Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Uno The Explorer

Timezone is simply paradise for Uno. He explores and shows real interest in these rides.










But this one I think is becoming his favorite now. Watch.

I Was There For Tony Blair

I came, I waited, I saw, and I listened to him. The Special Envoy Quartet on the Middle East. A man of faith, and a man of peace.



Tony Blair donning the La Salle green jacket after being conferred the Signum Meriti award led by Bro. Armin Luistro, F.S.C.




He is indeed a walking book of anecdotes and I was simply dazzled by his wisdom. Here are parts of his speech that were most relevant to me:

"If you want to change the world, you have to understand the world as it is, and not as you would like it to be, especially that we live in a fast changing world, in an era of low predictability, and where the shift of power is to the east."

"People don't like change. They like change in general, but not in particular. In this modern world, there is no room for complacency."

"There are no enemies, just human beings with different perspectives."

"Change is also for personal development. One should always be in perpetual revolution."

"Don't lead for the sake of leading. Lead for a cause you believe in."

"What is forgivable is to fail. What is unforgivable is not to try at all."

"Countries have to find their place in the modern world. They have to define themselves."

Ramon Lee's Fried Chicken

Just a couple of snapshots from where we bought chicken and yang chow rice for Ron's birthday lunch last weekend.

This is Ramon Lee's Fried Chicken Restaurant along Ronquillo Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila.





Don't look for the food shots now because they were gone fast even before I could think of taking pictures! How about the next time? In that case then I owe you one!

RAMON LEE'S FRIED CHICKEN SINCE 1929
546 Ronquillo Street
Sta. Cruz, Manila
Telephone: (632)733-0642

"Warholizer"

I don't know why Campbell's Soup comes into my mind when I hear the name Andy Warhol. Maybe because when I read about him in Wikipedia, I found out that as a commercial illustrator, he was most famous for his pop art on Campbell's Soup advertising.




After that I came across another Warhol creation, this time a Marilyn Monroe image using multiplied silk screens that show Monroe's nine faces.



Amazed by this amusing and unconventional art, I found a link to a site that allows one user to "warholize" an image, as the name of the web tool suggests. I tried on several color tones and these are what came out.







Pretty fun wouldn't you say so? Now you can try doing your own "warholized" images by going to this site.

Giant Birthday Pizza

I never knew Shakey's had this big a size for pizza. My uncle surprised his son Anton with this giant birthday pizza late last year and on it he blew his seven candles!





It is a pretty unique idea to come up with a product variation such as this. Now this makes me think of getting one for Uno's next birthday.

Mama's House

I thought I'd post a picture of my grandmother's house in Cavite. This house is very special to all of us for this is where we celebrate all important occasions in our family the whole year through, except of course when we hold the parties in private resorts in Laguna.



I took this photo in December last year when Tita Leigh put up all the Christmas lights! The house looked so festive and I have to tell you the weather in that part of Cavite somewhat close to Tagaytay was the chilling cold one!

Wish it was Christmas time again!