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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.
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."
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
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.
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.
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!
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!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
My 25 Random Things
I missed this blog of mine!!! Christmas and New Year came, and January was still a bit of a vacation for me. But February is welcoming me back to the web logging world!
So let's roll! I did this list on Facebook and I would say it was fun writing down the random things about myself. Here goes.
1. Swimming is my sport. I bested my colleagues in the swim and sink event and brought home a medal when I joined the Coke sportsfest back in 1998.
2. I auditioned to be a news anchor when SkyCable was launched and they conducted a newscaster search during my junior year in DLSU.
3. My first job was a desktop publishing and graphic design officer for an advertising company in 1996. Aldus Pagemaker was the design sensation back then! Hee!
4. I clean my bag and its contents every single day! How obsessive compulsive is that? Spring cleaning, organizing anything, bring it on!
5. I can compose a poem when greatly inspired. No possibility of it on a gloomy, rainy day.
6. Ergo, I love sunshine! I'm in my element under the ray of light. =)
7. It is still my dream to be able to write for and design a fashion and lifestyle magazine and become an Anna Wintour of sorts (less fierce though).
8. I wish I was born and raised in England. I love watching and hearing these famous Brits talk: Kate Winslet, Hugh Laurie, Rob Pattinson, Hugh Grant, Jamie Oliver, Emily Blunt, Jeremy Irons, and many others.
9. It was only recently that I realized I do love classical music, thanks to Paul Potts' rendition of Nessun Dorma.
10. My favorite hollywood celebrity is Ellen Lee Degeneres. Because who doesn't adore her?? A great host, comedian and dancer. She doesn't even look like 51 golden years to me!
11. I wrote an article on the psychology of males and females which got published in the valentine issue of the Bulletin in 2002. The movie "Someone Like You" inspired me to come up with the article.
12. I love memorizing and reciting monologues in romantic comedies such as Carrie Bradshaw's opening lines in Sex and The City The Movie, Iris Simpkin's opening narration in The Holiday, and Jonathan Trager as he was reading his own obituary in Serendipity.
13. 整理, 整頓, 清掃, 清潔, 躾. The 5S. I love it, I live it. =)
14. I have not missed a single episode of Grey's Anatomy, seriously! Thanks to Limewire. =)
15. I can listen to film scores all day. There is such resonating energy from this genre. Currently listening to: Theme from Mirror Has Two Faces and While You Were Sleeping.
16. I am a sucker for TMZ! Or Hollywood TV. Need I say more? Hahaha.
17. My sisters Dominoe and Diana are my true best friends and movie dates!
18. It was Marti who introduced me to Everything But The Girl. And I guess not just EBTG, I ask her what's new on her "Billboard" list from time to time. Hehe. Thanks Marti for DJ Harry's All My Life, I like it a lot now! Keep them coming! =)
19. I finished reading the entire Twilight Saga in a month. New Moon is my favorite of the four books.
20. I think it's about time Leonardo DiCaprio gets an Oscar. Back from Blood Diamond I think he really should have been honored big time.
21. Jim Carrey is my ultimate comedy warrior. Think Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and now Yes Man. Go watch him when you can. =)
22. I also got addicted to reading Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. And now it's a major motion picture...can't wait to see it!
23. I am a frustrated chanteuse. I joined singing competitions back when I was with Coke and San Miguel and became a grand finalist for two consecutive years. On my audition night as a performer at the Hyatt Regency, I sang about twenty-four songs but never came back for my actual singing stint, I decided I may not be able to juggle day work with singing during nights.
24. I truly love this verse: "1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
25. Facebook is one of the greatest inventions for me. In the true hierarchy of things, it should be God, family, relationships (social networking that is!) hehehe.
So let's roll! I did this list on Facebook and I would say it was fun writing down the random things about myself. Here goes.
1. Swimming is my sport. I bested my colleagues in the swim and sink event and brought home a medal when I joined the Coke sportsfest back in 1998.
2. I auditioned to be a news anchor when SkyCable was launched and they conducted a newscaster search during my junior year in DLSU.
3. My first job was a desktop publishing and graphic design officer for an advertising company in 1996. Aldus Pagemaker was the design sensation back then! Hee!
4. I clean my bag and its contents every single day! How obsessive compulsive is that? Spring cleaning, organizing anything, bring it on!
5. I can compose a poem when greatly inspired. No possibility of it on a gloomy, rainy day.
6. Ergo, I love sunshine! I'm in my element under the ray of light. =)
7. It is still my dream to be able to write for and design a fashion and lifestyle magazine and become an Anna Wintour of sorts (less fierce though).
8. I wish I was born and raised in England. I love watching and hearing these famous Brits talk: Kate Winslet, Hugh Laurie, Rob Pattinson, Hugh Grant, Jamie Oliver, Emily Blunt, Jeremy Irons, and many others.
9. It was only recently that I realized I do love classical music, thanks to Paul Potts' rendition of Nessun Dorma.
10. My favorite hollywood celebrity is Ellen Lee Degeneres. Because who doesn't adore her?? A great host, comedian and dancer. She doesn't even look like 51 golden years to me!
11. I wrote an article on the psychology of males and females which got published in the valentine issue of the Bulletin in 2002. The movie "Someone Like You" inspired me to come up with the article.
12. I love memorizing and reciting monologues in romantic comedies such as Carrie Bradshaw's opening lines in Sex and The City The Movie, Iris Simpkin's opening narration in The Holiday, and Jonathan Trager as he was reading his own obituary in Serendipity.
13. 整理, 整頓, 清掃, 清潔, 躾. The 5S. I love it, I live it. =)
14. I have not missed a single episode of Grey's Anatomy, seriously! Thanks to Limewire. =)
15. I can listen to film scores all day. There is such resonating energy from this genre. Currently listening to: Theme from Mirror Has Two Faces and While You Were Sleeping.
16. I am a sucker for TMZ! Or Hollywood TV. Need I say more? Hahaha.
17. My sisters Dominoe and Diana are my true best friends and movie dates!
18. It was Marti who introduced me to Everything But The Girl. And I guess not just EBTG, I ask her what's new on her "Billboard" list from time to time. Hehe. Thanks Marti for DJ Harry's All My Life, I like it a lot now! Keep them coming! =)
19. I finished reading the entire Twilight Saga in a month. New Moon is my favorite of the four books.
20. I think it's about time Leonardo DiCaprio gets an Oscar. Back from Blood Diamond I think he really should have been honored big time.
21. Jim Carrey is my ultimate comedy warrior. Think Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and now Yes Man. Go watch him when you can. =)
22. I also got addicted to reading Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series. And now it's a major motion picture...can't wait to see it!
23. I am a frustrated chanteuse. I joined singing competitions back when I was with Coke and San Miguel and became a grand finalist for two consecutive years. On my audition night as a performer at the Hyatt Regency, I sang about twenty-four songs but never came back for my actual singing stint, I decided I may not be able to juggle day work with singing during nights.
24. I truly love this verse: "1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
25. Facebook is one of the greatest inventions for me. In the true hierarchy of things, it should be God, family, relationships (social networking that is!) hehehe.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Gerard Butler in Chick Flick
After seeing RockNRolla with my siblings last week, this is one side of Gerard Butler I would definitely want to see. The Ugly Truth is his new movie opposite Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy, 27 Dresses). Sounds like another exciting chick flick!
Here's the trailer.
Here's the trailer.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Busy December
To summarize, here are the things I have been doing for the past few weeks since my quite long blogging hiatus, plus a few things I've planned until the entrance of 2009. Most of the time I call these things my "projects".
1. Finished shopping for and wrapping Christmas gifts;
2. Went for clinical consults to the Makati Medical Center to satiate the inner workings of my hypochondriac self especially at this time of the year;
3. Spending getaways with relatives and meeting for family reunions;
4. Ongoing general cleaning of the abode before the nanny goes on a vacation leave;
4. Ongoing general cleaning of the abode before the nanny goes on a vacation leave;
5. Rearranging the stock room and fixating on putting up a library of books, magazines, and videos;
6. Planning to set up a "home office" of sorts (not to preempt anything in my sideline department or anything, I'm crossing my fingers then!);
7. To blog and blabber endlessly haha!
No new year's resolutions for me, I guess every year I just get more obsessive compulsive! =)
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