It’s 2009 yahoo! Well I have a lot of things to be happy and thankful for. 2008 has been really wonderful as a whole, although I could not say the whole year was, but if I were to look at the blessings that I have received towards the end of the year, I can say they totally surmounted all the not so good things that had happened during the first and second quarter of the year.
Last year, I resigned from my job at Eversun Software Philippines Corporation a.k.a Agents of Value (AOV). Although the pay is fine, I had to make the decision to quit the job mainly because I am no longer happy with it. Not that I am not happy with my job, but not happy with the environment – the lousy admins (who were all after the positions that they were holding), some officemates who would do anything to discredit people (the crab mentality that Filipinos have). Don’t get me wrong. I do have several good sincere friends in the office.
It is just a pity that such a good business and a good owner (Danny Sullivan) had to suffer because the admins are not looking after the welfare of the employees but more on protecting themselves.
After resigning from Eversun Software Corporation a.k.a. AOV, my days have been peaceful, and definitely blessings have not stopped pouring in.
I am just so thankful that God had been so good to me and my family. My brother Mark and his wife Glenda finally got their immigration for Australia approved and Glenda is now pregnant with their very first baby! My other brother Michael is also leaving for Dubai by January, and of course I am definitely living a much more comfortable life financially. I am just overwhelmed with all the blessings that God has poured upon us that it makes me realize God never ceases to reward those who do not maltreat their fellowmen.
PS: For a full detailed post of this blog, contact the blog owner. I am posting the entire story in a different URL so people may know and those creating malicious rumors will be discredited for all the false information they have been spreading. Read full post...
Two weeks ago, I encouraged my nephew to write a letter to Santa Claus. His very first time to write one, since he now knows how to write well and spell correctly. I was surprised to see two letters which he inserted in the leaves of our Christmas tree at home. A very simple wish. To get a toy car and bakugans (boys his age are going crazy over bakugans). I captured a picture of his letter to Santa and I'm sharing it here.
Last Sunday, my nephew was rushed to the hospital because of difficulty in breathing. He has asthma and my sister has been nebulizing him at home but perhaps his lungs can no longer handle it. He was diagnosed with bronchopneumonia on both lungs. As of today, December 23, 2008, the doctor cannot assure us that my nephew will be discharged from the hospital. Oh boy! This means we will be spending Christmas at the hospital? :(
As a kid I have always believed in Santa Claus. We would hang socks on the eve of Christmas and wake up to seeing our socks filled with presents.
Now that I am all grown up, I no longer practice hanging those socks nor waiting for Santa to come over and give me some gifts. But this year, I have the urge to ask Santa a favor for my nephew. Please pray for my nephew that he gets well really soon. It's Christmas and I would have really loved it if the family could spend it outside of the hospital.
The third sunday of the month of November is the Feast of Christ the King and it is that time of the year when people flock to Tagum City to celebrate the feast of Christ the King.
Last sunday, we were invited by my good friend Sharon to their house in Tagum City. Good thing my mother and father tagged along. It was an hour drive from Davao City. Much faster compared to taking a bus - it stops and picks up passengers often, making the trip last for about an hour and 30 mins or more.
Anyhow, we arrived at the city at around past 11am. Too early for lunch huh? Well my brother had to reformat the PC of Sharon so we were pretty much right on time. We were the early birds and first visitors to arrive. But I am not a visitor to that house anymore.. LOL! Stayed there for 2 years when Sha and I used to have a business in Tagum.
After lunch, my father wanted to roam around the city, so we left my brother who was still installing softwares. We went to the the new Christ the King Church in Sobrecary St. This is my first time to visit the place. We used to just attend mass at the old church while I stayed there. (Sharons mother in law was the choir conductor of the old church).
I was amazed at how big the structure was. I already know it was big but haven't really seen it. Below are some of the picts that I have taken. (click on the pic for a larger view)
Front View
12 years in the making
Several houses in the city had their own little parties, so a lot of pigs were massacred that day! lol! I caught one guy roasting a pig at the back of the church compound.
Another thing that I noticed in Tagum was the color of their tricycles. All their tricycles are colored green! It was something new that Mayor Rey Uy implemented for uniformity.
Wow I have been very busy that I just do not have time to update my blog that much. A friend of mine sent me an instant message thru yahoo messenger over the weekend and informed me about google's PR update. Out of curiosity I visited my blog and found out it went from a PR 2 to a PR 0. WAaaaahhhhhh!!!
Wondering what happened to my PR.... After reading some forums I read some people saying their PR went up and their sites were relatively new. Seems like google is up to something new. Hmmm... that is for Internet marketers and SEO experts to find out! Lol!Read full post...
A note from the blog owner: The amount of traffic going to this blog post has been unexpectedly so overwhelming from supporters of Laarni. Thank you for appreciating this blog post. I am not a fan of Laarni or anybody from PDA Season 2. Just a viewer who got hooked watching the show and giving her opinion on what happened. To all the fans of Laarni, if I made you happy with what I have posted, thank you for the appreciation. In my interest to protect my blog post, it would be very much appreciated that only excerpts of my post be posted to whatever fan sites you guys have built for Laarni and not the whole blog post that I have written. You may give the link to my blog so your friends can also read it. Thank you very much guys..
I am one of the many viewers who consistently watch ABS-CBN's primetime shows and I also got hooked watching Pinoy Dream Academy. At the start of the competition, I thought it was Liezel who was going to be the runaway winner because she really had this unique voice and she proved it by becoming a consistent top scholar, but as the weeks passed, Laarni Lozada proved to be one of her strong contenders along with Bugoy.
Some viewers are asking.. why did Laarni win the competition? Did the Filipino audience pity her because of her frequent crying as seen on primetime?
Here is my analysis of what happened. During those times when I would miss out some primetime shows on TV, I see to it that I watch it thru youtube. I know of somebody who religiously uploads these shows for those who are not able to watch it thru TV. One day, while I was watching an episode of Pinoy Dream Academy thru youtube, I read the comments below the video (which I normally do while waiting for the video to buffer). One comment caught my attention. Somebody kept promoting a youtube account for fans of Laarni.
Out of curiosity, I viewed this you tube account. To my surprise, there were so many videos in that account and it all contains stuffs about Laarni and some videos from live stream. Whoaaa! Live stream! Yes indeed… you need not pay ABS CBN to view live streaming coz somebody is uploading it here for free!
What is more surprising is that Filipinos working abroad are donating E-pins (the ones you use to vote a scholar you want), and cellphone loads to be used for voting Laarni. I really got curious as to why they liked Laarni so I tried to read some of the things that they are discussing and it was there when I discovered that some things which they have seen in live streaming were not aired in primetime TV and this really made them upset, seeing there was a bias against Laarni.
One video that I saw was how Liezel walked out while washing the dishes. She was calling Laarni to get the “basahan” in the sink so she could wash the dishes. Then Laarni came and got the “basahan” but placed it just in front of the sink, which made Liezel upset and walk out, uttering “Ayaw ko na mag hugas!”.
For me that was so uncalled for. The “basahan” is just a piece of cloth that she could have easily removed it herself rather than tell Laarni to get it just because she was the one who placed it there. If each and everyone of us would exhibit that attitude, then I don’t know what will happen. The sad thing is, this was never shown in prime time. For the fans of Laarni, this was unfair. According to them, when Laarni does something wrong, it is immediately shown on TV to make her look bad. Hmmm… yeah indeed I would have to agree. Her bad attitude was really always highlighted during primetime telecast.
During their Final Performance Night, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, their Head Master, made a mistake by making a bad comment on Laarni’s performance that night. He said “you made a mistake, actually you had several mistakes.. but you were able to carry through”. This caught the ire of Laarni’s fans, making them put in more votes for her. All the other scholars made mistakes during their performances and had flat notes but they were never given bad comments.
I monitored the fans of Laarni during the final hours before the voting was closed and I was really shocked at how they panicked that the e-pins they purchased were not yet sent to them, and they were looking for people to trust to help them in voting. I also learned there was a limit of 30 votes per email address in one day. Somebody even created hundreds of email addresses to be used for voting. Gosh! These OFW’s are spending a lot of money all because they want to prove to ABS-CBN that they did the wrong thing in hurting Laarni.
True enough, their efforts paid off because Laarni Lozada won as the Grand Star Dreamer, with Bugoy winning second, Miguel 3rd, Liezel 4th, Van 5th, and Chris 6th. One more thing, the fans of Laarni were saying prayers for her to win the Grand Prize. Just proves how team work and prayers can do miracles. I just hope Laarni will recognize how those people helped her achieve her dream and that she won’t let her popularity get into her head.Read full post...
Do you love fruits? What was do you think is the most expensive fruit that you have eaten? Grapes? Peaches? hmm.. lemme think...
Last Monday, I got a call from my mother telling me my father wanted to buy Melon fruit. Hmmm.. so why is she calling me? Here's the catch.. she is calling me coz my father wants me to buy it for him. Wahhhh.. so ok.. how much is it? My mother told me it's P120/kl.. and I was like.. "whhhaaattttttt???!!!" Melon for 120/kl? Are you kidding me? It took long before I could reply on the phone. hahahaha! Made me really think.. how many kilos is 1 melon? My mother said it's more than 2 kls. WOW!!!! That's P240+ for a Melon fruit... hmmmm is it worth it to spend for that? Well if you want to know what fruit I'm talking about, take a look at the picture below. I really took a pic of this very expensive fruit.
My mother told me that father just really got so curious how this fruit tasted coz they said it's very sweet. Oh well.. do I have a choice? hahaha! Anyway, to satisfy their curiosity, I said "Yes" and they bought the Melon. So how did it taste? Well just like the ordinary Melon.. but just much sweeter. You can actually eat it without putting milk and sugar, you can just bite it and enjoy the fruit.
There is nothing really fancy about this fruit. Trust me it will be the first and last time I will buy this fruit. Not worth it.. hehehe
I know this is kinda late. Well I have been so busy lately that I have not got that much time to post to this blog. I do hope I'll be able to really update this regularly. Well anyway, last August 31, 2008, a Sunday, I treated my family to a dinner out. The original plan was to treat them at Yellow Cab pizza but some of them reacted since they have already tried Yellow Cab Pizza and it was only my brother Mark who has not tried it yet. Poor Mark... better luck next time.. hehehe...
So I asked them where they want to have the dinner treat, and Mark suggested why don't we try out Roadhouse at SM City. Hmmm.. why not? Haven't tried eating there. My nephew was excited upon learning that we would be going to SM. Not because we were going to eat at Roadhouse, but because he wanted to play at World's of Fun.
Anyway, we arrived at around 6pm, good thing coz we were able to immediately get a table good for 9. While we were having our dinner, we saw some customers waiting to have a table available for them.
We had 2 orders of baby back ribs, 2 orders of sinigang na bangus, 2 orders of sizzling squid, kinilaw, shanghai rice, and crispy pata. We have to order crispy pata since it is the only viand that my nephew wants, he is very picky of the food that he eats.
The service was excellent and the food was superb, except for the kinilaw. Me and my brother Mark did not like the taste of it. The price of the food.. hmm quite expensive.. lol! Let's just say I spent more than 2k for that dinner, and I already had it discounted coz my father has a senior citizen ID. Just wondering why they only placed the discount to 1 order of baby back ribs and the kinilaw. Hmm.. my father also had a can of coke.
If you'll ask me if I'll go back to that place? Well yeah.. I saw some yummy food in the pictures hanged outside and I want to try those the next time, especially the bulalo. hmm yummy!
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