chicken pox. I could have watched more, yes, but there were books to read, food to eat, and the occasional…
Chicken Pox Chronicles
Sunday, April 27th, 2008After much hesitation, I am going back to work today. My scabs haven’t fully crusted and I still have some watery substance under my skin. But that will have to be waived for my much anticipated (by my supervisor) return to work. Vacation was good for …
Chicken Pox, Anyone?
Friday, April 18th, 2008At the ripe age of 30, I contracted what others had when they were still in their elementary years. The late bloomer that I am, the virus has implanted sores all over my face and head (for now). It’s like having your own bubble wrap embedded in your sk…
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