on anything and everything.
finally finished my dream beach house today. weeks of waiting for it to arrive was worth it! my smart alec 5-yr old niece of course had to ask... "where is the beach auntie lot?".this is the first design though as there are 3 beach house designs you can do with this kit. will let it… Continue reading my dream beach house
may 2, 2009 was a particularly special event as we all jetted to manila, got dressed and dolled up to witness the culmination of the may and jay lovestory. being close to both sides gave me a good glimpse of how they are a perfect foil for each other's strengths and weaknesses.the courtship, the getting… Continue reading the long and short of it
"Panatang makabayan, iniibig ko ang Pilipinas....".This was something we used to recite by heart during flag ceremonies then. Admittedly, it was done by rote but nonetheless, recited by heart. A recent chat with an old friend made me rethink this.His words were quite loaded or at least it was for me. "I passed the written… Continue reading panatang makabayan
after the meeting the butandings, we had set an appointment with the fireflies of the donsol river later in the night. as we were too early for our ride, we whiled the time away trying to capture donsol's beautiful sunset.and when it was almost pitch black, our boat came and we slowly chugged along the… Continue reading fireflies of donsol
our BIO (Butanding Interaction Officer)BIO wannabeesspot the butanding!i can finally lay claim that i swam with the butandings of donsol!i love snorkeling, i love the sea and i am not really a swimmer but i just had to meet the butandings!we had 2 briefings which were pretty important if we want to keep the butandings… Continue reading meeting the butandings
from the hotel, marred by man-made "useful things"@ the "our lady of the gate" church@cagsawa ruins after circling the heart of albay@ the mayon resthouse's planetariumat the mayon rest house, still hidingas seen at the cagsawa ruinsmt mayon i realized was quite a bashful one. i had dreamt of seeing mt mayon in all its… Continue reading Shy Mayon
scene: at a gasoline stationian : dad, diha na lang diay ka apply og work ? nag wanted man na sila...this was conversation that transpired between my brother who is set to go back to china to resume work and his eldest, a smart-aleck 8 yr. old girl. sweet but poignant, right?my neices have always… Continue reading the plight of an ofw and his child
my sis got me back to this. pressures at work have been getting to me and i needed another way to relax without necessarily hurting by wallet. seeing her put together a very pink and shocked snoopy made me think it would do me well to have a diversion.it is pretty hard to find a… Continue reading piecing things together
a pretty tiring exercise of getting feedback from a client and a somehow in-depth discussion on what has transpired over the recent months has led to one conlusion. i am actually working on a waterfall-flavored agile development! waterfall software development essentially means that: requirements are defined. come up with a design that will be used… Continue reading waterfall flavored agile development
after a day of housework (and yes, i do the occasional-clean-the-house act) and nolan's day of tennis (playing with fingers only!), we went out for coffee to unwind. the original plan was to check out the new starbucks shop but it closed too early for us thus we ended up in mcdo for some reason.… Continue reading (unintentional) eavesdropping
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