christmas in the north
12.22.2008
It's been a helluva December for me! I hardly noticed that the month is on its 20's! About 3 days more and whoalah - it's Christmas 2008!
This year would be a bit different for me, I'd be spending the holidays outside of the city. There are both exciting and gloomy sides to that.
However, my eyes are gonna drop anytime soon so I'd better doze off. :) More of the Manila Christmas adventure when I get there. Torotots aren't gonna be the only noise I'd be hearin', that's fer sher :D
Gnyt everyone :)
This year would be a bit different for me, I'd be spending the holidays outside of the city. There are both exciting and gloomy sides to that.
However, my eyes are gonna drop anytime soon so I'd better doze off. :) More of the Manila Christmas adventure when I get there. Torotots aren't gonna be the only noise I'd be hearin', that's fer sher :D
Gnyt everyone :)
Dwoppin' By
11.27.2008
It's a wonnnderful morning...well except that I haven't had breakfast yet and I've become hungrier as I looked at our photos taken at Eden Nature Park last Saturday (which I would be blogging about) and saw this snap of the garden fresh salad I fixed and took a shot of...
Waaaaa....I wanna eeeeatt...lolz!
Anyways, I just wanted to drop by here before I begin my day...so..
Here's the snap of the salad I fixed:
Waaaaa....I wanna eeeeatt...lolz!
Anyways, I just wanted to drop by here before I begin my day...so..
Here's the snap of the salad I fixed:
garden fresh salad made of curly pasta, organically grown lettuce, tomatoes, singkamas, topped with chicken bits with ceasar dressing
after the talks
11.22.2008
So where has my hunt for the Online Casinos taken me...
Sometimes, when you're a bit too busy, you tend to want to distract yourself from work just so you could tick away items on your to-do list...later...haha! See, I've been looking for diversions to help me somehow collect my scattered thoughts sometime later.
So yeah, we've been talking about how we could while away our to-be free time. And like I mentioned before, I got curious about the thought of playing games online. Not just any games, though. I actually mean Casino games and it is with this interest that I came to browse for - in my attempt to be distracted for a while and be concentrated later - some best online casinos that I could possibly consider playing in.
Whoop! Time's flying real fast again. Even if each day seems to take so long to finish, I still haven't noticed how it has come to be almost the end of November already. Tsk tsk. I do have a long to-do list. And now, after I'm through with this hunt-for-red-December thingie, I think it's time I switch again to work mode. A liiittle later, maybe. *grin*
Sometimes, when you're a bit too busy, you tend to want to distract yourself from work just so you could tick away items on your to-do list...later...haha! See, I've been looking for diversions to help me somehow collect my scattered thoughts sometime later.
So yeah, we've been talking about how we could while away our to-be free time. And like I mentioned before, I got curious about the thought of playing games online. Not just any games, though. I actually mean Casino games and it is with this interest that I came to browse for - in my attempt to be distracted for a while and be concentrated later - some best online casinos that I could possibly consider playing in.
Whoop! Time's flying real fast again. Even if each day seems to take so long to finish, I still haven't noticed how it has come to be almost the end of November already. Tsk tsk. I do have a long to-do list. And now, after I'm through with this hunt-for-red-December thingie, I think it's time I switch again to work mode. A liiittle later, maybe. *grin*
casual talk
11.21.2008
Amidst the busy prelim days, we at the office talked about things to do over vacation time. December is fast approaching - which means a long Christmas break is coming up. We've been talking about ways on how each of us could while away the time off from work.
Aside from of course, shopping for gifts, a lot of other ideas came off such as going hiking, overnight stays at one of the finest beaches, or maybe, just maybe, aiming to win on an online Casino. All of the mentioned activities seemed to have been done by most of us before save the last one. The last time I was on a real casino, I was lucky enough to have won 500 bucks - all of which were spent easily on a blogging trip that came a few days later. The thought of trying it out over the Internet seemed intriguing for most of us, especially that none haven't tried it yet.
I wonder which of us would try out any of what we've talked about. There's always a lot of time to think about stuff. But I'm pretty sure that when the time comes to do all of them, more ideas would be coming up...squeezing off a huge part of the time into a
Aside from of course, shopping for gifts, a lot of other ideas came off such as going hiking, overnight stays at one of the finest beaches, or maybe, just maybe, aiming to win on an online Casino. All of the mentioned activities seemed to have been done by most of us before save the last one. The last time I was on a real casino, I was lucky enough to have won 500 bucks - all of which were spent easily on a blogging trip that came a few days later. The thought of trying it out over the Internet seemed intriguing for most of us, especially that none haven't tried it yet.
I wonder which of us would try out any of what we've talked about. There's always a lot of time to think about stuff. But I'm pretty sure that when the time comes to do all of them, more ideas would be coming up...squeezing off a huge part of the time into a
Back at Coco's
11.18.2008
Sir Ex previously posted our first dine at Coco's some 2 weeks ago with Mam Au and Sir Eric. I told myself I sure as heck was coming back. Lolz! And yeah, I did come back. I was with a few friends last Saturday and was once again uber busog with their yummy treats. And so, borrowing Kuya Francis' N70, I took snaps of what we had that night and more.
So what did we have this time?...
A little warning: I am as bad in food names as I am bad in remembering people's names, so expect to see much only of the "generic" food names..lol!
Before everything else arrived, we first had this soup-with-the-forgotten-name..lolz! (Told ya!) It tasted like a spicy version of white spaghetti sauce..only of course it isn't just sauce and it's a lot richer in taste. It also had seafood bits and some veggies. Yummm...
After the soup came my now-favorite Coco's baby back ribs...or, as Kuya Francis would fondly call it - baby ribs at the back..hihi :D
Ate Leah and her boyfriend Kent ordered onion rings(which I recommended) only to have this helluva platter served on our table. However, we were all grateful for the error and decided to take it as our order after we hungrily scrutinized the plate of mozzarella sticks, spicy wings, potato chips and fish sticks...
Sir Ex ordered this Cajun pasta the last time we were on this place. When they asked me last Saturday night what pasta I could recommend, I couldn't resist speaking of this...and so I was able to have it again for the second time...all with the giant crispy shrimps gracing its top... :)
So those were what we picked from the menu apart from our drinks - mine, a Jasmine tea...and Ate Anne's a pine juice. Too bad I forgot to take shots of the cold coffee that the others had.And well of course I wouldn't end this entry without posting our shots. Wahe! So here ya go...
Ate Anne
Ate Leah and Kent (gipang gutom na..haha!)
Yet another MBS2 post
11.08.2008
Some 6 days after my 2nd MBS2 post comes yet another post about the event..wehihii...
During MBS2, I was with Sir Dennis, Almz, Grace, Robs, and of course, si Mr. D40, Raphael. Wheheeh! Thnx for graciously letting me borrow your D40 and take shots, Rap. Sa dihang! Makapalit kog ahat sa kainggit. Lolz!
The one thing we didn't get to do was enjoy Gen San's night life. Mao lage ning wala katuod bah. Ug wala ka huna-huna ug pangutana. Wahihi! We instead spent the whole night techily talking about what we should be doing to our blogs.
I didn't get the chance to bog hop this week. I also need to update my links. Weee!
Before doin just that, here are a few other pics from MBS2.
During MBS2, I was with Sir Dennis, Almz, Grace, Robs, and of course, si Mr. D40, Raphael. Wheheeh! Thnx for graciously letting me borrow your D40 and take shots, Rap. Sa dihang! Makapalit kog ahat sa kainggit. Lolz!
The one thing we didn't get to do was enjoy Gen San's night life. Mao lage ning wala katuod bah. Ug wala ka huna-huna ug pangutana. Wahihi! We instead spent the whole night techily talking about what we should be doing to our blogs.
I didn't get the chance to bog hop this week. I also need to update my links. Weee!
Before doin just that, here are a few other pics from MBS2.
5 Things I love most about MBS2
11.01.2008
After a century I fin'lly get the chance to post about the fun-filled weekend I had 7 days ago...There was so much to love about the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit held at General Santos City last Oct 25. It's amazing how I find it pretty difficult to construct an entry about that event. It just seemed that so much happened in those two days. The people, the food, the speeches, the places, the most striking theme "Mindanawon, Paminawon Intawon" --- see, there is a lot to blog about.
I shall then sum up the whole experience into 5 chunks...
So here goes the 5 things I love about MBS2:
1. The people. There's nothing like the people of Mindanao. Or to be more specific - there's nothing like the people from the community of Mindanao bloggers. It's great to know I'm part of a group composed of very dynamic, talented, empowered Pinoys. In this first part of my list, I'd like to especially thank Kuya Avel for organizing such a wonderful event. My teewai also goes out to the Kuya Blogie and all the other conveners of Mindanao Bloggers for constantly bringing Mindanaoans together in a single, beautiful aim. There are also a couple of other peepz to thank - the Genrhythmics band, for having kept us on our feet half of the night; and the members of the Teatro Ambahanon, for a series of helluva great contemporary dance numbers - you guys are living testimonies of Mindanawon talent at its best.
2. The food. We had quite a feast during the Sashimi night. I didn't even have dinner anymore after being able to sample almost every tuna deli served prior to dinnertime. I particularly luuuuv the tuna meatloaf and the lumpia. Saraaap! And another thing...the next time I go back to Gen San, I sure as heck will be going to Chicken Hauz to savor their specialty - garlic chicken. Mmmm...my mouth's starting to water at the thought of those.
3. The camera and the sights. I have always wanted to explore the world of photography. I never took the interest seriously though. Because of MBS2, I had the chance to get to know more about the possibilities of photography thanks to Raphael's D40, which I constantly had to borrow from time to time. Now I am itching to get my own, attend photography seminars and get the hang of the real thing. I think it's very interesting and fulfilling to be able to capture little pieces of this planet and give back to the world those captured snaps. I wanna get my own cam! Buhuhu! Soon, maybe4. The blogging tips. I don't remember being that attentive throughout an entire summit or seminar. Honestly, all of the talks and speeches really just got me hooked up the whole time. I am actually more motivated to get into niche blogging. I should fire up my entertainment, tech, as well as the newly created photoblog-like blog(I wouldn't call it a photoblog since the latter follows certain rules I couldn't follow just yet...like having my own camera...hihi!). I'd like to thank all the speakers for generously sharing their knowledge as well as the jolly emcees, Kuya Migs and Ms. Banting.
5. The Mindanawon eye-opener. The theme of MBS2 is my eye-opener - "Mindanawon Paminawon Intawon: Blogging the Mindanao Consciousness". There's a lot to love about Mindanao. However, there is also a lot about Mindanao that the world just couldn't love. Thank the mainstream media for that. With MBS2, I as a blogger from this beautiful part of the Philippines have become empowered and more conscious of my role in bringing out to the world the real side of Mindanao. I am even yet to see the whole of this place and I am loving it fully already. I am a Mindanawon blogger! And the role of serving my land through announcing its beauty to the world is mine to take. Mabuhay ang Mindanao :)p.s.
photos by Raphael and Charles. Thanks guys!
