dear jo, dom, em, dylan, and nicky:
as promised, i took you (jo, dom, and em) with tita hope to the pond at bryant park for ice skating. you guys have been asking me since beginning of winter when are we going skating.
when i woke up this morning, i was actually planning to cancel for the fact that it was going to be very cold. according to the weather forecaster, the high will only be 28 F with windchill of 30 plus - which means it's going to be very cold.
i tried to convince all of you not to go but you really really want to go. and you were already dress up.
anyway, we did managed to get there before the crowd gets bigger and before the wind actually starts creating havoc.
i'm glad that's over this winter.....now i have to plan again next winter season.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
twenty-ten or two thousand and ten.....
dear jo, dom, em, dylan, and nicky:
i don't know how you guys do it. what do i mean? with the exception of nicky, all of you did not take a nap but managed to stay up until midnight without loosing any energy. as soon as the ball dropped, all these energy just burst out of no where. cute but it was like someone set firecrackers in the living room with all the noise.
anyway, granda gie was too tired to cook dinner. after what we had last night, i don't see if she has more energy. so tita hope and i decided to buy pizza and buffalo wings at dominos instead. we ordered three pizza, two with pepperoni (which all of you love) and one with just vegetables (for us adults). we try to avoid ordering but granda gave the go ahead signal......
i don't know how you guys do it. what do i mean? with the exception of nicky, all of you did not take a nap but managed to stay up until midnight without loosing any energy. as soon as the ball dropped, all these energy just burst out of no where. cute but it was like someone set firecrackers in the living room with all the noise.
anyway, granda gie was too tired to cook dinner. after what we had last night, i don't see if she has more energy. so tita hope and i decided to buy pizza and buffalo wings at dominos instead. we ordered three pizza, two with pepperoni (which all of you love) and one with just vegetables (for us adults). we try to avoid ordering but granda gave the go ahead signal......
a new beginning.....
a new year, a new blog. what am i thinking?
for the past couple of months, i have been trying to figure out if i should continue blogging with my other site (at iba pa....). i know that i want to keep my current blog but i want something that i can call my own. something more about me and whatever i want to write. the other blog is very more restrictive and lets face it, i have to censor what i right there because it is something that i want my nieces and nephews can read. and yes, i want my other blog to focus more on them than me. to make that happen, i have to generate a new blog. and on that note, i present to you the "randomization of me". enjoy
this is the start of something big, or small.
mike
for the past couple of months, i have been trying to figure out if i should continue blogging with my other site (at iba pa....). i know that i want to keep my current blog but i want something that i can call my own. something more about me and whatever i want to write. the other blog is very more restrictive and lets face it, i have to censor what i right there because it is something that i want my nieces and nephews can read. and yes, i want my other blog to focus more on them than me. to make that happen, i have to generate a new blog. and on that note, i present to you the "randomization of me". enjoy
this is the start of something big, or small.
mike
Thursday, December 31, 2009
2009...oh what a year
dear jo, dom, em, dylan, and nicky:
before the end of 2009 comes, let's try to recall things that happened this year:
1. i heart the philippines.....
for the fifth year in a row,i made my way back to what i call "annual" pilgrimage to my home country. what made this year different though is that i went back twice in one year. first one was in january with my mom for two weeks. as usual, just visited the family, stay at home, and some party here and there. the second one was in may (my first time to go back during their summer season). originally a one week trip that turned to a month (my longest vacation ever). did my usual thing but a lot of partying. it was also the first time that i made a trip to visayas (one of the three principal geographical divisions that made up the philippines). i went to boracay for a few days to relax.
2. what old is new.....
i started the year in a new company (i was there for only about 2 months) and by the middle of the year, i was back at my old company. it was daring move on my part to hop from one job to another especially when the crash of 2008 economy was still in every ones mind. unemployment is still high and here i am so confident that i will have a secure job. i am just glad that my old company too me back with open arms (i think).
3. hi fb (fb = facebook, you silly).....
while i was on vacation in the philippines, i was introduced to the world of facebook. i am not new to fb. i received an invite before from a friend but i was too hesitant of starting a new social networking site. i was using friendster at that time. but then i realized that everyone (and i mean everyone) was actually using facebook. so if you can't beat them, join them. now i am an fb "addict".
before the end of 2009 comes, let's try to recall things that happened this year:
1. i heart the philippines.....
for the fifth year in a row,i made my way back to what i call "annual" pilgrimage to my home country. what made this year different though is that i went back twice in one year. first one was in january with my mom for two weeks. as usual, just visited the family, stay at home, and some party here and there. the second one was in may (my first time to go back during their summer season). originally a one week trip that turned to a month (my longest vacation ever). did my usual thing but a lot of partying. it was also the first time that i made a trip to visayas (one of the three principal geographical divisions that made up the philippines). i went to boracay for a few days to relax.
2. what old is new.....
i started the year in a new company (i was there for only about 2 months) and by the middle of the year, i was back at my old company. it was daring move on my part to hop from one job to another especially when the crash of 2008 economy was still in every ones mind. unemployment is still high and here i am so confident that i will have a secure job. i am just glad that my old company too me back with open arms (i think).
3. hi fb (fb = facebook, you silly).....
while i was on vacation in the philippines, i was introduced to the world of facebook. i am not new to fb. i received an invite before from a friend but i was too hesitant of starting a new social networking site. i was using friendster at that time. but then i realized that everyone (and i mean everyone) was actually using facebook. so if you can't beat them, join them. now i am an fb "addict".