Oct 29 2009
Team Tradition
It’s become a tradition in our team that we surprise each other with cakes on birthdays.
This week was Tet’s turn. We were about a week late in the celebration, actually…
Archive for October, 2009
Oct 24 2009
5530 Fun
I’ve just downloaded a week’s worth of pictures from my Nokia 5530 today. For a very affordable phone, the camera is good 
These are shots of my friends here, some during lunch and some during a meeting. The Frog pic is a magnet I brought from Sweden back in January.
Yesterday we went out to try Kirin. It was my first time there.
Oct 23 2009
Dear Mai
Dear Mai,
I hope you show up soon. Your brother is always with us pigging out at all the food places we go to. Last weekend we were at Sakae Sushi at Mall of Asia.
Oct 22 2009
The 100K Visitor Extended!
It gets kind of lonely for the lone winner, doesn’t it? I’m now extending the contest. Same mechanics apply except now we’re looking for the 100,050th and 100,100th visitor.
Your meal is on me
Oct 22 2009
One Hundred Thousandth Contest
For a semi private blog (meaning mostly friends and family know about it), hitting 100,000 is such a feat
I remember starting this blog in the middle of my stay in Denmark, as sort of a bulletin board between my brother and me. Eventually my friends and acquaintances started to read it, and this pretty private blog had it’s little following. Until today, I admit that I get a little giddy whenever somebody who I don’t know visits this site approaches me about it hehe
Anyway, I know it might be too close to call but let’s do a little contest, shall we? I’m holding a contest for my 100,000th visitor.
Here are the mechanics:
Oct 21 2009
Ripple Effect
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. - Helen Keller
Oct 20 2009
Thank You Day
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more. - David Steindl-Rast
Oct 20 2009
Xpressmusic
I’ve been looking for a secondary phone that would double as my ipod replacement. I feel like I’ve been carrying too many gadgets lately. So off I went to my favorite gadget place (undisclosed location in Makati hehe), where I knew the old lady owner would give me a good price. I already had just the right thing in mind.
Oct 18 2009
Collective Prayers
This just goes to show that our collective prayers can move mountains…
Oct 16 2009
A World of Opportunities
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oct 15 2009
For Ces
My officemate and good friend Ces was asking me for advice on what laptop or netbook to buy. I saw this today on Yugatech - the new Sony Vaio X.
Oct 14 2009
Sleepless
A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain, and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and seas,
Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky;
I have thought of all by turns, and yet do lie
Sleepless! - William Wordsworth
Oct 11 2009
In Manila Now
I arrived at NAIA this Sunday morning, and slept the day off as soon as I hit the bed hehe.
By this time the people here at home have retired for the night. I truly did miss them.
We had a grand time eating this -
