Thursday, June 26, 2008

Pag-Aaral

Family affair

Hindi sila ang nag-aaral sa paaralan na iyan. Sila ang ama at mga kuya ng bunso sa pamilya na nag-umpisang mag-aral noong July 2007. Lahat kami ay abala noong panahong iyon pero minabuti naming dumalo sa unang araw na ito para ipakita ang aming suporta at "excitement", of course, dahil milestone ito para sa kanya.

Bakit full force ang mag-anak? Nag-aalala ba kami na baka di pa handa si bunso? Baka ma-trauma pag nakakita ng maraming tao? Baka mabasa sa ulan? Baka sumakit ang tiyan sa kaba? Hehehe... di naman kami mga praning masyado. Walang dahilan para kami kabahan. Bakit ika nyo?

Eto si bunso na kasing-excited din namin sa araw na iyon. :D

Naughty-naughty...

Tingnan nyo ang iba pang lahok sa Litratong Pinoy >>> dito.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Manila Ocean Park

Sunday afternoon of June 8, 2008, we braved the hundreds upon hundreds of people waiting in line to get inside the Manila Ocean Park. We waited for at least an hour for our number to be flashed before we were allowed in... P400/person is quite a stiff price to pay but since we were in Manila for the weekend, and we wanted to see something we haven't seen before, we decided to splurge a bit....


Thursday, June 19, 2008

Itay

Itay

"Itay"
Pook: Maribago Bluewaters Beach, Cebu
Petsa: Feb. 6. 2005

Sa aking pamamahinga sa tabing-dagat isang araw noong 2005, namasid ko ang tagpong ito ng aking mag-ama. Magkahalong tuwa at kurot sa puso ang naramdaman ko. Tuwa dahil sa pagmamahal na bakas sa mukha ng ama sa anak. At kurot sa puso sapagkat mabilis na nagsilaki ang mga bata at ang tagpong iyon na huli ng aking "camera" ay di na mangyayari muli at mananatiling alaala na lamang....

Sana ay naibigan ninyo ang aking lahok para sa linggong ito sa Litratong Pinoy.

Happy Fathers' Day sa lahat!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Photo Recap - Day 1 & 2

Shots courtesy of Jerry and Junnie...

a rare family photo
Moi with rents and sibs

Last Thursday, I took the 545PM flight from Cebu to Manila with the 3 sons in tow. I'm glad Jake is old enough to be walking by himself and carrying his own stuff. During times he wouldn't keep still at the airport, my 2 teenage sons were (at my beck and call) ready to assist.

Upon reaching our destination past dinner time, the adults let the kids be and drove to Bonifacio High for a night cap, as if the flight didn't render us tired and sleepy.... and as if I had the next day off.

visiting the renovation site

The following day was my scheduled site visit. Last minute revisions to the layout were made, all for the best and hopefully not compromising the look we intend to have. Good to be able to discuss space requirements with Jerome.

with Mafe at Podium
Coffee with Mafe at the Podium

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Posed for one more shot before calling it a day

Maximizing Friday, we drove from Ortigas to Makati to meet up with friends (Jo and Mike) at Travel Cafe for dinner. It was here that we feasted on good food, ginormous halo-halo for dessert and the famed coffee alamid from civet cat droppings.

3-bloggers meet

trying the coffee alamid/civet cat (Travel Cafe)
Junnie and his cup of coffee alamid, which I also got to taste :D

When in Manila, do what Manilans do and stay up till the wee hours to party. However, much as I wanted to, the coffee alamid wasn't strong enough to keep me up... Off i went to sleep with my work clothes on even before we could drive past Makati.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Kalayaan

Aguinaldo Shrine


Nang magpunta ako sa Maynila noong nakaraang linggo para bisitahin ang "renovation" ng aming bagong opisina, minabuti kong isama ang aking mga bugoy. Di pa kasi nagu-umpisa ang klase sa kanilang paaralan. Sayang naman ang tatlong araw na bakasyon kung di mapapagplanuhan ng mabuti. Kaya isa sa mga lugar na aming isinama sa "itinerary" ay ang Kawit Cavite.

Sa Kawit, Cavite nakatayo ang bahay ng bayaning si Hen. Emilio Aguinaldo. At sa larawang aking lahok sa linggong ito sa Litratong Pinoy ay makikita ang balkonahe kung saan unang iwinagayway ang ating bandila sa harap ng ating mga ninuno. Tunay na makasaysayang tagpo kung ating iisipin.

Maligayang araw ng Kasarinlan sa lahat. :D

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Narito ang kuha ng loob ng bahay...

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Aguinaldo Shrine
Ako, kasama ng aking mga anak na si Matt at Kyle. Si Jake (bunso) ay tulog sa sasakyan. Kuha ito ng aking kapatid.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Powered by L-Carnitine

One time while reading about the benefits of L-Carnitine, a natural compound produced by the body...

ME: One of its benefits is to boost one's energy

HUBS: Really?

ME: You know, even if I don't lose weight by taking my L-Carnitine (diet pill) supplement, the energy boost it gives me is enough reason I should keep taking it. It gives me the same energy as what caffeine does. Good huh? (That's me, rationalizing again.)


(Jake barged into the room. He was running and shouting, jumping and then running again and seemed hyper-active over something)


HUBS: There should be a way to harness Jake's L-Carnitine. He seems to have an excessive amount of it! :P

I chuckled and nodded in agreement as Jake zipped out of the room as fast and as boisterous as he came in.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Pag-iisang Dibdib

40th


Ito ang napili kong litrato para ipagmalaki sa lahat na apatnapu't isang taon nang nagsasama sina Pa at Ma mula nang sila ay makipag-isang dibdib sa isa't-isa noong Disyembre 22, 1966.

Panalangin ko na sana, kaming tatlong bunga ng pag-iisang dibdib na ito ay maging matibay din sa aming mga pagsasama. Hindi madali ang pag-aasawa, lalo na kung dalawang magkaibang personalidad ang magsasama. Pero naniniwala ako na malaki ang naitutulong sa matiwasay na pagsasama ang pagkakaroon ng "third party". Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang Maykapal na siyang nagbibigkis sa dalawang nagmamahalan.

Akala nyo kung anong "third party" ano? :D

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Narito pa ang ibang mga kalahok sa tema ngayong linggong ito sa Litratong Pinoy. Samahan nyo akong umikot. :)