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As the song goes ...."every memory kay ganda"... It has been 17 years since I graduated from my high school Alma Mater. I still get to see a few friends on some occasions, like weddings, christenings, and the likes. There were a few times, I think a couple of times where we had get together but it was not really a major reunion. We often let the grand reunion organized by the school go since we imagined no one's gonna show up. And for more than one time, indeed very few would be there. The last grand reunion last year was also celebrated by our batch in FB with batchmates all over the world present... cool aye? We were asking each other who attended, and most of us said, "I did'nt". lol... Newly discovered Love Team Romh and Cristy Thanks to facebook, a batchmate, Cristy, set up a group account for our batch and to date, we have 135 active members constantly communicating or at least checking and giving some updates. And that's where everything st...

This question has always been blurred to everyone, how do we know when to quit? Is a series of disappointments and mishaps enough? How do we know that we are in a wrong place or the place isn't anymore right for us? I have had a series of unfortunate events recently and sort of telling me to quit everything I'm doing right now and do something else. It made me think of other things I could be doing instead. Maybe, get a better life saver (some call it a job and better doesn't necessarily mean better salary, just better), get away to a better town, maybe country, or just get away from everyone and stay hidden. Many individuals would resort to look for a better paying job. Search for a greener pasture I guess, then later, not all of them felt the success despite the financial comfort. Although some became too generous to declare success and make the rest of the world feel their failure. When we're confronted with problems and undeniably depressing situation, some of...

Do you sometimes hate yourself because you sometimes oversell something? That maybe you talk too much on some things you are not really so sure about? Guess what? Guilty as charged. Maybe I should think twice before I open my mouth. Or maybe I should not believe that anything I say is not worth anything to anyone. Because to some, they are bullets to their guns... :( Sadly, sometimes we have to learn our lesson the hard way. I hope this time I won't have to 'cause I basically realized that I have said too much to someone about something. I just hope that, that someone won't really think more that what I said, but I cannot really help it if he/she did anyway. Well, I will just have to find out myself.... In life, there is never a guarantee that we will fail, there will be hints though. But that doesn't necessarily mean that we will... So let's cross our fingers and keep our hopes up (I'm physically crossing my toes as well)... and wish ourselves luck! By ...

It's Valentines once again! Yesterday was the day where restaurants and road has something in common, TRAFFIC! Last year, we celebrated our V day over a romantic dinner, with a garden setting. Now I'm smiling thinking about it....;) This year, it's a family dinner. I made reservations to make sure we'll have a table for the night. We had a great time laughing and teasing each other as we enjoyed every piece of what was served for us. Me, Labsy, bro Doy with wife Lay and daughter Yumi, bro Bay with fiancée Aiza and son Kevin, Lay's aunt Te Inday, my niece Neng, bro Not's girlfriend Helen and of course, Mamo. Papo is not yet home but managed to send a dozen of flowers to mom through me and Labsy. It's that time of the year where me and Labsy would have additional careers, liaisons. Flowers, cakes, chocolates, etc. for the other half or partners of my brothers and Papo. I used to be one of those who doesn't like spending much time or even give importance ...

Yumi the Snow White - by me Last Saturday, Feb. 12, my niece was celebrating her birthday in advance. Her dad, my brother, is leaving for his work before her birthday, Feb 22, so they celebrated it ahead. My sis-in-law, requested me to take care of the tarp, and I said why not. It will be my gift to Yumi. Fairy barbie Yumi - by Kuya Jer Friday came with the tarp in mind that it will be a Barbie themed, I did not have a design in mind yet. My officemate and dear friend Kuya Jerry is not that busy, so I asked him if maybe he could make one for me. But then he's making one for another friend, so I thought, if he could finish one with a barbie/princess style, that's good, but I'll make one something on a modern rock-in-roll kind, so my niece will have a choice. I sort of don't exactly know what would she really like. Yumi rocks!!! - by me Kuya Jerry finished one and I did one too. So I went home and showed it to my bro and sis-in-law. They're both cute but ...

Two nights ago I had the most alarming flood experience in one of Davao City's main streets. Beware, when it rains. I guess it's about time that Davao should consider checking and maybe changing its drainage system or whatever system that should work with the city's current state. It rained for hours and then the Torres St, where a lot of restaurants like Cocos, Harana, etc. and bars are located was flooded. I could see the water as it splashes on the hood of the car where we were in. Mom was so nervous, we could hear the sound of the water under the car. It was indeed alarming... Well, let us hope, in a year or two, there will be some development (crossing my fingers) and not a worst turn-out... What goes along, comes along....   ;|  

Skywalking Our last sea trip before going home is the 6-hour Dumaguete-Cebu via Cokaliong's MV Filipinas Iloilo ( http://www.cokaliongshipping.com ). We got the Saturday midnight trip so we would just spend the night and sleep on it. We got the Tourist bunks for Php 600.00. Rommel deposited his ID for three sets of beddings we could use. So we freshen up, setup our beds and as early as 10:30 PM, an hour and a half before the ship departed Dumaguete Port, I was enjoying my sweet dreams. :D Approaching Cebu December 19, 2010 morning came and "hello.... Cebu!!". We prep our selves, returned the borrowed beddings and went outside to take a view as we approached the port for our official arrival in Cebu. As the vessel approached the port, we saw some natives asking for "limus" from the passengers as they used their "bangka" (small boat) to get near the ship and beg for something. Begging I saw one boat that almost sank and so with the kid that ...

A lot of people thinks Siquijor is a place of horror. Underlies the place are stories of different strange and unexplainable circumstance that most if not all believed it to be the work of another dimensional beings. beach @ the port side Most of us are scared to travel to this place cause we don't want to have a not-so-good experience with our third eye or with friends having one. But as our adventure mode kicks in, me, Rommel, Tess and Moses did not mind the rumors and stories we heard. We got ourselves tickets for a Dumaguete-Siquijor trip last December 18 and off we went for another adventure of a lifetime. We failed to get the first trip for the day so we got the 10:30 AM second fast craft trip for Php 160.00 each. Amazing how many people come and go to this place. I was imagining a not so crowded trip since a lot of people tend to not include this as a haven for a getaway. But I saw people not just the residents of Siquijor but also some tourists trying to squeeze them...

Last night, Labsy and I was busy trying to sand some furnitures at home. After this pre-painting activity, we rested and watched tv, just in time for ABS-CBN's XXX. Their featured story, made my heart hurt and mind wondering... It was a story of an old mother, caged during some times in a day and when they (daughter and son-in-law) take her out, a little more than a child's comfort was in order. The video's audio was clear enough we can hear the old lady saying "aray" ("ouch") on every hit from her own cane or a spank from the back of her neck/head. The scene saddened us and made me think of my parents... I prayed in silence and said "Lord, let me live long enough to keep away any harmful person that would or even try to do that to my parents and keep me sane to not do that myself"... I asked myself how could a child do that to her mother? Maybe she was a bad mom? When the daughter was interviewed, she said, they caged her during the day ...

Last night was a bit strange yet it wasn't the first time either... I couldn't sleep yet my whole physique is silently and violently insisting for a long awaited rest. Well, my usual first move is to take a sip of a very hot coffee, but not last night. It calls for a 'lil more extreme measure. I looked for my recently availed *.avis, plugged my laptop and tried viewing some movies while lying and keeping my eyes half opened/closed. It pretty much worked. 'Cause the next thing I know, it was morning already and I'm hearing Yumi (my niece), shouting and calling her lola (grandma) from the loft... Life as we sometimes see as a line to follow and we seldom see that we are always offered an option. Options we may never want to consider but still an option nonetheless. Most of the time, we believed that something we used to is always better than something new, but we'll never knew what works best if we haven't tried both. So, let's bear in mind, that i...

Me at Silliman University As we start our way home to Davao from Dapitan, we took the 4:00 PM 4-hour trip via Cokaliong's ( http://www.cokaliongshipping.com/ ) M/V Dumaguete bound for Dumaguete City last December 17. Rommel only got us the economy bunk so we only paid Php 260.00 each. The trip was okay, we had a lot of fresh air that brushed our hair and made us feel light and helped our wet clothes dry... :D Bay walk as we approach Dumaguete While on the vessel, I spent all my stay, as usual and expected of me, sleeping and trying to gain back the energy that was swept away by the combination smell of the fuel, ship smoke burst and sea breeze. Before we jumped on this trip, we contacted a friend, Moses (Brother of Dominic who was our officemate), who is stationed in Dumaguete and arranged a place to stay for the night and joined us for a side trip to Siquijor the following day. First SPC Sister's Landing @ Baywalk We arrived around 8:30 PM. Moses met us at the por...